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If someone barely missed passing through 1st round, chance for him to make it through any of the following rounds is practically non-existant. Exception being i
by zplesivcak 13y ago
If someone barely missed passing through 1st round, chance for him to make it through any of the following rounds is practically non-existant. Exception being if he's experienced competitor who fell short for some reason.
- SteveGerencser 13y agoSo what you are saying is that since they may not have had a chance to win it's okay that someone cheating got ahead of them?
- jstanley 13y agoI understand zplesivcak's point. While it is lame that cheating is going on, it doesn't really impact the overall winner of the contest. Also, for the last 3 spots out of 1000, there is a lot of luck involved anyway.
- djKianoosh 13y agoyou assume a lot there with "last" 3 spots.
- jstanley 13y agoWell, it will only be the last 3 spots that are (substantially) affected by 3 cheaters - everybody else either qualified or failed to qualify anyway. And the luck I'm referring to is in timing. If you look at the scoreboard for round 1B, 1000th place scored 34 points and a time of 1:30:38. 1001st place 34 points and a time of 1:30:48. That 10 seconds is nothing if not luck.
- fmax30 13y agoImagine this scenario ,It is round 1C . A talented programmer started competing there are only 20 minutes to go. He solves the Small and Large test cases for Problem A ,and only the small for problem C. But Alas ! his rank is 1002 , he doesn't qualify even though on topcoder he is in the top 200's.