> I still feel that part 1 is easily solvable under a minute using what I described, I know it is.

You are saying this precisely because you have no idea how long it actually takes for the world's best problem solvers (on easy problems or not) to solve these. It's like claiming you can run 100m under 7 seconds without realizing how ridiculous that sounds to people who actually run 100m race at professional level.

I know you've been avoiding suggestion to record any live session, citing extreme anxiety as a reason, but I suggest you try recording a video on a past problem you solved. Just type your solution verbatim, measure the time, and tell me whether you can still confidently say these are solvable within:

* 32 seconds on day 10
* 27 seconds on day 9
* 28 seconds on day 7
* 26 seconds on day 6
* 29 seconds on day 4

To be clear, personally, I have nothing against people using LLMs to get their names on the leaderboard. That doesn't make the problem any less fun. I'm just pointing out the hypocrisy.

I understand you can't suddenly stop acting and pretend nothing happened, as the hole you dug is deep and still fresh in people's memory. But maybe you could reflect on this sometime after the event; top placement at AOC was never a resume-worthy achievement. You'll not have access to the nice LLMs in real life job interviews.

Since you and I both know that you can't back out from what you're doing and saying, you don't have to keep replying back to the thread.