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

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
#define F first
#define S second
#define pii pair<int, int>
#define eb emplace_back
#define all(v) v.begin(), v.end()
#define rep(i, n) for (int i = 0; i < (n); ++i)
#define rep3(i, l, n) for (int i = l; i < (n); ++i)
#define sz(v) (int)v.size()
#define endl '\\n'
const int inf = 1000000007;
const ll INF = 1e18;
// int mod = 998244353;
int mod = 1000000007;
#define abs(x) (x >= 0 ? x : -(x))
#define lb(v, x) (int)(lower_bound(all(v), x) - v.begin())
#define ub(v, x) (int)(upper_bound(all(v), x) - v.begin())
template <typename T1, typename T2> inline bool chmin(T1 &a, T2 b) {
  if (a > b) {
    a = b;
    return 1;
  }
  return 0;
}
template <typename T1, typename T2> inline bool chmax(T1 &a, T2 b) {
  if (a < b) {
    a = b;
    return 1;
  }
  return 0;
}
ll gcd(ll a, ll b) {
  if (b == 0)
    return a;
  return gcd(b, a % b);
}
ll lcm(ll a, ll b) { return a / gcd(a, b) * b; }
ll pow_(ll a, ll b) { return b ? pow_(a * a, b / 2) * (b % 2 ? a : 1) : 1; }
ll modpow(ll a, ll b, ll _mod) {
  return b ? modpow(a * a % _mod, b / 2, _mod) * (b % 2 ? a : 1) % _mod : 1;
}
template <class T, class U>
ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const pair<T, U> &p) {
  os << p.F << " " << p.S;
  return os;
}
template <class T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const vector<T> &vec) {
  rep(i, sz(vec)) {
    if (i)
      os << " ";
    os << vec[i];
  }
  return os;
}
template <typename T> inline istream &operator>>(istream &is, vector<T> &v) {
  rep(j, sz(v)) is >> v[j];
  return is;
}
template <class T, class T2> inline void add(T &a, T2 b) {
  a += b;
  if (a >= mod)
    a -= mod;
}

void solve();

int main() {
  ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
  cin.tie(0);
  cout.tie(0);
  cout << fixed << setprecision(10);
  int T;
  T = 1;
  while (T--)
    solve();
}

void solve() {
  ll x;
  cin >> x;
  ll y = 1000;
  set<ll> s;
  for (ll a = 1; a <= y; ++a)
    for (ll b = -y; b <= y; ++b) {
      if (a * a * a * a * a - b * b * b * b * b == x) {
        cout << a << " " << b << endl;
        return;
      }
    }
  /*
  for (auto e : s) if (e >= 0 && e <= 100) cerr << e << " "; cerr << endl;
  cout << s.count(x) << endl;
  */
}


Error: TLE

Fixed submission:

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
#define F first
#define S second
#define pii pair<int, int>
#define eb emplace_back
#define all(v) v.begin(), v.end()
#define rep(i, n) for (int i = 0; i < (n); ++i)
#define rep3(i, l, n) for (int i = l; i < (n); ++i)
#define sz(v) (int)v.size()
#define endl '\\n'
const int inf = 1000000007;
const ll INF = 1e18;
// int mod = 998244353;
int mod = 1000000007;
#define abs(x) (x >= 0 ? x : -(x))
#define lb(v, x) (int)(lower_bound(all(v), x) - v.begin())
#define ub(v, x) (int)(upper_bound(all(v), x) - v.begin())
template <typename T1, typename T2> inline bool chmin(T1 &a, T2 b) {
  if (a > b) {
    a = b;
    return 1;
  }
  return 0;
}
template <typename T1, typename T2> inline bool chmax(T1 &a, T2 b) {
  if (a < b) {
    a = b;
    return 1;
  }
  return 0;
}
ll gcd(ll a, ll b) {
  if (b == 0)
    return a;
  return gcd(b, a % b);
}
ll lcm(ll a, ll b) { return a / gcd(a, b) * b; }
template <typename T1, typename T2> T1 pow_(T1 a, T2 b) {
  return b ? pow_(a * a, b / 2) * (b % 2 ? a : 1) : 1;
}
ll modpow(ll a, ll b, ll _mod) {
  return b ? modpow(a * a % _mod, b / 2, _mod) * (b % 2 ? a : 1) % _mod : 1;
}
template <class T, class U>
ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const pair<T, U> &p) {
  os << p.F << " " << p.S;
  return os;
}
template <class T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const vector<T> &vec) {
  rep(i, sz(vec)) {
    if (i)
      os << " ";
    os << vec[i];
  }
  return os;
}
template <typename T> inline istream &operator>>(istream &is, vector<T> &v) {
  rep(j, sz(v)) is >> v[j];
  return is;
}
template <class T, class T2> inline void add(T &a, T2 b) {
  a += b;
  if (a >= mod)
    a -= mod;
}

void solve();

int main() {
  ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
  cin.tie(0);
  cout.tie(0);
  cout << fixed << setprecision(10);
  int T;
  T = 1;
  while (T--)
    solve();
}

void solve() {
  int x;
  cin >> x;
  rep3(a, -x, x) rep3(b, -x, x) {
    if (pow_(1LL * a, 5) - pow_(1LL * b, 5) == x) {
      cout << a << " " << b << endl;
      return;
    }
  }
}