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Clarification on "Out of Competition" Status
By Kadir1, history, 6 hours ago, In English

I noticed that my solution has been flagged as "out of competition" because it matched with another participant's solution. I want to clarify that I have never shared my code with anyone, nor have I copied someone else’s code. The match with another solution is purely coincidental.

I am not familiar with the person whose solution matched mine, and I have no connection with them. Is there any way to resolve this issue and restore my status in the competition?

For reference, this occurred during Codeforces Rounds 998 and 999.

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I encountered the same in codeforces round 998 with the problem F multiplicative array, I have also written a blog regarding this matter here. I hope it reaches the authorities and helps me get unflagged!!!

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    Me too i actually used similar approach from LeetCode 1735

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same here

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Maybe sometimes the code is so Simple that two people might write the same code considering none of them uses any template.

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