An AI Just Became a Codeforces Legendary Grandmaster. Should You Still Grind LeetCode in 2026?

There's a number you should sit with for a second: 3206.That's the Codeforces-equivalent rating DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) hit on a live LLM benchmark, as of June 2026. If that number meant nothing to you a minute ago, it's about to.What 3206 Actually MeansCodeforces — the platform every serious competitive programmer eventually ends up on — has a strict tier system. You don't get to call yourself a "Grandmaster" because you feel like one.TierRating RangeNewbie0–1199Pupil1200–1399Specialist1400–1599Expert1600–1899Candidate Master1900–2099Master2100–2299International Master2300–2399Grandmaster2400–2599International Grandmaster2600–2999Legendary Grandmaster3000+3206 doesn't just clear the bar for Legendary Grandmaster — the rarest, top-most title on the entire platform. It clears it by 200+ points.For context: most active users on Codeforces sit in the bottom half of the distribution, and titles above Master already represent a small sliver of the total user base. Legendary Grandmaster isn't

An AI Just Became a Codeforces Legendary Grandmaster. Should You Still Grind LeetCode in 2026?

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