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By awoo, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

1334A - Level Statistics

Idea: awoo

Tutorial
Solution (pikmike)

1334B - Middle Class

Idea: adedalic

Tutorial
Solution (adedalic)

1334C - Circle of Monsters

Idea: BledDest

Tutorial
Solution (Ne0n25)

1334D - Minimum Euler Cycle

Idea: adedalic

Tutorial
Solution (adedalic)

1334E - Divisor Paths

Idea: BledDest

Tutorial
Solution (pikmike)

1334F - Strange Function

Idea: Roms и BledDest

Tutorial
Solution (BledDest)

1334G - Substring Search

Idea: BledDest

Tutorial
Solution (BledDest)

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By awoo, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

Hello Codeforces!

On Apr/10/2020 17:35 (Moscow time) Educational Codeforces Round 85 (Rated for Div. 2) will start.

Series of Educational Rounds continue being held as Harbour.Space University initiative! You can read the details about the cooperation between Harbour.Space University and Codeforces in the blog post.

This round will be rated for the participants with rating lower than 2100. It will be held on extended ICPC rules. The penalty for each incorrect submission until the submission with a full solution is 10 minutes. After the end of the contest you will have 12 hours to hack any solution you want. You will have access to copy any solution and test it locally.

You will be given 6 or 7 problems and 2 hours to solve them.

The problems were invented and prepared by Roman Roms Glazov, Adilbek adedalic Dalabaev, Vladimir vovuh Petrov, Ivan BledDest Androsov, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and me. Also huge thanks to Mike MikeMirzayanov Mirzayanov for great systems Polygon and Codeforces.

Good luck to all the participants!

Our friends at Harbour.Space also have a message for you:

Codeforces and Harbour.Space

Hey Codeforces,

What a crazy month it’s been!

We hope you and your loved ones are taking care of one another and catching up on everything you didn’t have time for on your normal schedules.

We’ve temporarily closed our physical campus and moved our classes online. It’s not as bad as it sounds though — we’ve always known the future is digital, so we were already preparing for this moment. Either way, we’re back.

SPECIAL PRIZE FOR EDU ROUND 85

This digital transformation opens the door to some pretty awesome new opportunities that allow us to get closer to our community, no matter where in the world they are.

That’s why we have a special prize for the next Educational Round, a space in a course of your choice from our Computer Science or Data Science Programs. You’ll be able to study online with us for 1, 2 or 3 weeks under some of the best Data and Computer Scientists in the world, with all fees on us.

The prize will be for the top 3 users who have confirmed their desire to participate in this competition. To sign up for it, leave us your handle in the form below.

Enrollment in the course you will participate in will depend upon the availability of the course, as well as the prerequisites required for that course.

We hope this provides you with extra incentive for the round, and we’re looking forward to seeing some of you soon!

PARTICIPATE

FULL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR BACHELOR’S PROGRAM

On a different note, we’re happy to announce that we’re offering full scholarships for the most talented high school students who want to study in our Computer Science or Data Science Bachelor’s programs at our university.

At the moment, we have two types of scholarships available:

The Full Scholarship. For the best of the best — all tuition costs are covered by the university. Just show up and show us what you’ve got.

The Co-Creator Scholarship. For those who want to help us change education — all tuition costs are covered by the university, and in addition to your studies, you get to help the Harbour.Space team on their mission for 4 hours/day, getting valuable practical experience in the field and working in a team with some of the brightest young professionals in town.

Fill out the form below and we will contact you for the next steps!

FILL OUT FORM

Looking forward to seeing you kick some ass in the next Educational Round, and stay safe!

Best, Harbour.Space University

Congratulations to the winners:

Rank Competitor Problems Solved Penalty
1 jqdai0815 7 153
2 jiangly 7 195
3 amnesiac_dusk 7 244
4 risujiroh 7 290
5 bmerry 7 310

Congratulations to the best hackers:

Rank Competitor Hack Count
1 greencis 174:-53
2 Java 94:-8
3 hackVerly 55:-2
4 mosemAlanfgar 55:-10
5 TheScrasse 40
2405 successful hacks and 1303 unsuccessful hacks were made in total!

