Ok so this is going to be a long detailed blog post (with cheating proofs as clear as brute force solutions), so take some snacks and sit tight.↵
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Let me get to how it all started, I was scrolling through my YouTube home page looking for some brain rot content to watch after spending lot of time on a CF problem and I felt I deserved a break after solving the question on my own. That’s when I find this video titled [“How He Reached Specialist on Code forces | Tips and Tricks to follow ? “](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gYrfw-Gdds). As someone who’s struggling to hit the specialist mark, my eyes lit up and I immediately clicked on it and started watching.↵
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**Genuine help:** The video was fromTLE Eliminators by Priyansh31deca reputed channel and I have been using their CP-31 sheet and watched some of there post contest discussions which are good resources so you can check that out.↵
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Ok now coming back to the main topic, so I was genuinely impressed by this guy (too bad it only lasted for 45 mins), his CF profile [user:JoyBoyy,2024-12-29] had around 900 solves in the past 6 months which is around 4-5 problems per day on average. His [Code chef profile](https://www.codechef.com/users/deepanshu_003) was also equally impressive, he turned 5 star in just 3 contests (I don’t do code chef coz our mess has bad food on Wed and we go out to eat but that’s another story :) but I have heard that 5 star is a good rating). ↵
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Now that I am at home, I wondered if it’s a good idea to start giving code chef contests also, so to take a general idea about the problems and levels, I head to his profile and take a look at the [Starters 100 Division 4 Contest](https://www.codechef.com/START100D). Solved a few problems, then I head to 5th problem, a constructive one, thought about it but could not come up with a solution. So decided to go through his code for the same, and guess what I find in there ...↵
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**The FIRST LINE !!!!!** Rang a bell for me… I had seen this name somewhere… I think for some time, I recalled that it was an ID of a **Candidate Master Cheater which was exposed on CF a few months ago**…. ( blog is deleted now lol but ifykyk, he had copied C++ code from telegram and converted to java. Guess what ?? Both have them have used the same copy method again in a Division 3)↵
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I checked other submissions and all except the first problem were solved by [user:formidablechief27,2024-12-29]. And that’s how the guy I was impressed around 45 mins back turned to laughing stock for me.... The guy had only solved 1st problem by himself which as to print Yes if n< 100 lmfao↵
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It does not end here. I checked his submissions for **Starters 137, 141, 142** too- all of them were by [user:formidablechief27,2024-12-29]. So the 5 star rating and 74 rank this guy bragged about was actually someone else giving contest for him ? ↵
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So [user:JoyBoyy,2024-12-29], what do you have to say about this ? ↵
**But Bro, I just used template bro… how is it cheating if I used template… blah blah…**↵
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**FUN FACT:** The last time I checked, you didn’t need to change college name to the college of person whose template you are using. Why will you do that ???? Thadomal Shahani is the college from where [user:formidablechief27,2024-12-29] is lol. **ONCE A CHEATER ALWAYS A CHEATER** ↵
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Now you guys must be wondering what’s the relevance with the title ?**TLE Eliminators by [user:Priyansh31dec,2024-12-29]**They just posted a video of their student who happened to be a cheater, it’s not their fault.↵
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BUT BUT BUT ..... here’s the funny part- [user:formidablechief27,2024-12-29] is a mentorat TLE Eliminatorsover there LMFAO. **Yeah that’s correct, a mentor helping a student to cheat in contests and that too not by sharing code, but by giving the full contest for him…**↵
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Now the title makes a lot more sense right (title not relevant after edit) ? [user:formidablechief27,2024-12-29] is only 1 of the 40+ mentorsat TLE, who knows how many mentors are helping students to cheat in contests. ↵
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**FUN FACT:** Dhruvil aka Psychotic_D who was exposed a few months back was alsopart of TLEthere. ([Context](https://mirror.codeforces.com/topic/132407/en1)) Now he is not on their website page, so don’t be shocked if you see [user:formidablechief27,2024-12-29] also missing from their website. **I might have cost him his role but for an organization that teaches competitive programming, having him as a mentor is a disgrace. Or let me know if you are going to continue with him as mentor [user:Priyansh31dec,2024-12-29], I would also like to get to 5 star on codechef.** ↵
