Yes, problems were easiest in 1C, then 1B, and then 1A. In 1C the shortest time to solve all problems was 30+ mins, in 1B 40+ mins, in 1C 50 mins.
On Sep 13, 5:23 am, Huy Phan <dac...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, IMO round C was the easiest one, then round B and round A. > You can not use brute force or naive approach to solve any large data > set in round A, but it's possible in round B and C. > Even in round C, problem B is just about some Math calculations. > > Lucas Piva wrote: > > Having participated in all 3 rounds, I personally thought that round C > > was the easiest. > > > Of course, round A was the easiest given that you only had to get one > > small right, but you could not possibly guess you only needed a fast > > small, so I think people were aiming directly at the larges at first ( > > I was). > > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 5:01 AM, Baroukh <cyrilk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Round 1A was a lot easier also regarding the problems ... > >> And to qualify you needed 9 points against 45 for the round 1B. > > >> Regards, > >> Cyril. > > >> On Sep 13, 9:49 am, Асямов Игорь <igor9...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> I agree about that Round 1A was easiest to qualified, but not in > >>> problems,it > >>> was harder than in 1B Round. > > >>> 2009/9/12 Marian <marian.olte...@gmail.com> > > >>>> I second that. > >>>> Although I performed miserably and I though I'll have to compete in > >>>> the morning round after I realized that my large dataset submission > >>>> was wrong (losing 30 points), I was surprised that I was qualified > >>>> with only 10 points. > > >>>> On Sep 12, 7:54 am, Vexorian <vexor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>>> Apparently the easiest round was 1A. With only 2000~ competitors > >>>>> getting a positive score, and people advancing by just doing a brute > >>>>> force algorithm for A. > > >>>>> On Sep 9, 6:19 pm, Brian Watkins <wildu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>>>> It looks like I've been assigned to all the rounds: 1A, 1B, and 1C. > >>>>>> Maybe you have, too. > > >>>>>> Which do you figure will be the easiest to advance in? And which will > >>>>>> be the hardest? > > >>>>>> The first round will probably be the hardest because all the top > >>>>>> coders will advance leaving only the dregs to compete against in the > >>>>>> later rounds. > > >>>>>> But the last round will really be the hardest because it will be full > >>>>>> of people who didn't manage to advance yet fighting for their very > >>>>>> survival in Code Jam. > > >>>>>> On the other hand, the middle round will be the hardest because it is > >>>>>> the most convenient time for the giant avalanche of genius Chinese > >>>>>> coders. > > >>>>>> What do you think? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "google-codejam" group. To post to this group, send email to google-code@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-code+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
