I think you mistyped Situation B? Seems to be the same as Situation C. On Tue, 10 Mar 2020, 15:15 Bartholomew Furrow, <fur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just got an email from the Code Jam Team. It said: > > 1. Registration is open. Presumably you can access that at > https://g.co/codejam. > 2. There are small changes to the rules for scoring. > > I've copy/pasted them here for discussion: > > (C) Points on Hidden Verdict Test Sets. For each problem, only the latest >> submission that passes all Visible Verdict Test Sets can possibly receive >> points for the Hidden Verdict Test Sets. All other submissions will be >> rejected on all Hidden Verdict Test Sets. >> (D) Primary Submission. The primary submission for each problem is the >> submission with the largest sum of the values of all passed test sets on >> that problem (the submission’s score), breaking ties by selecting the one >> with the earliest submission time. >> If no submission received points for a problem, then there is no primary >> submission for that problem and you receive a score of zero (0) for that >> problem. > > > I *believe* this addresses some frustrations of previous years. I'll walk > through a few scenarios. > > Imagine I have a problem with a visible set worth 10 points, and a hidden > set worth 20 points. > > *Situation A:* > 1. I submit a problem get the visible set right, but the hidden set wrong, > at 1 hour. > 2. I submit again and get the visible set right, but the hidden set wrong, > at 2 hours. > > My score is 10 points, and my penalty time is 1 hour. > Under the previous rules, my score would be 10 points and my penalty time > would be 2 hours, 4 minutes. > > *Situation B:* > 1. I submit a problem get the visible set right, and the hidden set right, > at 1 hour. > 2. I submit again and get the visible set right, but the hidden set wrong, > at 2 hours. > > My score is 10 points, and my penalty time is 1 hour. > Under the previous rules, my score would be 10 points and my penalty time > would be 2 hours, 4 minutes. > > *Situation C:* > 1. I submit a problem get the visible set right, and the hidden set right, > at 1 hour. > 2. I submit again and get the visible set wrong, and the hidden set wrong, > at 2 hours. > > My score is 30 points, and my penalty time is 1 hour. > I forget how the old scoring system would have scored this. > > > I hope that's helpful! > Bartholomew > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Code Jam" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to google-code+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-code/CAHaiWHMz%2BHY2YTGbXUB7Q4eB6pjezsFG-rb2uhgWQ8-E430z4A%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-code/CAHaiWHMz%2BHY2YTGbXUB7Q4eB6pjezsFG-rb2uhgWQ8-E430z4A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Code Jam" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-code+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-code/CAECKw-MPf5L-LGLxc7eR6YFsbRVcRg4dEfHwXe_cHF8yQ8SdVQ%40mail.gmail.com.
