I'd say topcoder is the best place to practice and learn. http://community.topcoder.com/tc
On the left you can find the tutorials section, there navigate to algorithm tutorials. Those are the most relevant to this type of competitions. There are contests 3 times a month, called SRM, participate there a lot. >From there you'll find even more useful information on how to practice. Carlos Guia On Apr 28, 2012 4:41 PM, "subwich" <subwic...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I am new to programming competition, and I did badly on my last one.. I do > now know how to improve my skills. > > Could some one give me suggestions in preparing for code jam and other > competitions like this? > > Thanks guys! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Code Jam" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-code/-/DYa9hUNNDWkJ. > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Code Jam" 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.