And finally people who were the first to solve each problem:

Problem Competitor Penalty
A IQOver20 0:02
B arknave 0:02
C Siberian 0:03
D sevlll777 0:16
E LJC00118 0:19
F IceWiz 0:31
G Cirno_9baka 0:25

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By awoo, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

1327A - Sum of Odd Integers

Idea: vovuh

Tutorial
Solution (vovuh)

1327B - Princesses and Princes

Idea: BledDest

Tutorial
Solution (pikmike)

1327C - Game with Chips

Idea: Neon

Tutorial
Solution (Ne0n25)

1327D - Infinite Path

Idea: adedalic

Tutorial
Solution (adedalic)

1327E - Count The Blocks

Idea: adedalic

Tutorial
Solution (Roms)

1327F - AND Segments

Idea: Neon

Tutorial
Solution (Ne0n25)

1327G - Letters and Question Marks

Idea: BledDest

Tutorial
Solution (BledDest)

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By awoo, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

Hello Codeforces!

On Mar/23/2020 17:35 (Moscow time) Educational Codeforces Round 84 (Rated for Div. 2) will start.

Series of Educational Rounds continue being held as Harbour.Space University initiative! You can read the details about the cooperation between Harbour.Space University and Codeforces in the blog post.

This round will be rated for the participants with rating lower than 2100. It will be held on extended ICPC rules. The penalty for each incorrect submission until the submission with a full solution is 10 minutes. After the end of the contest you will have 12 hours to hack any solution you want. You will have access to copy any solution and test it locally.

You will be given 7 problems and 2 hours to solve them.

The problems were invented and prepared by Roman Roms Glazov, Adilbek adedalic Dalabaev, Vladimir vovuh Petrov, Ivan BledDest Androsov, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and me. Also huge thanks to Mike MikeMirzayanov Mirzayanov for great systems Polygon and Codeforces.

Good luck to all the participants!

Congratulations to the winners:

Rank Competitor Problems Solved Penalty
1 jqdai0815 7 230
2 Volkov_Ivan 7 272
3 Egor 7 343
4 2829908231 7 360
5 rainboy 7 707

Congratulations to the best hackers:

Rank Competitor Hack Count
1 atakanysr 14:-8
2 Chrollo_Lucifer 5:-1
3 Learner 10:-13
4 RitikBaid 3
5 Ashiok 4:-3
139 successful hacks and 617 unsuccessful hacks were made in total!

And finally people who were the first to solve each problem:

Problem Competitor Penalty
A fextivity 0:01
B Sonechko 0:05
C Isaunoya 0:05
D jqdai0815 0:10
E Kilani 0:11
F YangDavid 0:35
G rainboy 0:44

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By awoo, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

1312A - Two Regular Polygons

Idea: BledDest

Tutorial
Solution (vovuh)

1312B - Bogosort

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution (Roms)

1312C - Adding Powers

Idea: adedalic

Tutorial
Solution 1 (adedalic)
Solution 2 (adedalic)

1312D - Count the Arrays

Idea: BledDest

Tutorial
Solution (BledDest)

1312E - Array Shrinking

Idea: MikeMirzayanov

Tutorial
Solution (adedalic)

1312F - Attack on Red Kingdom

Idea: BledDest

Tutorial
Solution (BledDest)

1312G - Autocompletion

Idea: adedalic and BledDest

Tutorial
Solution (BledDest)

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By awoo, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

Hello Codeforces!

On Mar/09/2020 17:35 (Moscow time) Educational Codeforces Round 83 (Rated for Div. 2) will start.

Series of Educational Rounds continue being held as Harbour.Space University initiative! You can read the details about the cooperation between Harbour.Space University and Codeforces in the blog post.

This round will be rated for the participants with rating lower than 2100. It will be held on extended ICPC rules. The penalty for each incorrect submission until the submission with a full solution is 10 minutes. After the end of the contest you will have 12 hours to hack any solution you want. You will have access to copy any solution and test it locally.

You will be given 7 problems and 2 hours to solve them.

The problems were invented and prepared by Roman Roms Glazov, Adilbek adedalic Dalabaev, Vladimir vovuh Petrov, Ivan BledDest Androsov, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and me. Also huge thanks to Mike MikeMirzayanov Mirzayanov for great systems Polygon and Codeforces.

Good luck to all the participants!

Congratulations to the winners:

Rank Competitor Problems Solved Penalty
1 244mhq 7 135
2 jqdai0815 7 145
3 neal 7 161
4 uwi 7 191
5 CWOI 7 196

Congratulations to the best hackers:

Rank Competitor Hack Count
1 MarcosK 134:-15
2 _apurv_ 28
3 racsosabe 24:-1
4 sv_restart 18:-3
5 Norrius 16
773 successful hacks and 620 unsuccessful hacks were made in total!

