Annecdata: 1996-1999 was super easy, one round start next Monday. 2000-2003 difficult. Easy again until 2008. Hard till 2013. No data since then.
What I hear about today seems crazy hard.
Late '90s were crazy easy compared to anything since. If you could demonstrate any amount of technical skill you were in.
2004-2007 was hard for me in my experience.
Late '90s were crazy easy compared to anything since. If you could demonstrate any amount of technical skill you were in.