In algorithmic/problems/0/statement.txt, line 41 explicitly requires W = H:
All transformed cells must satisfy:
0 ≤ x' < W, 0 ≤ y' < H, W=H
However, from my understanding, this problem is intended to be a rectangle-packing problem rather than a square-packing problem.
I also noticed that algorithmic/problems/0/examples/gpt5.cpp strictly follows the W = H requirement and always outputs a square. In contrast, the human solution in algorithmic/problems/0/examples/reference.cpp appears to solve the more general rectangle-packing version and does not enforce W = H.
This may unintentionally make the GPT-5 solution worse, because the additional W = H constraint forces it to output a larger square instead of a potentially smaller rectangle.
In
algorithmic/problems/0/statement.txt, line 41 explicitly requiresW = H:However, from my understanding, this problem is intended to be a rectangle-packing problem rather than a square-packing problem.
I also noticed that
algorithmic/problems/0/examples/gpt5.cppstrictly follows theW = Hrequirement and always outputs a square. In contrast, the human solution inalgorithmic/problems/0/examples/reference.cppappears to solve the more general rectangle-packing version and does not enforceW = H.This may unintentionally make the GPT-5 solution worse, because the additional
W = Hconstraint forces it to output a larger square instead of a potentially smaller rectangle.