And finally people who were the first to solve each problem:

Problem Competitor Penalty
A hochesh 0:00
B Kirill22 0:02
C i.e 0:03
D neal 0:08
E andrew 0:09
F jqdai0815 0:33
G gisp_zjz 0:31

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By awoo, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

1303A - Erasing Zeroes

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution (Roms)

1303B - National Project

Idea: adedalic

Tutorial
Solution (adedalic)

1303C - Perfect Keyboard

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution (Ne0n25)

1303D - Fill The Bag

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution (Roms)

1303E - Erase Subsequences

Idea: adedalic

Tutorial
Solution (adedalic)

1303F - Number of Components

Idea: Neon

Tutorial
Solution (Ne0n25)

1303G - Sum of Prefix Sums

Idea: Neon

Tutorial
Solution (BledDest)

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By awoo, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

Hello Codeforces!

On Feb/12/2020 17:35 (Moscow time) Educational Codeforces Round 82 (Rated for Div. 2) will start.

Series of Educational Rounds continue being held as Harbour.Space University initiative! You can read the details about the cooperation between Harbour.Space University and Codeforces in the blog post.

This round will be rated for the participants with rating lower than 2100. It will be held on extended ICPC rules. The penalty for each incorrect submission until the submission with a full solution is 10 minutes. After the end of the contest you will have 12 hours to hack any solution you want. You will have access to copy any solution and test it locally.

You will be given 7 problems and 2 hours to solve them.

The problems were invented and prepared by Roman Roms Glazov, Adilbek adedalic Dalabaev, Vladimir vovuh Petrov, Ivan BledDest Androsov, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and me. Also huge thanks to Mike MikeMirzayanov Mirzayanov for great systems Polygon and Codeforces.

Good luck to all the participants!

Our friends at Harbour.Space also have a message for you:

Hello Muscat

Hi Codeforces!

This is not the last call for participation, but we’re almost there. We have extended the early bird discount deadline of Hello Muscat ICPC Programming Bootcamp until this Sunday, February 16th. Remember you can request a support letter to present to your university, employer or local companies to sponsor your participation and trip to the bootcamp.

Register now

We would also like to remind you that if your team is going to the ICPC World Finals in Moscow this June, you can fill out the form below to see if you are eligible for a full scholarship for our Bootcamp (flights not included), and we will contact you within three days to let you know about the results.

Fill out form

UPD: There will be 7 problems in the round

Congratulations to the winners:

Rank Competitor Problems Solved Penalty
1 tmwilliamlin168 7 294
2 Egor 6 173
3 ivan100sic 6 174
4 neal 6 175
5 244mhq 6 179

39 successful hacks and 147 unsuccessful hacks were made in total!

And finally people who were the first to solve each problem:

Problem Competitor Penalty
A Mprimus 0:01
B icecuber 0:04
C MylnikovNikolay 0:09
D waynetuinfor 0:11
E Mehrdad_Sohrabi 0:17
F wucstdio 1:10
G arknave 0:49

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By awoo, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

1295A - Display The Number

Idea: adedalic

Tutorial
Solution (BledDest)

1295B - Infinite Prefixes

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution (adedalic)

1295C - Obtain The String

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution (Roms)

1295D - Same GCDs

Idea: adedalic

Tutorial
Solution (adedalic)

1295E - Permutation Separation

Idea: adedalic

Tutorial
Solution (adedalic)

1295F - Good Contest

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution (BledDest)

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By awoo, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

Hello Codeforces!

On Jan/29/2020 17:35 (Moscow time) Educational Codeforces Round 81 (Rated for Div. 2) will start.

Series of Educational Rounds continue being held as Harbour.Space University initiative! You can read the details about the cooperation between Harbour.Space University and Codeforces in the blog post.

This round will be rated for the participants with rating lower than 2100. It will be held on extended ICPC rules. The penalty for each incorrect submission until the submission with a full solution is 10 minutes. After the end of the contest you will have 12 hours to hack any solution you want. You will have access to copy any solution and test it locally.

You will be given 6 problems and 2 hours to solve them.

The problems were invented and prepared by Roman Roms Glazov, Adilbek adedalic Dalabaev, Vladimir vovuh Petrov, Ivan BledDest Androsov, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and me. Also huge thanks to Mike MikeMirzayanov Mirzayanov for great systems Polygon and Codeforces.

Good luck to all the participants!

