Winning Google Kickstart Round B 2022

[@bigboland6160]

imagine how op this guy will be once he turns on dark mode

[@spencerabma7209]

Hes only using 5% of his power rn

[@hahalol8354]

He is the 2020 IOI Gold medalist, one of the best competitive programmers in the world

[@PhatOof]

​@@hahalol8354 IOI Gold doesn't make you one of the best in the world. ICPC would. IOI would definitely put you in the top tier, especially for younger people though. He likely is, but there are some crazy good competitive programmers out there.

[@sultanelshirazy8229]

@@hahalol8354 and first place

[@hahalol8354]

@@PhatOof At his age group, he is one of best. Even compare across all age groups, he can probably beat 99.99% of people.

[@Jordan-bc3pz]

And here i am again, watching this like i know whats is he doing

[@ChrisCollao]

You're not alone bro

[@kiancarvalho9118]

same bro

[@ThinkwithLex]

Same

[@denizsen97]

you also approve everything he does by shaking your head right xD

[@kuntiechan]

I watch it for the mech kb asmr

[@gianfry]

this dude could finish my data structures & algorithms exam in 5 minutes

[@JohnCena963852]

even with eyes closed lol

[@cos9398]

Problems are easy here

[@steez_lord]

With this guy I wouldn't be surprised if the title just said "Winning Google"

[@VrickzGamer]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@VrickzGamer]

Google Won William Lin instead

[@Soundwave-F7Z]

By the time the 3 hours are up , I would still be looking at the question wondering what it’s asking me.

[@ScienceSeekho]

xD same for rest 99% of population

[@greatEras]

HEY!!! DUDE I THOUGHT I WAS DA DUMBEST PERSON ON EARTH! THIS IS THE BEST COMMENT IVE PROB HEARD BRUH, I PROB WOULD HAVE RAGED IF I DIDNT SEE THIS COMMENT LOL.

[@phyl2379]

I respect you as a programmer honestly, you're a humble competitive programmer and I hope you reach your goals.

[@gondola3465]

*You're (with respect)

[@phyl2379]

@@gondola3465 oh thanks for the correction dude completely missed it when I wrote the text.

[@GodOfFaith]

bro the goal reaches to this guy , he is dream of dream companies ,everyone would like a brilliant mind like him

[@jake9854]

maybe if we buy his keyboard, we ll be as good as him.

[@legendkilla023]

You need a gaming chair to be this good.

[@notlegal99]

@@legendkilla023 I can hear his mouse scrolling, definitely sounds like you need the mouse more

[@Rayzlight]

Nah we all know it's the Asian blood power

[@IAMDEV1]

Bro can you tell me what is his keyboard name.?

[@IAMDEV1]

And I can buy that keyboard

[@biubiuty]

At 10:00, the loop condition "~j" is equivalent to "-j-1" (because an integer's negation is equal to its two's complement, i.e. -x = ~x+1), which means "-j-1!=0", which means "j!=-1", which means j is 0 for the last iteration.

[@alkhiljohn3813]

ye, it's basically complements in CS

[@rgolanng]

@@alkhiljohn3813 you are the guy i often clash with on Coding game :))

[@daark3113]

@@alkhiljohn3813 your the dude from CODING GAME. I thought you were a bot???

[@mr__cat]

@@alkhiljohn3813 I saw you at Coding Game too XD.

[@saitamapunch8035]

Guys the description of AlkhilJohn literally says: "This account is a CodinGame bot for Clash of Code. Discover why we added it and how it works here: [link]"

[@harshchaturvedi4218]

i was just attempting this kickstart round and I'm just impressed how you gave a valid answer for the only the first problem... not only i couldn't get a correct solution for it, it took whole 3 hours for me to just attempt the first 2 problems! Dude you seriously are something else.... i need to grow more

[@user-bk9oh9or9i]

All you need is practice I did first two problems within ~40 mins And first subtask of 3rd one in ~20 mins Don't worry you'll improve with time All the best

[@hamzaomari7052]

You neee to break your limiter as saitama did. And then you'll solve every coding problem with one line of code and you will be the ONE LINE MAN

[@harshchaturvedi4218]

@@hamzaomari7052 @69 Thankyou guys! You are awesome 🌼

[@Mr_Cat_11]

@@hamzaomari7052 loving you comment ❤️

[@dio595]

@@user-bk9oh9or9i can you suggest some platforms to practice and where to find such questions?

