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Performance Optimization

How efficient can your code be?!

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About

In this new style of HackerRank contest, you are given a working but inefficent code. You have to find an optimized solution and make the code as efficient as possible to score maximum points.

Prizes

Top 3 in the leaderboard along with a few lucky users from the top 100 will get HackerRank T-shirts.

Rules

  • The creator of this contest is solely responsible for setting and communicating the eligibility requirements associated with prizes awarded to participants, as well as for procurement and distribution of all prizes. The contest creator holds HackerRank harmless from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, costs, awards, settlements, orders, or fines.
  • Code directly from our platform, which supports over 30 languages. Learn more here.
  • Please provide any rules for your contest here.

Scoring

  • Each challenge has a pre-determined score.
  • A participant’s score depends on the time a participant’s code submission takes to successfully pass.
  • If a participant submits more than one solution per challenge, then the participant’s score will reflect the highest score achieved. In a game challenge, the participant's score will reflect the last code submission.
  • Participants are ranked by score. If two or more participants achieve the same score, then the tie is broken by the total time taken to submit the last solution resulting in a higher score

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