Common mistakes in online and real-time contests

摘要

Each year the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) arranges a worldwide programming contest.nThis contest has two rounds: the regional contests and the World Final. The teams with thenbest results in the regional contests advance to the World Final. The contest showcases the bestnprogrammers in the world to representatives of large companies who are looking for talent. When practicingnfor programming competitions, remember that all your efforts should be directed at improvingnyour programming skills. No matter what your performance is in a contest, do not be disappointed. Successnin programming contests is affected by factors other than skill, most importantly, adrenaline, luck,nand the problem set of the contest. One way of getting immediate feedback on your efforts is to join thenValladolid Online Programming Practice/Contest or the online judge hosted by Ural State Universityn(USU). Successfully solving problems increases your online ranking in the respective competitions.