I have competed in these 9 contests. I have verified that all of the CP calculations are within 1 point of my calculations except for the most recent two:
See my calculations here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1udPLEfUXQXJLRSn_-_AEwiSYxsoQIlP9I98yuncj2Xs/edit?usp=sharing
Is anyone else seeing this issue?
You linked a private document, that’s not helpful to see your math.
I’ll make an assumption anyway: a contest ended today. The total points possible dropped by 500 for all previous contests (with 2000 as a lower bar), while the points you achieved only get recomputed over night.
I’m an over-performer, will fix itself
Oh, it’s properly shared now.
Even if the max points need to drop still, my last two scores are way off. They should be 222 and 165, not 5 and 6.
The n shown on your profile isn’t the n used.
If someone opens the problem and runs the code in the IDE, they get auto-submitted to the leaderboard at the end of the contest. But they aren’t real participants - also in terms of points calculation.
Ok, that makes sense. So, for example (for anyone else that might be reading this), the real N for Fall Challenge 2024 is more like 2,150. If anyone else can verify that using 2,150 for N on this contest makes their score make more sense, please say so here.
I do think codingame should show the N actually being used, or at least update the explanation of N to say that the number of players who actually submitted an entry other than the default code is the actual N being used to calculate points.
