The fifth problem didn't seem to be as difficult as they had imagined.
Moreover, the organising committee had only set aside 20 minutes to solve the fifth problem, which shockingly turned out to be the shortest problem-solving time.
However!
The short time limit for the fifth problem did not mean that it was not difficult.
Indeed, the problem didn't require much programming, but it was tough; many second-tier universities exhausted their wits and still had no idea how to crack this programming problem.
The top-ranked first-tier universities seemed quite composed.
It looked as though even the fifth problem couldn't stump them.
With the perfect cooperation of Xu Bin, Chen Jun, and Ouyang Chen, they used 11 minutes and 27 seconds to get through the problem, coming in third for this question.
The time gap between the first two places and Mist City Arts and Science University was at most only a minute.