We want to address this directly, once, so the community has the full picture. Aniko exists to help students study effectively for the SAT. The challenges exist for one reason: the more students study, the higher their scores go. The cash prize is just extra motivation. The real win is always the score increase. None of that works if the competition isn't fair, or if people don't feel safe taking part. A user named Jason Parton was recently disqualified from Challenge 2. He is now publicly campaigning against Aniko and told us privately he would do so unless we reversed the decision. Here's what actually happened. **Safety** During the challenge, this user repeatedly tried to intimidate other competitors. One example: [see the screenshot attached] SAT prep is stressful enough without someone threatening other students with rape. We have zero tolerance for this kind of behavior, no matter how strong a competitor is. This alone would have been grounds for removal. **Fairness** We also flagged the same user for cheating — twice. In April, during Challenge 1, his speed on the hardest math questions more than doubled overnight while his accuracy went up. Where 1500+ scorers average ~90 seconds per question, he averaged 27 — and completed 1,800+ of these questions in a single day. He received a warning. When Challenge 2 started this Monday, the exact same pattern appeared again. [see the table attached] He was warned, the pattern repeated, and he was disqualified. **On the badmouthing** He used Aniko for his own prep and recommended it to others for months. He's campaigning against it now because the same rules that protect every other student in the challenge were applied to him. Make of that what you want. **Going forward** The anti-cheating system exists so that the students who are actually putting in the hours have a fair shot at the prize. The community rules exist so that everyone here feels safe. We're not going to compromise on either, even when it's uncomfortable.

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