Destroyed by today's contest

First official contest. Did virtual contests before and could finish Q2s usually sometimes Q3. Q1 was quite solid. Q2 was like the one of the most confusing Q2s I've ever encountered. Spent 20 minutes

First official contest. Did virtual contests before and could finish Q2s usually sometimes Q3. Q1 was quite solid. Q2 was like the one of the most confusing Q2s I've ever encountered. Spent 20 minutes understanding the question, and submitted the wrong solution after extra 30 minutes, so screw it, I will move to next one. Q3 feels like minmax DP, and I only had 20 minutes left so I just went with my intuition. Realized minmax DP wasn't enough I suppose though it passed all the initial test cases. 1/4 today, disappointing.