Detailed solution guides for problems in the Australian Informatics Olympiad. I wanted to share my experience on these problems and how i came to a solution. I learn from USACO from a tutor site and also by learning off USACO guide. Hope to get into the IOI team some day.
I use a template i found from user InsertAReallyCreativeName. check out file 0template for it. I just copy and paste it for every task so i dont waste time writing the basic skeleton.
I think that usually for CP problems, especially the harders ones, you should be thinking for equally if not more time than actually coding. You need to just think and recognise patterns you found in previous questions.
Find a good community for comp prog discussion. I have a place on X-camp where i post my questions and i recieve feedback.
In the AIO i suggest breezing past 1-3 in 30 minutes then hopefully passing 4 which normally is doable in 30 minutes. You roughly 2 hours on the last questions which are the only hard ones.
I'm still learning to master the 5-6 questions to do fast. Usually i may not finish them ever. I suggest if you want to actually try for the AIO you begin to post your answers online and write up answers as it allows you to reflect.
ask stuff in discussions and i'll try answer. If you have any insight on the questions i'm stuck on also talk there
PS: If you are doing a q and wanna see my answers i suggest looking at the thoughts file that details what i thought about the question and how my ideas formed
If you're confused just ask in discussions. its a win-win since i get motivated when people find my resources useful