[@Mitxyt]

I drew a christmas tree with for loops today and I was happy till I saw this video

[@JourneytoBetterSelf]

bro same lmao

[@muskmelon7970]

i printed hello world and i was happy till now

[@kinstar]

😂😭😭

[@aaravgulati2]

1st question isn't that hard

[@Daniel-ld7xs]

@@muskmelon7970 Broo I print hello world too! HHAHAHAH

[@connormccartney2953]

This man programs on latop with Notepad ++ and Vim for windows, he is a force to be reckoned with.

[@felipegomes6312]

this is gVim, I think there is not notepad++, this is the actual thing

[@ranveersingh9434]

do you know which theme he is using and font

[@shanewalsch]

Its not notepad++, its gvim

[@shanewalsch]

@@ranveersingh9434 theme is zellner, font don't remember

[@joehsiao6224]

He hires interviewers.

[@THE_KIROSHI]

Bro, you're motivating me so much when I am watching these videos, that stuff is incredible Thank you so much

[@kartik_exe_]

bro u are unmatchable ok btw i am really really inspired by u when ever i open my pc for cp i first open your vid and starts learning

[@AREACREWBMX]

Practice make perfect my friendsss... Very congratulations to you, y're insane bro... Your capacity of problem solving is somathing of incredible.

[@vinayakagarwal6728]

Please explain your solutions in short at the end. Many times your's approach is different than editorial.. It would be very very helpful for all of us. Thanks Sir!!

[@lucasdeassis1622]

^

[@tonyv2685]

32:55 "it says all of these are impossible. Which is cap. So....." Honestly felt that.

[@prasadjoshi4058]

When William enters the round everyone else fights for second place ;)

[@vinayjangra1401]

🤣🤣🤣

[@garyong9334]

Google does not interview him, he interviews google

[@yeetusboiryan5518]

“This wasn’t too bad” Bruh what I can’t even imagine how difficult a coding problem would be when he says “It was a little bit difficult”

[@brooo4219]

Years and years of practice

[@angelethunder6723]

this is just ASMR for coders. I love your content

[@akshitmangotra5370]

Lol, I just saw once the leader board once in the contest and I knew this video will come for sure.

[@ra1u]

For last one, one needs to find spanning tree and then walk around it. This is then like O(n) complexity. But implementation is kind a tricky here.

[@NiranjanKumarGHC]

finding just ANY spanning tree will not work btw

[@aj-lan284]

Hey because of you my confidence went down. You are so talented. Please make a video how did you learn coding and from where?

[@ricardoalejandretrigo6259]

"This isn't to bad", said the guy winning google's kickstart round B

[@blatantslander]

Honestly I have to be honesy I know coding and all that anf know the foundations for all of these but the main issue is how we execute it and think of the process, this man does it extremely well and is aware of the end result for the program

[@micky8331]

Are you being charged for punctuation marks?

[@lampsenpai4325]

Congratulations William!

[@NicolasAlbamurillo]

I solved C in 2 hours with Top-down DP after many drawings, he did it very fast :O

[@fidgetspinner1050]

Whats dp? He mentioned it in the video, is it an algorithm?

[@NicolasAlbamurillo]

@@fidgetspinner1050 DP = Dynamic Programming, it is a problem-solving technique

[@Ivan-jy3ou]

Hi, William! I started to coding some weeks ago, and you filled me of hope and motivation!! Because I am, I was and I will be wondered about your skills and your capacities while you code. One of my goals in the next some years. It is just to be at least a half of how are you, of course if I can beat you or one day being as good as you coding, it would be awesome. And after found this channel, I was wondering of the amount of people who are genius in their area, and how they are soo substimated and underated. Well, this is to much text, but I want to type this message as a recordatory of my progress in the future, and compare myself to see if I am just a fraction of you!! (Sorry for my english, it is not my first language)

[@hulavux8145]

Keep at it! Best luck to you!

[@Ivan-jy3ou]

@Big Dog And what is the definition of genius? That is comparative, and if you compare him with all the programmers around the world, he is above the media, perhaps he is better than 95% of all them, if that is not a genius, what it is? Being part of the 0.000001%? Just think it

[@Ivan-jy3ou]

@@hulavux8145 Thanksss!! I really appreciate it!! I will give my best

[@scythe2686]

español?

[@Ivan-jy3ou]

@@scythe2686 sipi, bueno, latino

[@Kradrice]

“Just finished dinner” and the clock says 7 am lmao

[@lalala9337]

Just found out your channel after googling Benjamin Qi, watched your CP video and the discussion about you on PTT. I gotta say, very impressive man.

[@mossdem]

This guy skim reads all of the text which tells him the problem, checks the output and then begins to produce coding language I never knew existed inside of a language I code in and still criticizes himself. If Google doesn't hire this lad, then I don't think he is the problem lol

[@1717-o1g]

I think Google is more than happy to hire him as he will probably crack each single interview question given to him. The question is more like whether he wanted to work for Google because he could receive offers from various companies and Google may not be the best one.

