Contest Cheat Investigation

User ID 18 — Foley

User ID 18 — Foley

High · Action: Disqualify; strip referral bonus

Verdict: Evidence of bot-like play and fake/multi-account identity and referral farming.

Referral group: Group 3

Why flagged

Account

FieldValue
Emailcm2493@bath.ac.uk
InstitutionUniversity of Bath
Referral codeNOVO-82BBK
Leaderboard rank#4 (total 288)
Best score258
Plays29 (1.2% of all contest plays)
Game Play IDs137 – 1658
First / last play2026-05-23 01:52:14 → 2026-06-15 18:05:24
Referrals made6 (+30 bonus)

Referrals made

Referee IDNameEmailWhen
ID 47Emmacosima.wintermeyer@gmail.com04/06/2026 22:31:21
ID 29graczjosl@unc.edu28/05/2026 23:34:56
ID 28Foleynicjanto97@gmail.com28/05/2026 22:31:03
ID 27Dr. Edan Foleyme881@bath.ac.uk28/05/2026 22:09:50
ID 22Edan Foleytm2562@bath.ac.uk28/05/2026 05:12:08
ID 21Foleynvj26@bath.ac.uk27/05/2026 23:22:00

Other accounts with same name / name family

User IDEmailRankTotal
ID 28nicjanto97@gmail.com#7249
ID 22tm2562@bath.ac.uk#10246
ID 27me881@bath.ac.uk#29199
ID 21nvj26@bath.ac.uk#42173
ID 85ttmccabe@ualberta.ca#850
ID 88yk540@bath.ac.uk#880
ID 89ef796@bath.ac.uk#890
ID 92t.garcia11234@gmail.com#920

Play timing evidence

MetricValue
Min gap1.2m (70.0s)
Median gap1.7m (103.0s)
Avg gap20.3h
Cadence 60–100s50.0%
Gaps under 30s0
Burst 10m / 1h / 24h6 / 7 / 13
Longest 60–100s streak5 gaps

Shortest gap: 1.2m between Game Play 11481149 — scores 219.0 → 246.0

Evidence charts

Evidence charts

Referral group

Part of Group 3

Referral cluster