Potential Cheater / AI Plagiarism in Codeforces Round 1098 (Div. 2): _kiran_iitm

Hello evryone ,

I would like to bring to light a very obvious case of cheating/plagiarism during the recent Codeforces Round 1098 (Div. 2).

The user in question is _kiran_iitm.

The Evidence:

If you look at their submissions for this round, it is highly evident that the code was generated by an AI and copy-pasted directly into the judge without even cleaning up the comments.

• AI-Generated Comments: The code is flooded with redundant // comments explaining basic algorithmic steps and boilerplate code. It even includes typical LLM-generated comments like // FAST IO and step-by-step logic breakdowns, which is completely unnatural and unrealistic for a participant during a live, timed competitive programming contest.

Submissions to check:

• 374825254
• 374821053
• 374812733

This kind of behavior completely ruins the rating fairness for hard-working participants. I hope the coordinators and Mike take a look at this case and take appropriate actions.

If you have caught any other cheaters or found suspicious profiles from this round, please leave them in the comments below!

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