NOTE: RED INDIAN IN THIS BLOG DOESN'T REFER TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN RACE. IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS BLOG, RED-INDIAN REFERS TO AN INDIAN WHO CHEATED HIS WAY TO RED, THAT IS, GRANDMASTER.
The person I am going to talk about here is none other than the most recent Indian Red Coder arnabmanna, who achieved this feat in the last Division 1, Codeforces Round 1021 (Div. 1) after solving 4 problems and getting a Global Rank of 62 and India Rank 1 in the contest, giving him a whooping 119 rating boost. Such a jump not only made him red but also made him surpass 2 existing Red Coders cerberus97 and invertedwinger in all time India leader board, making him the 5th highest rated coder in India and 582nd Globally.
His progress seems very inspirational (for a certain group of people who follow his footsteps) since he achieved this feat with just 425 problems solved for all time, 74 of which happen to be 800s. Not just this, he went from Newbie to Grandmaster in a matter of 7 months with just doing two problems a day on average while people like employed and [user:Wssxim] can't achieve this feat even after an eternal grind. His determination really impresses me because he didn't give up even after 2 pages of skips.
Coincidently, AI researchers and Future AI Anthropologists who happen to study the evolution of AI can study his graph to get insights on the same. Here is a timeline for reference-
September 2024 — OpenAI release GPT O1 with a capacity of 1600 elo.
October 2024 — arnabmanna hits Expert.
January 2025 — OpenAI release o3 mini high for the paid users which happened to have a rating of 1800.
February 2025 — arnabmanna crosses 1800.
April 2025 — OpenAI release O3 which has a rating of 2727.
April 2025 — arnabmanna becomes a Grandmaster.
Such a quick growth from Blue to Red in a span 2 months after being hard stuck on Blue for the same amount of time is really inspirational. But you know what's more inspirational? The fact that he outgrew CM in just 2 contests and Master and IM in just 1. Judging from his previous performance, he might hit IGM in a matter of just one or two rounds and probably end up being the 1st LGM from India, crushing Dominater069's dreams of achieving that feat, unless Sam Altman wishes otherwise.
i don't think he has enough money for the o3 subscription.... i can't believe you
I think this comment thread of past is enough evidence of past cheating act — https://codeforces.me/blog/entry/138083?#comment-1241356
https://codeforces.me/blog/entry/108153?#comment-1266710
Wow, I was actually interested in looking at an experiment of how good AI is, can it really code that well as companies claim?
Didn't know I'd find it this way...
lol who cares even if he reach LGM or Tourist. We all know Dominater069 is legit and this arnabmanna guy is just like any other noob who is total trash without ai. Dominater069 will crash this guy any time if they come face to face onsite or any other place.
Maybe even I could beat him considering he is too weak to do this the right way :)
arnabmanna Tell how u cheat in contest to public ?
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lequoctran181 is not indian
Is this a cheater too? His account is disabled.
Yes. See https://codeforces.me/blog/entry/141477
Well, I have no clue whether this person is a cheater or not. But accusing someone just because of how their rating gains correlate with the release of new AI models doesn't make a lot of sense to me. To accuse someone of cheating you must atleast highlight a few of their submissions that seem suspicious to you.
There have been at least 2 blogs exposing this person