Today, I was browsing LinkedIn when I found a post where the person showcased reaching Specialist in the last contest. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7311813260473704450/

Amazed by his fast growth from pupil to specialist, i looked at his CF profile, only to find out that he had copied the submissions from somewhere else.

https://codeforces.me/profile/dreamcatcher14

My reasons for thinking he cheated in Codeforces Round 1014 (Div.2) are -> Inconsistent coding style during contest, the header files keeps changing from every submission, the solve function name changes from sovle(), solve_case() , process_case(). The coding style in general varies a lot. -> Solved D problem , which the highest rated coder in my college ( 2300+ rated), couldnt solve. (Ok, maybe he had a genius idea during contest). -> 200+ problems solved of 800 rating , and only about 15-20 problems solved >=1200 rating.

Although I was not completely sure, i decided to just congratulate him on his so called "achievement" and just hinted him that i thought he cheated.

Within some time , i see my comment deleted from the post. When i commented the same thing again, i got blocked within a minute.

Not only did this guy cheat during a contest ( which surprisingly i was still fine with given the amount of cheaters nowadays), this guy has the guts to brag about it on LinkedIn. Forget about fairness during contests and all, this is just sad that someone can be so dumb to claim something that they know they dont deserve.

Idk, i just found this funny , hence wanted to make a blog on it.