(I am sorry for bringing up this blog more frequently in recent actions, but I'm doing it so that my seniors notice it and can take strict action against him once they see it)
Hello Codeforces,
Let me introduce you to Soumyadeep Singh , who has successfully cheated his way through Codeforces and LeetCode contests, Online Assessments, university examinations, and now we can also see him as an official problem setter in coding contests organized by Jadavpur University's coding clubs.
singhsoumya_coder is a pre-final year student at Jadavpur University, and he is well-known for his massive cheating scandals and for his consistent track record in cheating. He cheated his way to Google during campus internships, and people also found his behavior suspicious when he used to write outrageous messages in AskSenior and other coding community WhatsApp groups. This person also obfuscates his C++ codes which he copies from various sources, changes variable names and indentation so that it gets difficult to catch his cheating. He also modifies memory accessing techniques in the copied code to bypass Codeforces Plagiarism/Cheater Detection System.
Still he can't save himself from being caught by the System multiple times.
The number of his skipped contests on codeforces even exceeds the number of contest a normal person might attend in a lifetime. A single more round skipped and he'll get his ID permanently banned. And this cheater made a great decision after that, he stopped participating in contests just to avoid getting permanently banned!
The chain of his skipped submissions on codeforces:
First time he got caught cheating in — Codeforces Round 903 (Div. 3)
His honorable standing at the bottom: https://codeforces.me/contest/1881/standings/participant/165741677
Then again, caught cheating in Codeforces Round 916 (Div. 3)
His honorable standing at the bottom: https://codeforces.me/contest/1914/standings/participant/170218006
Then again, caught cheating in Codeforces Round 954 (Div. 3)
His honorable standing at the bottom: https://codeforces.me/contest/1986/standings/participant/184967860
with an amazing "Skipped" verdict in each and every single submission which is probably a verdict he likes even more than "Accepted".
Their profile will show you just 170 problems solved but sadly around half of those 170 are just 800's.
You can see the obfuscation in his code where he literally writes nonsense like "Function with No arguments and no Return Values" in comments. Why would anyone do that?
Just have a look at this:
Have a look at each and every single of his recent in-contest submission and see how much code obfuscation he has done. His submissions speak for themselves.
Have a look at his recent shitty copy pasted ChatGPT submission on leetcode which he does everyday to increase his shitty solve counts so that he can write these shitty numbers in his resume and his Linkedin: https://leetcode.com/submissions/detail/1602470099/
Successfully copy pasted 1500 cheated submissions on Leetcode! I think leetcode database might even face trouble retaining such huge amount of cheated submissions from him. Why do you give so much pain to codeforces and leetcode servers singhsoumya_coder ? Genuine people are facing server issues because of you XD
Let alone what he does for his own benefits like cheating in codeforces, copy-pasting cheated solutions to increase solve count, cheating in leetcode, cheating in OA's, cheating in university examinations and what not.
But I as a community member got really pissed off when I saw him author official university contest under the flagship of event Srijan (official university tech fest of Jadavpur University) and CCJU (official coding club of Jadavpur University).
Notably, his friend SpeedyAlgorithmist deleted his "Uncode" contest announcement blog when I highlighted the same issue in the comments. Why would anyone do that if they are honest?
So, Soumyadeep singhsoumya_coder Singh, what do you think about that? What's the next big scam you are planning to execute? Are you thinking to reach Candidate Master by cheating on Codeforces and then start proposing official codeforces contests?
SpeedyAlgorithmist How far will you go using your alts to bomb downvotes just to defend your cheater friend? If anything I said is false, prove it.
Cheating every contest and still being hardstuck 1400 is hilarious. I'd just quit at that point.
Since I am tagged here, I have things to clarify.
I am not a problem setter in this contest, nor do I know the problems. My job was to build the input-output testing website using MERN — which is actually my genuine area of interest.
Regarding the LeetCode submission — it was outside the contest. That day I had an exam, and after that, I just checked the editorial directly to understand the problem instead of trying it myself. I’ve solved 1453 problems on LeetCode, so I have nothing to prove or show off with one more submission. I’ve been giving LeetCode contests from the start of my DSA prep — gave 92 contests, and got the Guardian badge only in the last two. That means it took me 91 contests to get there. If I was cheating, I’d have gotten that badge way earlier. My graph is full of ups and downs — exactly how a real prep journey looks.
About my Codeforces account — I never took CF very seriously. Just messed around with it. My friends had those templates, and I didn’t — so I tried writing something ahead of my code just for fun. Regarding skipped contests — yes, I made a mistake about a year ago copying from GPT. I’ve never done that again. Also, I haven’t even given any contests on CF in the last 8 months.
As for my Google internship — clearing the OA and two 45-minute technical interviews isn’t exactly something you can bluff your way through. If that still seems suspicious to you, maybe that says more about your understanding of the process than mine. And honestly, I don’t need to prove anything to anyone.
And since you are tagging all my public handles, I request you to reveal your identity too… or else the community knows what to think about you.
I don't really care what area of interest you do have.
Also saying things like
does not justifies you not betraying the competitive programming community. You create an account here, cheat several times, destroy standings of genuine competitors and then do not care about it at all, this is just how most cheaters are.
They have no remorse for their actions just like you.
So, what makes you different from them?
Your template calls several null and void functions multiple times in a row just for obfuscation. It's quite funny you are trying to defend that too.
Really?
Did Mike thought to plagiarize you literally 3 times just for fun ?
Are you serious?
Yes, that was a mistake — and I repeat that clearly. I’ve acknowledged it, taken accountability, and moved on by making sure it never happens again.
But dragging my name now, using my LinkedIn picture, and bringing up an incident from a year ago — especially when I’m not even involved with problemsetting — makes no sense. As I already mentioned, my only role was to build the input-output testing site for the contest.
I sincerely apologize to the Codeforces community for the mistake I made in the past. I’ve learned from it — and I hope that matters more than clinging to an old version of me.
what if you did not caught red handed means you never apologize.. and ruining the CP community..?
Based on the analysis of your account, it seems like you have not learnt to code properly yet. First be in the position to code without compilation accounts, and then express your personal grudge against someone else. And also, how are you so sure, that he has cheated in University Examinations and can you prove him to be accountable for cheating in Online Assessments and interviews ? Better state sufficient facts before demeaning someone.
Cheating and barely specialist? It never even began for him...
That's really funny and pathetic too.
To be honest, whatever you mentioned in your blog, none of them questions his credibility for getting into google. This seems more like a personal attack rather than an expose.