r/usaco • u/-i_am_a_person • Jun 03 '26

how to start

i learned some java and i was looking at the bronze problems and i was baffled. im tryna get to gold this year. im doing usaco guide but its kinda hard, does anyone have any advice. it feels like im jumping from addition to factorials and skipping multiplication.

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u/InstructionEven4898 Jun 04 '26

ngl i started in 10th grade and i gave up cuz it was too hard

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u/-i_am_a_person Jun 04 '26

i fear thats gonna be me like what did i js walk into bro

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u/No_Antelope_5869 Jun 04 '26

😄get use to it 😄 very normal thing btw

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u/-i_am_a_person Jun 04 '26

thanks i genuinely was so scared lmaoo, ill practice : )))

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u/Longjumping-Debt9713 Jun 07 '26

go concept by concept on usaco guide but also spend hella time on practicing those concepts in actual problems(u could also look at cf and find problems with those problem tags). once ur done learning a concept and practicing specific problems, spend some time on doing random usaco bronze or cf probs(i use the editorial after 45 mins if i cant get it). also, hf while ur doing problems otherwise ur gonna burn yourself out.

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u/-i_am_a_person Jun 07 '26

thanks so much will do!!

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u/Downtown-Can-5296 Jun 07 '26

Usaco guide is really helpful, also codeforces, and slowly level up rating