This is a submission for DEV Computer Science Challenge v24.06.12: One Byte Explainer.

Explainer

My code runs in seconds for 3 inputs but takes hours for 100, why? Consider: 3 people can all shake hands in 3 exchanges. But for 100 people (33x) it takes 4,950 (1650x)! Big O math represents runtime’s growth at scale by only keeping its main factors.

Additional Context

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