Submission #2782659

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from itertools import accumulate, islice
from bisect import bisect_left

n = int(input())
xs = [int(x) for x in input().split()]

ys = list(accumulate(xs))
zs, total = ys[:-1], ys[-1]

res = max(xs) - min(xs)
for i, z in islice(enumerate(zs), 1, n-1):
    j = bisect_left(zs, z//2)
    splits = ((zs[j+k], z - zs[j+k]) for k in (-1, 0, 1) if 0 <= j+k <= i)
    a, b = min(splits, key=lambda s:abs(s[0]-s[1]))

    j = bisect_left(zs, (total - z)//2 + z)
    splits = ((zs[j+k] - z, total - zs[j+k]) for k in (-1, 0, 1) if i <= j+k <= n-2)
    c, d = min(splits, key=lambda s:abs(s[0]-s[1]))

    minn, _, _, maxx = sorted((a,b,c,d))
    if maxx - minn < res:
        res = maxx - minn

print(res)

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