Problem p02690 (C++) — buggy submission, verdict: Time Limit Exceeded

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")
using namespace std;
#define all(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define rall(x) (x).rbegin(), (x).rend()
typedef long long ll;
const ll MOD = 1e9 + 7;
#define rep(i, n) for (int i = 0, i##_len = (n); i < i##_len; ++i)
#define REP(i, num, n) for (int i = num, i##_len = (n); i < i##_len; ++i)
template <class T> bool chmax(T &a, const T &b) {
  if (a < b) {
    a = b;
    return 1;
  }
  return 0;
}
template <class T> bool chmin(T &a, const T &b) {
  if (b < a) {
    a = b;
    return 1;
  }
  return 0;
}
template <class T> inline void add(T &a, T b) {
  a = ((a + b) % MOD + MOD) % MOD;
};
#define print(x) (cout << (x) << endl)
#define pb push_back
#define mp make_pair
#define sz(x) int(x.size())
template <class T> inline void Yes(T condition) {
  if (condition)
    cout << "Yes" << endl;
  else
    cout << "No" << endl;
}
template <class itr> void cins(itr first, itr last) {
  for (auto i = first; i != last; i++) {
    cin >> (*i);
  }
}
template <class itr> void array_output(itr start, itr goal) {
  string ans;
  for (auto i = start; i != goal; i++)
    ans += to_string(*i) + " ";
  if (!ans.empty())
    ans.pop_back();
  cout << ans << endl;
}
#define fs first
#define sc second

const int INF = 1e9;
const ll LLINF = 1e16;

template <typename T> vector<T> make_v(size_t a) { return vector<T>(a); }

template <typename T, typename... Ts> auto make_v(size_t a, Ts... ts) {
  return vector<decltype(make_v<T>(ts...))>(a, make_v<T>(ts...));
}

template <typename T, typename U, typename... V>
typename enable_if<is_same<T, U>::value != 0>::type fill_v(U &u, const V... v) {
  u = U(v...);
}

template <typename T, typename U, typename... V>
typename enable_if<is_same<T, U>::value == 0>::type fill_v(U &u, const V... v) {
  for (auto &e : u)
    fill_v<T>(e, v...);
}

template <typename T> T gcd(T a, T b) { return b ? gcd(b, a % b) : a; }

template <typename T> T ngcd(vector<T> a) {
  T res;
  res = a[0];
  for (int i = 1; i < a.size() && res != 1; i++) {
    res = gcd(a[i], res);
  }
  return res;
}

template <typename T> T lcm(T a, T b) { return a / gcd(a, b) * b; }

template <typename T> T nlcm(vector<T> numbers) {
  T res;
  res = numbers[0];
  for (int i = 1; i < numbers.size(); i++) {
    res = lcm(res, numbers[i]);
  }
  return res;
}

// 素数判定
template <typename T> bool isPrime(T x) {
  T i;
  if (x < 2)
    return 0;
  else if (x == 2)
    return 1;
  if (x % 2 == 0)
    return 0;
  for (i = 3; i * i <= x; i += 2)
    if (x % i == 0)
      return 0;
  return 1;
}

// 桁和
template <typename T> T digsum(T n) {
  T res = 0;
  while (n > 0) {
    res += n % 10;
    n /= 10;
  }
  return res;
}

// 回文判定
bool kai(string s) {
  string t{s};
  reverse(begin(t), end(t));
  return s == t;
};

// 指定した文字cが文字列に何文字入ってるか
ll stringcount(string s, char c) { return count(s.cbegin(), s.cend(), c); }

// 割り算の切り上げ処理
template <typename T> T rp(T a, T b) { return (a + b - 1) / b; }

using pint = pair<int, int>;
using pll = pair<ll, ll>;

bool compare_by_b(pair<int, int> a, pair<int, int> b) {
  if (a.second != b.second) {
    return a.second > b.second;
  } else {
    return a.first > b.first;
  }
}

int main(void) {
  cout.tie(0);
  cin.tie(0);
  ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
  cout << fixed << setprecision(10);
  ll x;
  cin >> x;
  rep(i, 1000) {
    REP(j, -1000, 1000) {
      if (i * i * i * i * i - j * j * j * j * j == x) {
        print(i);
        print(j);
        return 0;
      }
    }
  }
}