Our friends at Harbour.Space also have a message for you:

Hello Muscat

Hi Codeforces!

As a special prize for the Educational Round 81, we would like to invite the top participants to take part in our Hello Muscat ICPC Programming Bootcamp, which will take place in Oman, from March 19 to March 25, 2020. The prize will cover the participation fee, accommodation, and half-board meals for the entire duration of the bootcamp (except flights)!

There are three requirements to satisfy:

  • You took part in at least 10 rated contests on Codeforces
  • Your max rating should be less than 2400
  • You should be eligible for ICPC and/or IOI 2020+
Fill out the form→

Good luck to everyone!

We are also excited to announce that we are working with our partners to provide free participation (flights not included) for the teams going to the ICPC World Finals 2020, which will take place in Moscow. If you and your team qualified for the Finals, fill out the form below to see if you’re eligible.

Apply Now→

Congratulations to the winners:

Rank Competitor Problems Solved Penalty
1 nickluo 6 177
2 KrK 6 184
3 NoLongerRed 6 185
4 Anadi 6 200
5 neal 6 204

Congratulations to the best hackers:

Rank Competitor Hack Count
1 GiantTornado 58
2 rachit_raj 51:-1
3 harshraj22 41:-5
4 Ahmad__ 35:-1
5 Sadik 33:-2
1096 successful hacks and 873 unsuccessful hacks were made in total!

And finally people who were the first to solve each problem:

Problem Competitor Penalty
A antontrygubO_o 0:01
B neal 0:05
C IgorI 0:07
D NoLongerRed 0:06
E Egg_Tart_Forest 0:14
F Combi 0:23

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By awoo, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

1288A - Deadline

Idea: adedalic

Tutorial
Solution (adedalic)

1288B - Yet Another Meme Problem

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution (Roms)

1288C - Two Arrays

Idea: BledDest

Tutorial
Solution (Roms)

1288D - Minimax Problem

Idea: BledDest

Tutorial
Solution (BledDest)

1288E - Messenger Simulator

Idea: Neon

Tutorial
Solution 1 (pikmike)
Solution 2 (pikmike)
Solution 3 (pikmike)

1288F - Red-Blue Graph

Idea: BledDest

Tutorial
Solution (BledDest)

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By awoo, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

Hello Codeforces!

On Jan/14/2020 17:35 (Moscow time) Educational Codeforces Round 80 (Rated for Div. 2) will start.

Series of Educational Rounds continue being held as Harbour.Space University initiative! You can read the details about the cooperation between Harbour.Space University and Codeforces in the blog post.

This round will be rated for the participants with rating lower than 2100. It will be held on extended ICPC rules. The penalty for each incorrect submission until the submission with a full solution is 10 minutes. After the end of the contest you will have 12 hours to hack any solution you want. You will have access to copy any solution and test it locally.

You will be given 6 problems and 2 hours to solve them.

The problems were invented and prepared by Roman Roms Glazov, Adilbek adedalic Dalabaev, Vladimir vovuh Petrov, Ivan BledDest Androsov, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and me. Also huge thanks to Mike MikeMirzayanov Mirzayanov for great systems Polygon and Codeforces.

Good luck to all the participants!

Our friends at Harbour.Space also have a message for you:

Hello Muscat

Hi Codeforces!

As a special prize for the Educational Round 80, we would like to invite the top 3 participants to take part in our Hello Muscat ICPC Programming Bootcamp, which will take place in Oman, from March 19 to March 25, 2020. The prize will cover the participation fee, accommodation, and half-board meals for the entire duration of the bootcamp (except flights)!

There are three requirements to satisfy:

  • You took part in at least 10 rated contests on Codeforces
  • Your max rating should be less than 2400
  • You should be eligible for ICPC and/or IOI 2020+
Fill out the form→

Good luck to everyone!

Note: If you really want to participate, but cannot afford the participation fee, get in touch with us to request a supporting letter for you to show to your university, employer, or local companies. With this letter, you are opening the possibility of being sponsored by them to attend the bootcamp.

Please fill out this form and we’ll send you the support letter within 3 days!

Congratulations to the winners:

Rank Competitor Problems Solved Penalty
1 isaf27 6 150
2 FSTForces 6 167
3 jiangly 6 178
4 ko_osaga 6 179
5 jhnan917 6 184

Congratulations to the best hackers:

Rank Competitor Hack Count
1 surung9898 59:-2
2 stdmultiset 35:-1
3 B2ej5SjC 30
4 spectre_1502 21:-1
5 Dilemma27 20:-4
434 successful hacks and 746 unsuccessful hacks were made in total!

