Yesterday, I gave the round Codeforces Round #835 (Div. 4). It went well, and got a rank of 1280. but today I received a message from codeforces that my code significantly matches another person's code. "Attention!
Your solution 181994298 for the problem 1760F significantly coincides with solutions gaurav_makhijani/181994298, rishit_30g/181998999. Such a coincidence is a clear rules violation. Note that unintentional leakage is also a violation. For example, do not use ideone.com with the default settings (public access to your code). If you have conclusive evidence that a coincidence has occurred due to the use of a common source published before the competition, write a comment to post about the round with all the details. More information can be found at http://codeforces.me/blog/entry/8790. Such violation of the rules may be the reason for blocking your account or other penalties. In case of repeated violations, your account may be blocked."
But my code and the person stated in the message have completely different codes but we are using the same template.
My submission: https://codeforces.me/contest/1760/submission/181994298
rishit_30g submission: https://codeforces.me/contest/1760/submission/181998999
I have copied this template and have been using it for a very long time. but the implementation of the main code functionality is completely different.
I hope I can get my ratings back. Can someone please help me with this?
Damn that sucks, it means we better avoid using someones template ditto. Make your own trademark template.