Competitive Programming
I started competitive programming in 2023 right after learning the basics of programming and C90. My university didn't have a CP tradition, so I had to learn everything on my own. I guess my background in math and problem-solving helped a lot, but I also spent countless hours reading editorials, watching tutorials, and practicing on platforms like Codeforces and AtCoder.
My main goal is to establish a solid Olympic project at UFPB before I graduate, and hopefully qualify for the ICPC World Finals in the process.
Profiles
- Codeforces — GabrielCampelo · Rating: 1448 (Specialist)
- AtCoder — GabrielCF · Rating: 368 (9 Kyu)
Contest Highlights
IEEEXtreme 18.0 — 24-Hour Programming Competition
SBC Programming Marathon — First Phase
II Gaúcha Programming Marathon
SBC Programming Marathon — Phase Zero
Paraíba Informatics Olympiad
IEEEXtreme 17.0 — 24-Hour Programming Competition
The 2024 ICPC South America/Brazil First Phase
For the teams of my state, the competition took place at Unifacisa University in Campina Grande, PB.
We had teams from UFPB, UFCG, IFPB-JP and Unifacisa itself.
2nd Pacode Programming Contest
This edition was held online. We had 21 teams (over 60 participants).
Sherterton and Ayres were busy, so I had to compete alone.
I led the scoreboard for most of the contest. Unfortunately, in the final minutes, the runner-up team solved the last problem faster than I did.
SBC Programming Marathon (Phase Zero)
Paraíba Informatics Olympiad
This competition was a setback for me. I spent a lot of time solving the easy problems and couldn't figure out how to solve a simple graph problem, which cost my team a medal.
Today, I see that this was a milestone and the frustration gave me a lot of motivation to improve.
1st Pacode Programming Contest
This was the first edition of UFPB's internal competition. We had 60 participants.
At this point, I already knew C++ and was performing well in competitions.
I also invited Ayres to join Sherterton and me. We ended up competing together as a team for over a year.
We were the only team to solve all the problems :)
IEEEXtreme 16.0
My first time participating in a 24-hour programming competition. Teams from UFPB and IFPB gathered at a LAN house in João Pessoa, PB.
To be honest, I slept for a few hours during the competition haha.
The 2023 ICPC South America/Brazil First Phase
My first ever ICPC Subregional.
The funny part was that we passed a problem in the last 3 minutes.
I remember that TLE was a big issue for us, Big O notation wasn't in our vocabulary yet.
SBC Programming Marathon (Phase Zero)
This competition was online and it was more of a marketing for the Brazil First Phase.
Paraíba Informatics Olympiad
By this point, i still had limited programming experience and only knew C99. However, I was able to implement some data structures.
It was my first medal and set a partnership with Sherterton that continued for more competitions.
POP Marathon
My first ever participation in a programming marathon. Here i had a few months of programming experience and only knew C99.
The competition was organized by IFPB professors and hosted at IFPB in João Pessoa.
