OpenAI never actually directly participated in the contests. OpenAI says they took (unspecified) problems and "simulated" the score it would have had.
If they solved recent contests in a realistic contest simulation I would expect them to give the actual solutions and success rates as well, like they did for IOI problems, so I'm actually confused as to why they didn't.
very good clarification, thanks - they should absolutely release more details to provide more clarity and ideally just participate live? i suspect that the model takes a while for individual problems so time might be a constraint there
If they solved recent contests in a realistic contest simulation I would expect them to give the actual solutions and success rates as well, like they did for IOI problems, so I'm actually confused as to why they didn't.