I have some experience in competitive programming and competitive math (although I was never good in math despite I solved some “easy” IMO tasks (already in university, not onsite ofc)) and I feel like competitive math is more about general reasoning than pattern matching compared to competitive programming.
P.S the post matches my intuitions well and is generally excellent.
Another related Metaculus prediction is
I have some experience in competitive programming and competitive math (although I was never good in math despite I solved some “easy” IMO tasks (already in university, not onsite ofc)) and I feel like competitive math is more about general reasoning than pattern matching compared to competitive programming.
P.S the post matches my intuitions well and is generally excellent.
Thanks! I had forgotten that one; I’ll add it since it did seem to be one of the more meaningful ones.