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I wonder what does their founderPriyansh who keeps posting on LinkedIn and Twitter about cheating on CF think about this. ↵
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BONUS CHEATING STUFF (ON CODEFORCES):↵
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Had to wait to post a blog since CF does not allow to post blog till you have given a rated contest and found one more cheating instance in [Codeforces Round 995 (Div. 3)](https://mirror.codeforces.com/contest/2051)↵
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Sequence of events:↵
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1. [user:JoyBoyy,2024-12-29] solves problem B↵
1. [user:JoyBoyy,2024-12-29] solves problem A↵
1. [user:JoyBoyy,2024-12-29] submits a stupid brute force for D which no 5 star coder would ever imo↵
1. [user:JoyBoyy,2024-12-29] solves problem C↵
1. [user:JoyBoyy,2024-12-29] copies problem D from [user:formidablechief27,2024-12-29]↵
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PROOFS: ↵
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- [user:formidablechief27,2024-12-29] submission of D: [submission:297846794]↵
- [user:JoyBoyy,2024-12-29] submission of D: [submission:297888637]↵
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It's pretty obvious the code is copied, same variable names, same structure...If you are still not convinced, read ahead.↵
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Now my guess: [user:JoyBoyy,2024-12-29] is happy and joyful that he solved 4 problems and gets to keep his specialist (who knows) tag. That’s when [user:formidablechief27,2024-12-29] contacts him saying that the code is same, you will get plagiarism.↵
And that’s when he converts the code to Java (using GPT) and submits it again: [submission:297922366]↵
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Now you can think about it, why will someone who got AC with his C++ code, convert the same code to Java and submit it again ?↵
The answer is pretty simple to avoid plagiarism and this cheap trick was already used by [user:formidablechief27,2024-12-29] to cheat his way to Candidate Master tag which he flexes on his LinkedIn.↵
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**My Motivation toRightwrite blog and Message to Others:**↵
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The only reason I wrote such a long blog was to rant out my frustration on such cheaters who affect others negatively. Apart from that the main motivation was that I had seen such exposed blogs and was always excited by the idea of catching them, and when I saw [user:formidablechief27,2024-12-29] name in the code, I knew I was going to write a blog about this. For everyone others, I am not sure how cheating is going to help you, please give contests on your own and improve. And for [user:JoyBoyy,2024-12-29], had you solved all those 900 problems sincerely, you would have definitely improved and did not need to cheat for Div 3 D question that was basic binary search.↵
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Hopefully some action is takenby TLE Eliminators to avoid this. Was thinking of registering for their course but now I am skeptical. Pls do continue the PCD’s, they are helpful :) ↵
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Thank you for reading through the entire things, hope you liked it :)↵
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Let me get to how it all started, I was scrolling through my YouTube home page looking for some brain rot content to watch after spending lot of time on a CF problem and I felt I deserved a break after solving the question on my own. That’s when I find this video titled [“How He Reached Specialist on Code forces | Tips and Tricks to follow ? “](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gYrfw-Gdds). As someone who’s struggling to hit the specialist mark, my eyes lit up and I immediately clicked on it and started watching.↵
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**Genuine help:** The video was from
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Ok now coming back to the main topic, so I was genuinely impressed by this guy (too bad it only lasted for 45 mins), his CF profile [user:JoyBoyy,2024-12-29] had around 900 solves in the past 6 months which is around 4-5 problems per day on average. His [Code chef profile](https://www.codechef.com/users/deepanshu_003) was also equally impressive, he turned 5 star in just 3 contests (I don’t do code chef coz our mess has bad food on Wed and we go out to eat but that’s another story :) but I have heard that 5 star is a good rating). ↵
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Now that I am at home, I wondered if it’s a good idea to start giving code chef contests also, so to take a general idea about the problems and levels, I head to his profile and take a look at the [Starters 100 Division 4 Contest](https://www.codechef.com/START100D). Solved a few problems, then I head to 5th problem, a constructive one, thought about it but could not come up with a solution. So decided to go through his code for the same, and guess what I find in there ...↵
