Hello, codeforces community!↵
This is a follow up to the blog, [Competing Everyday?](https://codeforces.com/blog/entry/82778).↵
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This may sound like a flex but the point is to help the Pupils and Newbies who are stuck with their rating.↵
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I had been struggling to get to Specialist level for a half a year despite solving CP problems almost everyday. It got very frustrating to the point that I almost quit.↵
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Fortunately, in October I got some free time and I thought to change my strategy. I noticed that my rating depends on the problems which I can solve during the contests (roughly speaking), so why do not I practice contests instead of individual problems. To further check this line of reasoning I asked the same thing in the previous blog. A couple of high rated coders shared that they used the same strategy.↵
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As you can see in my rating graph, I went from a Newbie to an Expert now (Hopefully it stays like that XD), that too in less than a month. ↵
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<spoiler summary="The Method I used">↵
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1 Contest every day in the evening: AtCoder Beginner Contests OR any Codeforces div2 or div3 contest↵
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1 Contest in the afternoon (Whenever I had more free time): AtCoder Beginner Contests↵
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After a contest, I used to upsolve the questions that I was not able to solve in the contest.↵
</spoiler>↵
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The method is simple but surprisingly it worked for me. ↵
It can also be the case that all that practising I did for half a year was improving me but the only issue could be the speed of solving a problem. Anyways if you are not able to break 1400 mark then you can give this a shot.↵
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That was my little experiment and I am planning to continue this further.↵
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If you got any suggestions to improve on this method further or if I have misunderstood anything, please let me know. I hope this helps the community.↵
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**UPD**↵
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This way of practicing may not work for everyone. It worked for me that does not mean it is the best way.↵
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I will try to answer all the question with the knowledge I have. If you are an experienced coder and can correct my replies then please do, as I am also still learning.↵
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I was not expecting such a huge positive response, thank you all!
This is a follow up to the blog, [Competing Everyday?](https://codeforces.com/blog/entry/82778).↵
↵
This may sound like a flex but the point is to help the Pupils and Newbies who are stuck with their rating.↵
↵
I had been struggling to get to Specialist level for a half a year despite solving CP problems almost everyday. It got very frustrating to the point that I almost quit.↵
↵
Fortunately, in October I got some free time and I thought to change my strategy. I noticed that my rating depends on the problems which I can solve during the contests (roughly speaking), so why do not I practice contests instead of individual problems. To further check this line of reasoning I asked the same thing in the previous blog. A couple of high rated coders shared that they used the same strategy.↵
↵
As you can see in my rating graph, I went from a Newbie to an Expert now (Hopefully it stays like that XD), that too in less than a month. ↵
↵
<spoiler summary="The Method I used">↵
↵
1 Contest every day in the evening: AtCoder Beginner Contests OR any Codeforces div2 or div3 contest↵
↵
1 Contest in the afternoon (Whenever I had more free time): AtCoder Beginner Contests↵
↵
After a contest, I used to upsolve the questions that I was not able to solve in the contest.↵
</spoiler>↵
↵
↵
↵
↵
The method is simple but surprisingly it worked for me. ↵
It can also be the case that all that practising I did for half a year was improving me but the only issue could be the speed of solving a problem. Anyways if you are not able to break 1400 mark then you can give this a shot.↵
↵
That was my little experiment and I am planning to continue this further.↵
↵
If you got any suggestions to improve on this method further or if I have misunderstood anything, please let me know. I hope this helps the community.↵
↵
**UPD**↵
↵
This way of practicing may not work for everyone. It worked for me that does not mean it is the best way.↵
↵
I will try to answer all the question with the knowledge I have. If you are an experienced coder and can correct my replies then please do, as I am also still learning.↵
↵
I was not expecting such a huge positive response, thank you all!