And finally people who were the first to solve each problem:

Problem Competitor Penalty
A okwedook 0:01
B neal 0:04
C ko_osaga 0:06
D RUSH_D_CAT 0:07
E peach 0:17
F jiangly 1:13

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By awoo, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

1279A - New Year Garland

Idea: BledDest

Tutorial
Solution (Roms)

1279B - Verse For Santa

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution (Roms)

1279C - Stack of Presents

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution (Roms)

1279D - Santa's Bot

Idea: BledDest

Tutorial
Solution (Ne0n25)

1279E - New Year Permutations

Idea: Neon

Tutorial
Solution (Ne0n25)

1279F - New Year and Handle Change

Idea: vovuh

Tutorial
Solution (vovuh)

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By awoo, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

Hello Codeforces!

On Dec/27/2019 17:40 (Moscow time) Educational Codeforces Round 79 (Rated for Div. 2) will start.

Series of Educational Rounds continue being held as Harbour.Space University initiative! You can read the details about the cooperation between Harbour.Space University and Codeforces in the blog post.

This round will be rated for the participants with rating lower than 2100. It will be held on extended ICPC rules. The penalty for each incorrect submission until the submission with a full solution is 10 minutes. After the end of the contest you will have 12 hours to hack any solution you want. You will have access to copy any solution and test it locally.

You will be given 6 problems and 2 hours to solve them.

The problems were invented and prepared by Roman Roms Glazov, Adilbek adedalic Dalabaev, Vladimir vovuh Petrov, Ivan BledDest Androsov, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and me. Also huge thanks to Mike MikeMirzayanov Mirzayanov for great systems Polygon and Codeforces.

Good luck to all the participants!

Our friends at Harbour.Space also have a message for you:

Hi Codeforces!

Last spots available for Mike Mirzayanov's course Advanced Algorithms and Data Structures, which will take place in Barcelona, from the 6th to 24th of January, 2020.

The course will consist of three weeks of training, 5 training days each week. The program includes daily lectures and practical exercises. It will be quite educational, insightful and entertaining!

Remember, there’s a special price of 1,000 EUR* for all Codeforces users.

* The cost does not include travel or accommodation.

If you’re interested, send us a message at [email protected] and we will guide you through the next steps.

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By awoo, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

1278A - Shuffle Hashing

Idea: Neon

Tutorial
Solution 1 (pikmike)
Solution 2 (pikmike)

1278B - A and B

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution (Roms)

1278C - Berry Jam

Idea: MikeMirzayanov

Tutorial
Solution (pikmike)

1278D - Segment Tree

Idea: Neon

Tutorial
Solution (Ne0n25)

1278E - Tests for problem D

Idea: Neon

Tutorial
Solution (Ne0n25)

1278F - Cards

Idea: BledDest

Tutorial
Solution (BledDest)

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By awoo, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

Hello Codeforces!

On Dec/19/2019 17:35 (Moscow time) Educational Codeforces Round 78 (Rated for Div. 2) will start.

Series of Educational Rounds continue being held as Harbour.Space University initiative! You can read the details about the cooperation between Harbour.Space University and Codeforces in the blog post.

This round will be rated for the participants with rating lower than 2100. It will be held on extended ICPC rules. The penalty for each incorrect submission until the submission with a full solution is 10 minutes. After the end of the contest you will have 12 hours to hack any solution you want. You will have access to copy any solution and test it locally.

You will be given 6 problems and 2 hours to solve them.

The problems were invented and prepared by Roman Roms Glazov, Adilbek adedalic Dalabaev, Vladimir vovuh Petrov, Ivan BledDest Androsov, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and me. Also huge thanks to Mike MikeMirzayanov Mirzayanov for great systems Polygon and Codeforces.

Good luck to all the participants!

Our friends at Harbour.Space also have a message for you:

Codeforces and Harbour.Space

Hi Codeforces!

The deadline to apply for our Master’s Scholarship in Bangkok is very soon!

Don't miss your chance and apply for our progressive Master’s programs in Data Science and Cyber Security in just 3 steps:

1. Submit your CV to see if you are an eligible candidate for the scholarship
2. If your profile matches the requirements, one of our admissions officers will get in touch with you
3. Apply for the program, pay the 125€ application fee, pass a series of interviews, and if you’re accepted, pack your bags to Bangkok!

