Miscellaneous

I like things that are fast in general:

• Fast graph algorithms
• Sports (running, cycling, swimming(I used to be a competitive swimmer), skiing(beginner), and probably more)
• Karting(beginner), Formula One (I’m a fan of Guanyu Zhou, a Chinese racing driver who currently competes for Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber)
• Starship and other rockets
• High performance computing

Here’s a glance at some of the other things I’ve been involving in outside of my primary academic focus:

Sports

Outside of the academic world, I have a passion for triathlons. They provide a great way to stay fit and challenge myself physically and mentally. Here are some of my personal bests:

• Triathlon: None
• Swimming:
  • 50m breaststroke: 37”44 (🥇1st place of group B¹ at the Tsinghua University Swimming Competition, 2021)
  • 100m breaststroke: 1’32”04 (5th place of group B at the Tsinghua University Swimming Competition, 2023)
  • 50m freestyle: 31”40 (4th place of group B at the Tsinghua University Swimming Competition, 2021)
  • 200m individual medley: 3’37”03 (🥈2nd place of group B at the Tsinghua University Swimming Competition, 2020)
• Cycling: None
• Running:
  • 1km: 3:51
  • 5km: 24:42
  • Half marathon: 2:13:48

Besides, I’m also a beginner in skiing and diving (I mean, jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard).

Competitive Programming

The awards highlighted below represent my highest achievements in each competition. For a comprehensive list of my accomplishments, please refer to my CV.

• International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) / China Collegiate Programming Contest (CCPC): Participated during my university years.
  • International Collegiate Programming Contest, Asia Jinan Regional Contest: 🥈Gold medal, 2nd place, 2020
  • China Collegiate Programming Contest (Guangzhou), Gold medal, 6th place, 2022
• Olympiad in Informatics (OI, aka. Computing Olympiad): Participated in high school.
  • National Olympiad in Informatics, China: Gold medal, 14th place (twice), 2018 and 2019
  • National Olympiad in Informatics Team Selection, China: Gold medal, 2019
  • Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad: 🥉International Gold medal, 3rd place (official), 2018
  • Tsinghua University Programming Contest: 🥈Gold medal, 2nd place, 2018
  • National Olympiad in Informatics Winter Camp, China: Gold medal, 2017
• Other Contests
  • China Computer Federation Collegiate Computer Systemrs & Programming Contest: 🥈Gold medal, 2nd place, 2023
  • Baidu Astar Programming Contest: 13th place, 2022
  • Jingdong Programming and Algorithm Design Contest: 🥇1st place, 2022
  • China Computer Federation Certified Software Professional: 🥇1st place (twice), 2020 and 2021
  • Baidu Astar Programming Contest: 10th place, 2019

Food

I don’t like:

• Spicy foods
• Sparkling water / soda
• Alcoholic drinks

Music

I can play the piano and the drums a bit. I like to listen to symphonies.