[@ke5684]

He will start his own company

[@1717-o1g]

@@ke5684 Well that's a good idea too.

[@jpppptrade]

what do you google should hire him , he can make millions without google but he just need to have a creative mind to build

[@lebumjames1373]

Him working for someone else would be wasted potential. He should start his own company not slave away to a job like the average person.

[@bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb]

Got #75 on this one

[@NicolasAlbamurillo]

Congratulations bro, I got 460

[@hil449]

boa mano

[@sumoluke95]

Ok, but can you center a div with css?

[@coding8000]

Thank you, William most wanting content on KZbin.

[@maxc9432]

William can you make a video to explain the template you are using?

[@navnav1819]

You are just amazing! You ARE my ONE AND ONLY IDOL!

[@avtarchandra2407]

making himecode such questions makes me shiver in my head

[@mexicanmax227]

I’m trying to understand your page of code at the very beginning. Do you have a bunch of snippets/general templates that you easily and quickly access and your allowed to have going into the competition? Or is it just left over questions/answers that you’ve done from past questions.

[@laplace1139]

if you observe the line number he types on, it’s in the 100’s. he has macros/templates above the solve function in every file to shorten amount of code written during contest

[@mexicanmax227]

@@laplace1139 that’s super smart 😂

[@laplace1139]

@@mexicanmax227 yeah, indeed it’s done quite commonly in CP for those reasons

[@michaelslifecycle]

I wish I could just have a miniature version of you on my desk to help me learn programming. I’m learning the CS50 course right now and every lecture is so complicated 😅

[@xenorzy9331]

Well done!

[@SkrtlIl]

I'd really be interested in an explanation for the dp Task

[@tempsokoku882]

Does your university have you write code on paper or you can use computer to compile and check? Also, what are your thoughts on writing code? I mean it's a good way to practice..

[@cvale116]

Who's here from his iconic 2020 Kickstart A video? glad to see him win another one

[@NoFailer]

This guy knows how to center a div.

[@JeffersonPires90]

dude is ages ahead of us having dinner at 7am

[@ohyeah1197]

"William Lin is infinite."

[@versace10]

You should make videos on solving jane street puzzles

[@marciocintra2988]

So this is what's required to work at Google

[@diegoalexander1425]

You are the best and you don't need to be told, because you already are

[@Shinchannohara12321]

Can you make a video on what course have you done before becoming competitive programmer

[@keylazy]

Is there a memory constraint on Hamilton Tour? I was thinking construct the actual graph by expanding each input character into 4 cells and do ordinary DFS on it.

[@apidas]

you're so smart William!

[@jinxscript]

bronem outhere cranking 90s 💀

[@dooncroft]

"just finished dinner" at 7am 😬😬

[@somtovitus]

boy had at least 2 hours to spare

[@JoyMajumdarMusic]

sir I have a request that can u make a video on your competitive programming setup , I also want setup like yours. please make a video on it.

[@lightninghunterCR]

This constantly reminds me of what I have to become!! You are an idol to me! I do wish to compete with you one day!

[@5tq6]

I hope you make videos on solving problems and explaining how you solve it

[@thijsyo]

32:55 "k so this says anything is impossible, which is 🧢" - William L. (2022)

[@alkhiljohn3813]

I was sitting there in my programming chair and was expecting this video. The only thing I didn't expect was getting shitted on by him, again.

[@Jay-qw1gq]

Watching things like this is so thrilling

[@freddiekb1004]

Great video! What's your Chrome theme? Looks sick

[@kjohn5224]

"It says everything is impossible... which is CAP" lol

[@machans-203]

Hey william, i have a question, how u take notes when u studying and how u recall the notes how could u take and how to recall it. Can u make a video for that. And last you taking notes in digital or notebooks

[@xeed4545]

I love these videos, but I don‘t understand much of the code. As an idea for a new video, could you explain 1-2 tasks, the logic etc.? 😊

[@solomonlian441]

@William Lin, how'd you get so better at thinking so quick?

[@akagaminoshanks21]

What chrome skin is he using?

[@alrik7172]

Hey William, are you using Vim motions or stenography keyboard?

[@shashvatsinghal2574]

william please you have to answer this, WHICH KEYBOARD ARE YOU USING!

[@lordarcadius]

He’s the guy she told you not to worry about.

[@Gosen_5000]

“All right, just finished dinner here…” Clock says 6:59 am.

