Competitive Programming Resources
Your complete roadmap to mastering CP
Featured Playlist
A very good playlist to learn the basics and start
Great starting point to learn fundamentals and begin solving problems.
How to use this playlist
- Watch videos in order to build a strong foundation.
- Pause and solve example problems alongside the videos.
- Repeat concepts you find difficult and practice related problems afterwards.
Practice Resources
Rating-Wise Practice
Topic-Wise Practice
Note: Both topic-wise and rating-wise practice are needed. When you study a topic, practice topic-wise problems to strengthen it. Alongside, keep practicing random rating-wise problems in general.
Coding Platforms
Contest Strategy
For Beginners
- Codechef starters (every Wednesday)
- Codeforces Div 3, Div 4
Intermediate & Advanced
- Codeforces (all Divisions)
- Codechef starters
- LeetCode Weekly and Biweekly
Contest Tips
- •Be consistent and don't miss any contests
- •Upsolve at least 1-2 problems after each contest
- •Analyze the contest and note down silly mistakes to avoid repeating them
How to Proceed
- 1Start studying the topics and keep practicing problems alongside
- 2You can start giving contests after learning the basics. Just be consistent and have patience
- 3When you study a topic, practice lots of problems on it before proceeding to the next
- 4When stuck on a problem, try to debug yourself first. If unable, look at editorials or ask for help