It has come to my attention that a participant in a recent CodeForces contest[contest:2008] may have engaged in cheating by having a higher-rated user submit solutions on their behalf. This behavior not only violates the spirit of fair competition but also undermines the integrity of the platform. I believe it is important to bring this to light with the evidence I have gathered.

The Evidence

During Contest Codeforces Round 970 (Div. 3), user aryxn5 achieved a significantly higher rank than usual. Upon closer inspection, I noticed that the solution submitted for Problem A (and other problems) was identical to that of another user sparsh_16, who has a considerably higher rating and experience in competitive programming.

The suspicious points are as follows:

• Both users submitted the exact same solution for multiple problems
• The coding style, variable names, and even the comments were identical, which is highly unlikely unless the code was copied.
• Skipped Submissions: In the last contest Codeforces Round 967 (Div. 2), aryxn5 skipped several problem submissions 277418677.

Comparison of Solutions

[user:aryxn5]Submission: 279230315 sparsh_16 Submission:279069306 you can also check the remaining submission in the Codeforces Round 970 (Div. 3)