alt Hacker News> Because I'm a ICPC medalist (not this year though) but not a IOI medalist.
Isn't getting a medal a function of your ranking, not score, in both cases? If so, that does not prove much about the difficulty of either.
> Because I'm a ICPC medalist (not this year though) but not a IOI medalist.
Isn't getting a medal a function of your ranking, not score, in both cases? If so, that does not prove much about the difficulty of either.
OK. I think my opinion and definition on "easier" is indeed vague. For "easier", I'm only comparing the thinking difficulty.
Yes, medal is function of ranking but not difficulty.
Nonetheless, I would say that IOI more focus on thinking, which I to some degree is not that good at, while ICPC is more like a mix thinking and implementing. Therefore, my ability to implement stuff can improve my ICPC ranking but not IOI.