And if you know someone who might be interested in Digital Marketing, High Tech Entrepreneurship, Interaction Design or FinTech, send them our way!

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Also, don’t forget to read our newest blogs!

Congratulations to the winners:

Rank Competitor Problems Solved Penalty
1 HIR180 6 106
2 neal 6 162
3 receed 6 172
4 Geothermal 6 174
5 cerberus97 6 179

Congratulations to the best hackers:

Rank Competitor Hack Count
1 Akulyat 24
2 hoke_t 20
3 dhxh 18:-1
4 vovanstrr 14
5 WNG 13:-1
255 successful hacks and 458 unsuccessful hacks were made in total!

And finally people who were the first to solve each problem:

Problem Competitor Penalty
A Dalgerok 0:01
B neal 0:04
C HIR180 0:08
D Tutis 0:17
E gxnncrx1993 0:20
F jqdai0815 0:07

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By awoo, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

1260A - Heating

Idea: adedalic

Tutorial
Solution (adedalic)

1260B - Obtain Two Zeroes

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution (Roms)

1260C - Infinite Fence

Idea: adedalic

Tutorial
Solution (adedalic)

1260D - A Game with Traps

Idea: BledDest

Tutorial
Solution (BledDest)

1260E - Tournament

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution (Roms)

1260F - Colored Tree

Idea: RDDCCD

Tutorial
Solution (RDDCCD)

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By awoo, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

Hello Codeforces!

On Nov/27/2019 16:50 (Moscow time) Educational Codeforces Round 77 (Rated for Div. 2) will start.

Series of Educational Rounds continue being held as Harbour.Space University initiative! You can read the details about the cooperation between Harbour.Space University and Codeforces in the blog post.

This round will be rated for the participants with rating lower than 2100. It will be held on extended ICPC rules. The penalty for each incorrect submission until the submission with a full solution is 10 minutes. After the end of the contest you will have 12 hours to hack any solution you want. You will have access to copy any solution and test it locally.

You will be given 6 problems and 2 hours to solve them.

The problems were invented and prepared by ZiXuan Yan RDDCCD, Roman Roms Glazov, Adilbek adedalic Dalabaev, Vladimir vovuh Petrov, Ivan BledDest Androsov, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and me. Also huge thanks to Mike MikeMirzayanov Mirzayanov for great systems Polygon and Codeforces.

Good luck to all the participants!

Our friends at Harbour.Space also have a message for you:

Hello Codeforces!

This week we have two new blog posts and a reminder of our Data Science Scholarship!

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Congratulations to the winners:

Rank Competitor Problems Solved Penalty
1 twitch.tv_wookje 6 209
2 Tweetuzkokodayo 6 219
3 saketh 6 220
4 mango_lassi 6 280
5 LJFOO7 6 288

Congratulations to the best hackers:

Rank Competitor Hack Count
1 Rian_5900 60:-3
2 blaction 13
3 Fyodor 14:-5
4 wolfy6 11
5 brunomont 11:-2
216 successful hacks and 246 unsuccessful hacks were made in total!

And finally people who were the first to solve each problem:

Problem Competitor Penalty
A dorijanlendvaj 0:01
B dorijanlendvaj 0:02
C dorijanlendvaj 0:07
D lzoi.win 0:19
E PinkRabbitAFO 0:16
F Kuroni 1:19

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By awoo, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

1257A - Two Rival Students

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution (adedalic)

1257B - Magic Stick

Idea: BledDest

Tutorial
Solution (Ne0n25)

1257C - Dominated Subarray

Idea: adedalic

Tutorial
Solution (adedalic)

1257D - Yet Another Monster Killing Problem

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution (Roms)

1257E - The Contest

Idea: vovuh

Tutorial
Solution (BledDest)

1257F - Make Them Similar

Idea: vovuh

Tutorial
Solution (BledDest)

1257G - Divisor Set

Idea: adedalic

Tutorial
Solution (adedalic)

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By awoo, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

Hello Codeforces!

On Nov/13/2019 17:35 (Moscow time) Educational Codeforces Round 76 (Rated for Div. 2) will start.

Series of Educational Rounds continue being held as Harbour.Space University initiative! You can read the details about the cooperation between Harbour.Space University and Codeforces in the blog post.

This round will be rated for the participants with rating lower than 2100. It will be held on extended ICPC rules. The penalty for each incorrect submission until the submission with a full solution is 10 minutes. After the end of the contest you will have 12 hours to hack any solution you want. You will have access to copy any solution and test it locally.

