I took part in CODEFORCES #291 which was held on the Valentine's day. Though i managed to solve only 2 problems i solved them pretty fast. I think the third problem was an implementation of TRIE data structure. Though i struggled till the last minute i was unable to get accepted for that problem. I thought that i would still be Expert after this contest as i was unable to solve the 3rd problem. But when i turned on Codeforces in my mobile at 1:00 am there was a very big surprise for me... I BECAME CANDIDATE MASTER AGAIN!!!! I was very very happppy on becoming a purple coder again. I wish i would work harder to retain this color with me. A week or two before this contest, I took part in lots of contests and this actually helped me to easily find the corner case in the First problem. And one thing i noticed is, last time i became Candidate Master exactly on the day of Christmas and this time it is my sweet MOM's B'day!!
RANK IN THE CONTEST: 399 / 4037
Link to the scoreboard:
http://codeforces.com/contest/514/standings/page/5
RANK IN THE CONTEST: 399 / 4037
Link to the scoreboard:
http://codeforces.com/contest/514/standings/page/5