Yes. I compete in the ACM ICPC and TopCoder competitions and here's the deal. Top Chinese competitors in these areas get jobs doing these competitions. They lit

Yes. I compete in the ACM ICPC and TopCoder competitions and here's the deal. Top Chinese competitors in these areas get jobs doing these competitions. They literally get paid by the Chinese government to practice algorithm writing and competitive programming all day every day. US competitors are just college students like me who have things like school to deal with. Given this situation, it is unsurprising that Russian and Chinese coders win almost every year.