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**The FIRST LINE !!!!!** Rang a bell for me… I had seen this name somewhere… I think for some time, I recalled that it was an ID of a **Candidate Master Cheater which was exposed on CF a few months ago**…. ( blog is deleted now lol but ifykyk, he had copied C++ code from telegram and converted to java. Guess what ?? Both have them have used the same copy method again in a Division 3)↵
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I checked other submissions and all except the first problem were solved by [user:formidablechief27,2024-12-29]. And that’s how the guy I was impressed around 45 mins back turned to laughing stock for me.... The guy had only solved 1st problem by himself which as to print Yes if n< 100 lmfao↵
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It does not end here. I checked his submissions for **Starters 137, 141, 142** too- all of them were by [user:formidablechief27,2024-12-29]. So the 5 star rating and 74 rank this guy bragged about was actually someone else giving contest for him ? ↵
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So [user:JoyBoyy,2024-12-29], what do you have to say about this ? ↵
**But Bro, I just used template bro… how is it cheating if I used template… blah blah…**↵
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**FUN FACT:** The last time I checked, you didn’t need to change college name to the college of person whose template you are using. Why will you do that ???? Thadomal Shahani is the college from where [user:formidablechief27,2024-12-29] is lol. **ONCE A CHEATER ALWAYS A CHEATER** ↵
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Now you guys must be wondering what’s the relevance with the title ?
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BUT BUT BUT ..... here’s the funny part- [user:formidablechief27,2024-12-29] is a mentor
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Now the title makes a lot more sense right (title not relevant after edit) ? [user:formidablechief27,2024-12-29] is only 1 of the 40+ mentors
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**FUN FACT:** Dhruvil aka Psychotic_D who was exposed a few months back was also
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I wonder what does their founder
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BONUS CHEATING STUFF (ON CODEFORCES):↵
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Had to wait to post a blog since CF does not allow to post blog till you have given a rated contest and found one more cheating instance in [Codeforces Round 995 (Div. 3)](https://mirror.codeforces.com/contest/2051)↵
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Sequence of events:↵
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1. [user:JoyBoyy,2024-12-29] solves problem B↵
1. [user:JoyBoyy,2024-12-29] solves problem A↵
1. [user:JoyBoyy,2024-12-29] submits a stupid brute force for D which no 5 star coder would ever imo↵
1. [user:JoyBoyy,2024-12-29] solves problem C↵
1. [user:JoyBoyy,2024-12-29] copies problem D from [user:formidablechief27,2024-12-29]↵
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PROOFS: ↵
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- [user:formidablechief27,2024-12-29] submission of D: [submission:297846794]↵
- [user:JoyBoyy,2024-12-29] submission of D: [submission:297888637]↵
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It's pretty obvious the code is copied, same variable names, same structure...If you are still not convinced, read ahead.↵
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Now my guess: [user:JoyBoyy,2024-12-29] is happy and joyful that he solved 4 problems and gets to keep his specialist (who knows) tag. That’s when [user:formidablechief27,2024-12-29] contacts him saying that the code is same, you will get plagiarism.↵
And that’s when he converts the code to Java (using GPT) and submits it again: [submission:297922366]↵
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Now you can think about it, why will someone who got AC with his C++ code, convert the same code to Java and submit it again ?↵
The answer is pretty simple to avoid plagiarism and this cheap trick was already used by [user:formidablechief27,2024-12-29] to cheat his way to Candidate Master tag which he flexes on his LinkedIn.↵
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**My Motivation to
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The only reason I wrote such a long blog was to rant out my frustration on such cheaters who affect others negatively. Apart from that the main motivation was that I had seen such exposed blogs and was always excited by the idea of catching them, and when I saw [user:formidablechief27,2024-12-29] name in the code, I knew I was going to write a blog about this. For everyone others, I am not sure how cheating is going to help you, please give contests on your own and improve. And for [user:JoyBoyy,2024-12-29], had you solved all those 900 problems sincerely, you would have definitely improved and did not need to cheat for Div 3 D question that was basic binary search.↵
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Hopefully some action is taken
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Thank you for reading through the entire things, hope you liked it :)↵
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