[@rost1slav999]

What language do you have Windows in? American or British or Canadian? Please tell us

[@Nico-xi3mn]

what keyboard are you using ?

[@SBcode-s3n]

I have completed the basics of C++ and Oop? Do I start solving problems or studying data structures and algorithms? Then start solving problems

[@XxXK9]

If I took Mr. Lin 40 min to complete this means it would take me about a year and a half

[@kekakiala946]

DID U DO 2022 december contest?? can u upload that video too??

[@JulioSavio]

Little questions: What do you think about Taiwan, do you enjoy this little powerful land?

[@therealal1713]

Starting to learn coding. Specifically Python and SQL. Any advice for a beginner? 🙂

[@gauravchugh9919]

don't focus on learning language too much. Just learn the basic syntax if, for, while . Start learning DSA and start solving leetcode problems.

[@jaspersydenham3967]

How does he understand how to solve it before I've even had time to read the question? This man is simply diff

[@sebaspeche]

practice man

[@M4D4F4K4.]

​@@sebaspeche ....You think that's obtainable through practice? I mean yeah for some degree in job interviews but only few make into FANG and that problems are way harder than one in interviews. He's obviously talented being #1.

[@M4D4F4K4.]

@@sebaspeche And at the end results #2 is scoring only 73 and he's just perfect lol no way to obtain that lvl without being chosen :)

[@brooo4219]

​@@M4D4F4K4. It's extraordinary IQ paired with intense practice

[@kanu941]

william can you please tell me which ide and laptop you use? 😁

[@BoomTJ89]

Ide is VIM

[@Hypura]

when you forgot how atan works, i felt that in my bones.

[@SatrioBudiDharmawan]

When i am trying to understand the question, this dude here already run the solution

[@seanamir1667]

i clicked this video and as soon as i saw the problem i went back to my coloring book

[@jasonz.h31]

Another video that i have seem of you after the one 2 years ago and your also bigger now lol. A total monster

[@danielnanguyasmu]

Hi, i got a question, what does "ll r, a , b;" means in line 2 at 3:52. I suppose it's used to declare the variables

[@rusty_67]

ll means long long date type which he defined as ll and r,a and b are the variables

[@Frankium]

can we start expecting him winning kickstart 2023 already?

[@CrispyBaconYT555]

I started reading the prompt saying “Let’s assume that for the simplicity of this problem that Infinity…” and I was like You already lost me.

[@pratikgiri878]

Can you give me a optimal solution or the most optimal solution for this please .we have a array of objects . if any object in its key value pair has its value greater than 3 . we have to multiply it by 10 . arr = [{"a":5},{},{"d":6,"s":5},{"y":1}]

[@fresh-avocado]

Can you tell me which keyboard you use?

[@zerinfalible8639]

great job bro! ]

[@mexicanmax227]

Lehhhs Gooooo!!!! Gratz!!!

[@ben-uy1ud]

'The Tourist', Gennady Korotkevich, doesn't participates in these rounds or what?? I want to see how you 2 compete. Well done btw.👍

[@uchihasasuke7436]

He'd absolute clap William im sure, William is built different but that guy is literally an alien

[@centipedekid9824]

How did you get so good? I want to be on your level and don't know where to start.

[@Wizard101duncan]

It takes years of practice. He’s likely put thousands of hours into competitive programming alone, so it’s very unlikely you’ll get to his level if you haven’t already have much exposure

[@ImLay-Z]

Start coding. Anything.

[@notorious7706]

Practice, and more practice.

[@chi6168]

Don’t imitate, find your own strength

[@rafa]

Just waiting on the video that has him using the Monokai theme and from there he will be unstoppable

[@devchaitanyatiwari5997]

William be like :: roj utho Google kickstart jeeto sojao

[@varunvishwakarma9689]

🤣🤣

[@pomodorostudywithjanin3326]

There have any course or tutorial for basic to advanced CP learning? i need resources to study to like you are understand easily the problem so fast?

[@alice_002a9]

man what a genius mind

[@DistortedV12]

William is there anyone at MIT that comes close to your level at this kind of stuff?

[@Intelligenceisawesome]

I don't think so. As far as i know, top tier universities are generally academics oriented. Very few students have time and interest to participate in general competitions.

[@ahmedel-gohary6000]

Benq ? \__(~ ~)__/

[@happystudioworld]

Actually there are, and at least 3 are better than him since he is not yet in the 1st ICPC team. Even if universities are academically oriented, a bunch of students still enjoy programming competitions and practice for the international inter-university programming contest.

[@studioa.c.3686]

This man keeps winning, plz post some videos about losing. Let’s know we still have a chance 😭