Buggy python submission (verdict: Runtime Error):
h, w = map(int, input().split())

ans_wsplit = [max(abs((i * w) - (((h - i) + 1) // 2) * w), abs((i * w) - ((h - i) // 2) * w)) for i in range(1, h - 1)]
ans_hsplit = [max(abs((i * h) - (((w - i) + 1) // 2) * h), abs((i * h) - ((w - i) // 2) * h)) for i in range(1, w - 1)]

ans_wline = [max(abs((i * w) - ((w + 1) // 2) * (h - i)), abs((i * w) - (w // 2) * (h - i))) for i in range(1, h - 1)]
ans_hline = [max(abs((i * h) - ((h + 1) // 2) * (w - i)), abs((i * h) - (h // 2) * (w - i))) for i in range(1, w - 1)]

print(min(ans_wsplit + ans_hsplit + ans_wline + ans_hline))


Fixed submission:
h, w = map(int, input().split())

ans_wsplit = [max(abs((i * w) - (((h - i) + 1) // 2) * w), abs((i * w) - ((h - i) // 2) * w)) for i in range(1, h)]
ans_hsplit = [max(abs((i * h) - (((w - i) + 1) // 2) * h), abs((i * h) - ((w - i) // 2) * h)) for i in range(1, w)]

ans_wline = [max(abs((i * w) - ((w + 1) // 2) * (h - i)), abs((i * w) - (w // 2) * (h - i))) for i in range(1, h)]
ans_hline = [max(abs((i * h) - ((h + 1) // 2) * (w - i)), abs((i * h) - (h // 2) * (w - i))) for i in range(1, w)]

print(min(ans_wsplit + ans_hsplit + ans_wline + ans_hline))

Buggy python submission (verdict: Runtime Error):
h, w = map(int, input().split())

ans_wsplit = [max(abs((i * w) - (((h - i) + 1) // 2) * w), abs((i * w) - ((h - i) // 2) * w)) for i in range(1, h - 1)]
ans_hsplit = [max(abs((i * h) - (((w - i) + 1) // 2) * h), abs((i * h) - ((w - i) // 2) * h)) for i in range(1, w - 1)]

ans_wline = [max(abs((i * w) - ((w + 1) // 2) * (h - i)), abs((i * w) - (w // 2) * (h - i))) for i in range(1, h - 1)]
ans_hline = [max(abs((i * h) - ((h + 1) // 2) * (w - i)), abs((i * h) - (h // 2) * (w - i))) for i in range(1, w - 1)]

print(min(*ans_wsplit, *ans_hsplit, *ans_wline, *ans_hline))


Fixed submission:
h, w = map(int, input().split())

ans_wsplit = [max(abs((i * w) - (((h - i) + 1) // 2) * w), abs((i * w) - ((h - i) // 2) * w)) for i in range(1, h)]
ans_hsplit = [max(abs((i * h) - (((w - i) + 1) // 2) * h), abs((i * h) - ((w - i) // 2) * h)) for i in range(1, w)]

ans_wline = [max(abs((i * w) - ((w + 1) // 2) * (h - i)), abs((i * w) - (w // 2) * (h - i))) for i in range(1, h)]
ans_hline = [max(abs((i * h) - ((h + 1) // 2) * (w - i)), abs((i * h) - (h // 2) * (w - i))) for i in range(1, w)]

print(min(ans_wsplit + ans_hsplit + ans_wline + ans_hline))

Buggy python submission (verdict: Time Limit Exceeded):
h, w = map(int, input().split())

def calc(big, small1, small2):
    sqs = [big, small1, small2]
    if None in sqs:
        return float("inf")
    sqs = sorted(sqs)
    return abs(sqs[0] - sqs[-1])


results = []
def sq_split(h, w, depth, target=None, target2=None):
    if depth == 2:
        # print(h, w, h*w, target, target2)
        results.append([h*w, target, target2])
    if h != 1:
        sq_split(h//2, w, depth + 1, target=((h + 1)//2) * w, target2=target)
        sq_split((h + 1)//2, w, depth + 1, target=(h//2) * w, target2=target)
    if w != 1:
        sq_split(h, w//2, depth + 1, target=h * ((w + 1) // 2), target2=target)
        sq_split(h, (w + 1)//2, depth + 1, target=h * (w//2), target2=target)

sq_split(h, w, 0)
# print(sorted(results, key=lambda x: calc(*x)))
print(sorted(map(lambda x: calc(*x), results))[0])


Fixed submission:
h, w = map(int, input().split())

ans_wsplit = [max(abs((i * w) - (((h - i) + 1) // 2) * w), abs((i * w) - ((h - i) // 2) * w)) for i in range(1, h)]
ans_hsplit = [max(abs((i * h) - (((w - i) + 1) // 2) * h), abs((i * h) - ((w - i) // 2) * h)) for i in range(1, w)]

ans_wline = [max(abs((i * w) - ((w + 1) // 2) * (h - i)), abs((i * w) - (w // 2) * (h - i))) for i in range(1, h)]
ans_hline = [max(abs((i * h) - ((h + 1) // 2) * (w - i)), abs((i * h) - (h // 2) * (w - i))) for i in range(1, w)]

print(min(ans_wsplit + ans_hsplit + ans_wline + ans_hline))

Buggy python submission (verdict: Runtime Error):
//h w
//abc
//arc
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main(){
 int h, w;
 cin >> h >> w;
 string result = "";
 for(int i = 0; i < w + 2; i++) result += "#";
 result += "\n";
 for(int i = 0; i < h; i++){
  string s; cin >> s;
  result += "#" + s + "#\n";
 }
 for(int i = 0; i < w + 2; i++) result += "#";
 result += "\n";
 cout << result << endl;
}


Fixed submission:
h, w = map(int, input().split())

ans_wsplit = [max(abs((i * w) - (((h - i) + 1) // 2) * w), abs((i * w) - ((h - i) // 2) * w)) for i in range(1, h)]
ans_hsplit = [max(abs((i * h) - (((w - i) + 1) // 2) * h), abs((i * h) - ((w - i) // 2) * h)) for i in range(1, w)]

ans_wline = [max(abs((i * w) - ((w + 1) // 2) * (h - i)), abs((i * w) - (w // 2) * (h - i))) for i in range(1, h)]
ans_hline = [max(abs((i * h) - ((h + 1) // 2) * (w - i)), abs((i * h) - (h // 2) * (w - i))) for i in range(1, w)]

print(min(ans_wsplit + ans_hsplit + ans_wline + ans_hline))