Error: TLE

Fixed submission:

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")
using namespace std;
#define all(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define rall(x) (x).rbegin(), (x).rend()
typedef long long ll;
const ll MOD = 1e9 + 7;
#define rep(i, n) for (int i = 0, i##_len = (n); i < i##_len; ++i)
#define REP(i, num, n) for (int i = num, i##_len = (n); i < i##_len; ++i)
template <class T> bool chmax(T &a, const T &b) {
  if (a < b) {
    a = b;
    return 1;
  }
  return 0;
}
template <class T> bool chmin(T &a, const T &b) {
  if (b < a) {
    a = b;
    return 1;
  }
  return 0;
}
template <class T> inline void add(T &a, T b) {
  a = ((a + b) % MOD + MOD) % MOD;
};
#define print(x) (cout << (x) << endl)
#define pb push_back
#define mp make_pair
#define sz(x) int(x.size())
template <class T> inline void Yes(T condition) {
  if (condition)
    cout << "Yes" << endl;
  else
    cout << "No" << endl;
}
template <class itr> void cins(itr first, itr last) {
  for (auto i = first; i != last; i++) {
    cin >> (*i);
  }
}
template <class itr> void array_output(itr start, itr goal) {
  string ans;
  for (auto i = start; i != goal; i++)
    ans += to_string(*i) + " ";
  if (!ans.empty())
    ans.pop_back();
  cout << ans << endl;
}
#define fs first
#define sc second

const int INF = 1e9;
const ll LLINF = 1e16;

template <typename T> vector<T> make_v(size_t a) { return vector<T>(a); }

template <typename T, typename... Ts> auto make_v(size_t a, Ts... ts) {
  return vector<decltype(make_v<T>(ts...))>(a, make_v<T>(ts...));
}

template <typename T, typename U, typename... V>
typename enable_if<is_same<T, U>::value != 0>::type fill_v(U &u, const V... v) {
  u = U(v...);
}

template <typename T, typename U, typename... V>
typename enable_if<is_same<T, U>::value == 0>::type fill_v(U &u, const V... v) {
  for (auto &e : u)
    fill_v<T>(e, v...);
}

template <typename T> T gcd(T a, T b) { return b ? gcd(b, a % b) : a; }

template <typename T> T ngcd(vector<T> a) {
  T res;
  res = a[0];
  for (int i = 1; i < a.size() && res != 1; i++) {
    res = gcd(a[i], res);
  }
  return res;
}

template <typename T> T lcm(T a, T b) { return a / gcd(a, b) * b; }

template <typename T> T nlcm(vector<T> numbers) {
  T res;
  res = numbers[0];
  for (int i = 1; i < numbers.size(); i++) {
    res = lcm(res, numbers[i]);
  }
  return res;
}

// 素数判定
template <typename T> bool isPrime(T x) {
  T i;
  if (x < 2)
    return 0;
  else if (x == 2)
    return 1;
  if (x % 2 == 0)
    return 0;
  for (i = 3; i * i <= x; i += 2)
    if (x % i == 0)
      return 0;
  return 1;
}

// 桁和
template <typename T> T digsum(T n) {
  T res = 0;
  while (n > 0) {
    res += n % 10;
    n /= 10;
  }
  return res;
}

// 回文判定
bool kai(string s) {
  string t{s};
  reverse(begin(t), end(t));
  return s == t;
};

// 指定した文字cが文字列に何文字入ってるか
ll stringcount(string s, char c) { return count(s.cbegin(), s.cend(), c); }

// 割り算の切り上げ処理
template <typename T> T rp(T a, T b) { return (a + b - 1) / b; }

using pint = pair<int, int>;
using pll = pair<ll, ll>;

int main(void) {
  cout.tie(0);
  cin.tie(0);
  ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
  cout << fixed << setprecision(10);
  ll x;
  cin >> x;
  ll a = 0;
  ll start = 1;
  while (start * start * start * start * start < x) {
    start++;
  }
  start--;
  REP(i, start, x) {
    REP(j, -5, x) {
      if (i * i * i * i * i - (j * j * j * j * j) == x) {
        print(i);
        print(j);
        return 0;
      }
    }
  }
}