You will be given 7 problems and 2 hours to solve them.

The problems were invented and prepared by Roman Roms Glazov, Adilbek adedalic Dalabaev, Vladimir vovuh Petrov, Ivan BledDest Androsov, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and me. Also huge thanks to Mike MikeMirzayanov Mirzayanov for great systems Polygon and Codeforces.

Good luck to all the participants!

Our friends at Harbour.Space also have a message for you:

Attention Codeforces!

Calling on all tech disruptors, data specialists and computer science pioneers.
We are offering fully-funded international scholarships for exceptional tech specialists from around the world. Accelerate your career by becoming an industry expert capable of making key data-driven decisions that add value and drive innovation within tech industries.

Harbour.Space University has partnered with SCG, a leading business conglomerate in the ASEAN region, to offer exceptional tech specialists the opportunity to work and study in two of the most dynamic and vibrant cities in the world. Join our progressive two-year program based in Bangkok, with 6 of the 24 months in Barcelona, to develop the international mindset needed to accelerate your career and redefine how data drives the businesses of the future.

Codeforces and Harbour.Space

Tuition fee:

2 years | €45,800

Education:

3 hours of study per day | 15h per week

Work Experience:

4 hours of internship per day at SCG | 20h per week

Living Allowance:

€16,800 euros | €700 per month living allowance


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Congratulations to the winners:

Rank Competitor Problems Solved Penalty
1 neal 7 182
2 kmjp 7 216
3 saketh 7 218
4 KrK 7 225
5 ivan100sic 7 244
5 pwild 7 244

Congratulations to the best hackers:

Rank Competitor Hack Count
1 Decayed 39:-10
2 liouzhou_101 59:-58
3 dzhiblavi 15
4 Rian_5900 31:-40
5 Fyodor 10:-2
278 successful hacks and 501 unsuccessful hacks were made in total!

And finally people who were the first to solve each problem:

Problem Competitor Penalty
A amnesiac_dusk 0:00
B Siberian 0:02
C Bohun 0:03
D LJC00118 0:16
E jjang36524 0:23
F TripleM5da 0:19
G black_horse2014 0:19

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By awoo, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

1251A - Broken Keyboard

Idea: BledDest

Tutorial
Solution (Ne0n25)

1251B - Binary Palindromes

Idea: adedalic

Tutorial
Solution (adedalic)

1251C - Minimize The Integer

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution (Roms)

1251D - Salary Changing

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution (Roms)

1251E1 - Voting (Easy Version)

1251E2 - Voting (Hard Version)

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution (Roms)

1251F - Red-White Fence

Idea: Neon and BledDest

Tutorial
Solution (BledDest)

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By awoo, history, 4 years ago, translation, In English

Hello Codeforces!

On Oct/24/2019 18:05 (Moscow time) Educational Codeforces Round 75 (Rated for Div. 2) will start.

Series of Educational Rounds continue being held as Harbour.Space University initiative! You can read the details about the cooperation between Harbour.Space University and Codeforces in the blog post.

This round will be rated for the participants with rating lower than 2100. It will be held on extended ICPC rules. The penalty for each incorrect submission until the submission with a full solution is 10 minutes. After the end of the contest you will have 12 hours to hack any solution you want. You will have access to copy any solution and test it locally.

You will be given 7 problems and 2 hours to solve them.

The problems were invented and prepared by Roman Roms Glazov, Adilbek adedalic Dalabaev, Vladimir vovuh Petrov, Ivan BledDest Androsov, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and me. Also huge thanks to Mike MikeMirzayanov Mirzayanov for great systems Polygon and Codeforces.

Good luck to all the participants!

Our friends at Harbour.Space also have a message for you:

Hello Codeforces,

We would like to invite all of you to Mike Mirzayanov's course Advanced Algorithms and Data Structures, which will take place in Barcelona, from the 6th to 24th of January, 2020.

The course will consist of three weeks of training, 5 training days each week. The program includes daily lectures and practical exercises. It will be quite educational, insightful and entertaining!

And you will have the opportunity to meet and talk with Mike, who will be happy to share his knowledge and stories about the history of Codeforces.

We are happy to offer a special price of 1,000 EUR* for all Codeforces users.

Register on the page below and we will contact you for the next steps. Hurry up! Only 10 spots available.

* The cost does not include travel or accommodation.

