all thanks to telegram groups

I've heard about some people who manage to sell solutions to contests. I'm very interested to see someone who is willing to spend money on it

This user Pranavi_999 solved A,B,D all in Codeforces Round 967 (Div 2) as a Newbie. And Above all she solved them both in Java and Python what a joke

I just happened to see one cheater too ig xD

At this rate, CF should split ranking system into two independent parts, Indian and non-Indian contestants. I might got down voted saying this but whatever, I don't care

Normally, when I solve two problems, I find myself ranked between 9000 and 10000. But this time, I found myself at 15000, so I believe there are at least 3,000 cheaters in this contest.

And you don't need to be a psychic to guess where the majority of these people comes from.

d wasn't hard,just implementing, doamne sa nu pice la system test

holly shit

Accounts with more than 3 skipped contests should be banned

there are people who also cheated in E1

Lol, practice more. you're just pissed off that you can't solve these problems and others can, so you want to convince yourself it's all the cheaters' fault

I've become dumb or everyone has become so smart.

People cheat...but I, I get cheated on :(

I'm a newbie and solved it. You have to grind harder

The data of D is too weak. Some people passed it by going through every value each time, which can have a complexity of $$$O(n ^ 2)$$$.

277408206

This submission by user rajneesh_neo clearly seems to be faulty ..

it clearly has been copied from 277400319 by user keyur14113

using some AI tool , just the variable names have been changed.. rest of the structure remains exactly same..

Kindly look into this MikeMirzayanov

Cheaters should be banned because they pose the biggest threat to the community. Although I may not have much influence or experience, I believe that competitive programming is all about the adrenaline rush—the sadness of a wrong submission and the joy of an accepted one. If someone is truly passionate about competitive programming, they should focus solely on these experiences and problem-solving.

The real enjoyment of competitive programming comes when someone participates in contests and solves problems without worrying about their rating. One cannot improve if they are stuck in the loop of obsessing over their rating. Sooner or later, these cheaters will be banned, and at the very least, people from the programming clubs of institutes should monitor this behavior or teach students to either engage in competitive programming honestly or explore other fields, so they don’t harm this community.(just a random thought or maybe a vague idea)

I used to get under 3k rank last year then I stopped CP for a year, after I restarted, I could feel that I improved, solving higher rated problems but now I am being ranked below 7k in all contests I gave.

My main is expert , i couldnt solve C and took almost 100 mins to upsolve D. no way 2000 solns in contest

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ATP,change the name of this platform to codefromtelegram

keep your head up kings. the only advantage they have over us are the tg groups and some numbers. what if their usernames are more colorful than ours we are here on this battlefield to learn comradery, bravery, and to learn how to cope when defeated emotionally.

orz.

man you were master for ONE contest and problem D was honestly pretty easy. You just needed to start implementing and develop intuition about construction process as you go.

Look at these submissions. They are almost the same, except the variable names.

Please, look into this MikeMirzayanov

277404960 277378625 277394680 277386086 277365968 277367269 277386940 277379565 277414396 277390632 277384033

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Love from Luogu image. LOL

what about submission like https://codeforces.com/contest/2001/submission/277410926 just totally encrypted to cheat smartly

For me, Thalleous's submissions on C: 277417065 and D: 277410299 are also suspicious. They look very similar to the ones leaked online

Just take less time to solve a problem??? Honestly D was pretty easy, I am not even master, but I mindsolved it in <= 10 minutes

Solution for D has been released through tg groups, but with O(n^2) complexity, dumb cheaters didn't notice that. From room 1 to 30, 25 users have been hacked, (unfortunately, after the contest). Every 19 of 20 pupils/newbies wrote a similar O(n^2) solution. MikeMirzayanov, please kick those cheaters.

although i couldnt solve D in contest time, i wont say it was that hard, i solved it with segment tree after the contest . it took me about an hour .

I am also a cheater im sorry

it's very sad, I've been trying to solve this problem for 3 hours after the contest and I still can't solve it, although some people say it's very easy.

What if Codeforces reduced the ratings to 500 or 800 for users who are caught plagiarizing? This would likely scare people into avoiding copying solutions.

I have seen this guy UDITSHARMA111 solve Upto E in codeforces Round 967(DIV2) and got 96 rank and jump from 854 to 1383 and in previous contest it's all the solution got skipped

I don't think that a master should solve D in so long time... btw,cheating has become more and more serious...

They only cheat once or zero times. Unless you have a lot of willpower. And I think we need to ban users who skip more than 2 times. shit┗|｀O′|┛

there are youtube channels which provide drive links of solutions (free and paid) through DM . Some of them are Sharabi lal and Coder oshang surtani