Swim in Rising Water

def canReach(grid, t):
    # True when you can swim from the top left to the bottom right with the water at height t.
    n = len(grid)
    seen = [[False] * n for _ in range(n)]
    seen[0][0] = True
    stack = [(0, 0)]
    while stack:
        r, c = stack.pop()
        if r == n - 1 and c == n - 1:
            return True
        for nr, nc in ((r + 1, c), (r - 1, c), (r, c + 1), (r, c - 1)):
            if 0 <= nr < n and 0 <= nc < n and not seen[nr][nc] and grid[nr][nc] <= t:
                seen[nr][nc] = True
                stack.append((nr, nc))
    return False


def swimInWater(grid):
    n = len(grid)
    # You cannot finish before the water covers both corners.
    t = max(grid[0][0], grid[n - 1][n - 1])
    # Raise the water one step at a time until a way through opens.
    while not canReach(grid, t):
        t += 1
    return t

def canReach(grid, t):
    # True when you can swim from the top left to the bottom right with the water at height t.
    n = len(grid)
    seen = [[False] * n for _ in range(n)]
    seen[0][0] = True
    stack = [(0, 0)]
    while stack:
        r, c = stack.pop()
        if r == n - 1 and c == n - 1:
            return True
        for nr, nc in ((r + 1, c), (r - 1, c), (r, c + 1), (r, c - 1)):
            if 0 <= nr < n and 0 <= nc < n and not seen[nr][nc] and grid[nr][nc] <= t:
                seen[nr][nc] = True
                stack.append((nr, nc))
    return False


def swimInWater(grid):
    n = len(grid)
    # The answer lies between the higher corner and the highest cell.
    lo = max(grid[0][0], grid[n - 1][n - 1])
    hi = n * n - 1
    # canReach is false below the answer and true from it on: find the first true.
    while lo < hi:
        mid = (lo + hi) // 2
        if canReach(grid, mid):
            hi = mid
        else:
            lo = mid + 1
    return lo

import heapq


def swimInWater(grid):
    n = len(grid)
    seen = [[False] * n for _ in range(n)]
    seen[0][0] = True
    # (time, row, col): the time is the highest cell on the best path found to that cell.
    heap = [(grid[0][0], 0, 0)]
    while True:
        t, r, c = heapq.heappop(heap)
        # Cells leave the heap in order of time, so this is the earliest you can be here.
        if r == n - 1 and c == n - 1:
            return t
        for nr, nc in ((r + 1, c), (r - 1, c), (r, c + 1), (r, c - 1)):
            if 0 <= nr < n and 0 <= nc < n and not seen[nr][nc]:
                # Reached for the first time from the cell with the smallest time:
                # no later route can arrive earlier, so mark it now.
                seen[nr][nc] = True
                heapq.heappush(heap, (max(t, grid[nr][nc]), nr, nc))