Contest Cheat Investigation

User ID 37 — Voolstra lab

User ID 37 — Voolstra lab

High · Action: Disqualify; strip referral bonus

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

Referral group: Group 4

Why flagged

Account

FieldValue
Emailluigi.colin@uni-konstanz.de
InstitutionUniversity of Konstanz - Department of Biology
Referral codeNOVO-12PJK
Leaderboard rank#5 (total 252)
Best score227
Plays21 (0.9% of all contest plays)
Game Play IDs599 – 1377
First / last play2026-06-02 01:11:04 → 2026-06-10 15:17:56
Referrals made5 (+25 bonus)

Referrals made

Referee IDNameEmailWhen
ID 83Josh Johnson spamesondaggi@gmail.com17/07/2026 20:27:55
ID 43Filip Van Nieuwerburghfrancesco.colin@ugent.be03/06/2026 17:33:12
ID 41Voolstrakim-isabelle.mayer@uni-konstanz.de02/06/2026 20:27:34
ID 40Voolstramelanie.doerr@uni-konstanz.de02/06/2026 20:26:54
ID 39SequAna - Sequencing Analysis Core Facilityabdoallah.sharaf@uni-konstanz.de02/06/2026 19:29:50

Other accounts with same name / name family

User IDEmailRankTotal
ID 41kim-isabelle.mayer@uni-konstanz.de#20217
ID 40melanie.doerr@uni-konstanz.de#31198

Play timing evidence

MetricValue
Min gap1.2m (75.0s)
Median gap11.0m (660.0s)
Avg gap10.3h
Cadence 60–100s35.0%
Gaps under 30s0
Burst 10m / 1h / 24h5 / 5 / 15
Longest 60–100s streak4 gaps

Shortest gap: 1.2m between Game Play 667668 — scores 190.0 → 159.0

Evidence charts

Evidence charts

Referral group

Part of Group 4

Referral cluster