competitive programming is built on hard work and integrity, but sometimes, those values are compromised. Recently, in Codeforces Round 975 (Div. 2), two participants, Abou_3yad and monocode, were caught submitting nearly identical code for the same problem, raising concerns of plagiarism. Both are new to the platform, yet their actions cast a shadow over fair competition.

Here are the suspicious submissions:

AhmedIbrahim24010's submission monocode's submission approximately the same code structure but one of them changed the variable's names, what a genius!

While struggling as a beginner is normal, copying solutions defeats the purpose of competitive programming.