REGISTER HERE→

We would also like to recommend you an article published on our blog last week about the 5 reasons why traditional universities can’t keep up with humanity.

UPD: The start of the round is postponed by 30 minutes.

Congratulations to the winners:

Rank Competitor Problems Solved Penalty
1 neal 7 199
2 Anadi 7 205
3 risujiroh 7 208
4 imeimi 7 229
5 jiangly 7 273

96 successful hacks and 196 unsuccessful hacks were made in total!

And finally people who were the first to solve each problem:

Problem Competitor Penalty
A cxk0707 0:02
B wangziji 0:05
C Bohun 0:06
D guyan 0:16
E1 TwentyOneHundredOrBust 0:15
E2 TwentyOneHundredOrBust 0:14
F Radewoosh 0:19

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By awoo, history, 5 years ago, translation, In English

1238A - Prime Subtraction

Idea: BledDest

Tutorial
Solution (BledDest)

1238B - Kill `Em All

Idea: Neon

Tutorial
Solution (Ne0n25)

1238C - Standard Free2play

Idea: adedalic

Tutorial
Solution (adedalic)

1238D - AB-string

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution (Roms)

1238E - Keyboard Purchase

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution (Roms)

1238F - The Maximum Subtree

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution (Roms)

1238G - Adilbek and the Watering System

Idea: Neon

Tutorial
Solution (Ne0n25)

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By awoo, history, 5 years ago, translation, In English

Hello Codeforces!

On Oct/08/2019 17:35 (Moscow time) Educational Codeforces Round 74 (Rated for Div. 2) will start.

Series of Educational Rounds continue being held as Harbour.Space University initiative! You can read the details about the cooperation between Harbour.Space University and Codeforces in the blog post.

This round will be rated for the participants with rating lower than 2100. It will be held on extended ICPC rules. The penalty for each incorrect submission until the submission with a full solution is 10 minutes. After the end of the contest you will have 12 hours to hack any solution you want. You will have access to copy any solution and test it locally.

You will be given 7 problems and 2 hours to solve them.

The problems were invented and prepared by Roman Roms Glazov, Adilbek adedalic Dalabaev, Vladimir vovuh Petrov, Ivan BledDest Androsov, Maksim Neon Mescheryakov and me. Also huge thanks to Mike MikeMirzayanov Mirzayanov for great systems Polygon and Codeforces.

Good luck to all the participants!

Our friends at Harbour.Space also have a message for you:

Hello Codeforces,

First of all, thank you for the great feedback on our survey from the last Educational Round. Over 300 people participated, and we hope to start implementing some of your suggestions really soon.

We also wanted to let you know that we have extended the deadline for our fully-funded scholarships for Masters programs in Bangkok.

Remember, they cover the entire tuition fee as well as the cost of living expenses, so If you or someone you know are interested in technology, entrepreneurship, or design, and believe you have what it takes, we want to hear from you!

APPLY HERE→

Last, but not least, we would like to recommend an article published in our blog last week about the “Top 5 Soft Skills Every Developer Has to Have”. What do you think, do you agree with this list?

Congratulations to the winners:

Rank Competitor Problems Solved Penalty
1 HIR180 7 296
2 Hoxilo 7 317
3 stasio6 7 350
4 sigma425 7 400
5 jiangly 7 405

Congratulations to the best hackers:

Rank Competitor Hack Count
1 kimbj0709 120:-19
2 Retired_NarutoElMatria 107:-111
3 baluteshih 48:-9
4 galen_colin 40:-3
5 Rian_5900 34:-13
571 successful hacks and 641 unsuccessful hacks were made in total!

And finally people who were the first to solve each problem:

Problem Competitor Penalty
A algo.code 0:00
B Surge 0:04
C otbitiy_serb 0:17
D MarcosK 0:08
E GyojunYoun 0:09
F ksun48 0:29
G NotNight 0:51

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By awoo, history, 5 years ago, translation, In English

1221A - 2048 Game

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution (Roms)

1221B - Knights

Idea: BledDest

Tutorial
Solution (PikMike)

1221C - Perfect Team

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution 1 (BledDest)
Solution 2 (PikMike)

1221D - Make The Fence Great Again

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution (Roms)

1221E - Game With String

Idea: Roms

Tutorial
Solution (Roms)

1221F - Choose a Square

Idea: Neon

Tutorial
Solution (Ne0n25)

1221G - Graph And Numbers

Idea: BledDest

Tutorial
Solution (BledDest)

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