AdventOfCode2022

A series of challenges in the spirit of the holidays for 2022 🎄

All of these solutions will be written in Python with the following goals in mind:

Efficiency, where an efficient algorithm will do the job without over-killing the problem. I am aiming for a cumulative sub-15 seconds using plain Python 3.9 (no PyPy or JIT compilers) for these tasks.
Organization. Avoid duplicate code for better readability and modularity. No 🍝 code!
Keep it simple!

As always, the goal is to stay on the leaderboard. However, I am unsure if I can keep up with everyone this year. The past few months have been stressful and I haven't been able to practice like I used to. Hoping to take this year's advent less seriously.

Tasks

Day	Name	Part 1	Part 2	Points	Runtime (ms)
1	Calorie Counting	150th	236th	0	xxx
2	Rock Paper Scissors	39th	369th	62	xxx
3	Rucksack Reorganization	41st	31st	60 + 70 = 130	xxx
4	Camp Cleanup	147th	68th	33	xxx
5	Supply Stacks	84th	62nd	17 + 39 = 56	xxx
6	Tuning Trouble	34th	26th	67 + 75 = 142	xxx
7	No Space Left On Device	1053rd	589th	0	xxx
8	Treetop Tree House	1047th	704th	0	xxx
9	Rope Bridge	117th	74th	27	xxx
10	Cathode-Ray Tube	756th	116th	0	xxx
11	Monkey in the Middle	85th	130th	16	xxx
12	Hill Climbing Algorithm	4th	4th	97 + 97 = 194	xxx
13	Distress Signal	421st	247th	0	xxx
14	Regolith Reservoir	132nd	103rd	0	xxx
15	Beacon Exclusion Zone	14th	97th	87 + 4 = 91	xxx
16	Proboscidea Volcanium	65th	312th	36	xxx
17	Pyroclastic Flow	161st	370th	0	xxx
18	Boiling Boulders	109th	177th	0	xxx
19	Not Enough Minerals	353rd	314th	0	xxx
20	Grove Positioning System	751st	482nd	0	xxx
21	Monkey Math	50th	81st	51 + 20 = 71	xxx
22	Monkey Map	217th	626th	0	xxx
23	Unstable Diffusion	177th	137th	0	xxx
24	Blizzard Basin	14th	12th	87 + 89 = 176	xxx
25	Full of Hot Air	664th	568th	0	xxx

Score: 1034 points

Rank: 61st

Total runtime: xxx milliseconds (one day I will fix this...)

Calendar Art

Credits to Eric Wastl (the creator of AOC) for the amazing ASCII calendar art!

Final Thoughts

While the rust definitely showed this year, I'm glad I made it onto the leaderboard and set some personal records (day 12)!

This was a good year to work on problem-solving and writing solid code, and it's clear that I could improve at it. Combined with ongoing finals, there were multiple days where I wrote straight garbage and unoptimized code.

I will come back again next year and (hopefully) keep the streak going!

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