Solving Every CSES Problems in Rust - #1 Number Spiral

Shubh Agarwal — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:11:40 +0000

The constraints for x, y is 10^9, given these constraints the problem cannot be solved by actually building the spiral - but a static function with returns the solution in O(1) / O(logn).

The problem is a simple pattern matching problem - the first observation to be made is that for a given (x, y) the value would be greater than squared(max(x, y) - 1).

Then only 4 cases emerge :-

x > y and square(x) is even -> Add y to square(x)
x > y and square(x) is odd -> Add 2*x - y to square(x)
y > x and square(x) is even -> Add 2*y - x to square(x)
y > x and square(x) is odd -> Add x to square(x)

use std::io;

fn get_res(x: i64, y: i64, b: bool) -> i64 {
    let mut res = (x-1).pow(2);
    if (res % 2 == 0) == b {
        res += 2 * x - y;
    } else {
        res += y;
    }

    res
}

fn main() {
    let mut input = String::new();
    io::stdin().read_line(&mut input).unwrap();

    let t: i32 = input.trim().parse().unwrap();
    for _ in 0..t {
        let mut input = String::new();
        io::stdin().read_line(&mut input).unwrap();

        let mut iter = input.split_whitespace();
        let x: i64 = iter.next().unwrap().parse().unwrap();
        let y: i64 = iter.next().unwrap().parse().unwrap();

        let res;

        if x > y {
            res = get_res(x, y, false);
        } else {
            res = get_res(y, x, true);
        }

        println!("{}", res);
    }
}

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Solving Every CSES Problems in Rust - #1 Number Spiral