We seem to have a new member that doesn't play by the rules:

http://www.purposegames.com/memberstats/9961

What are the rules for these games. Is it anything goes except using macros etc?

Yeah, looks like he created another id because somebody just got 9 seconds for the countries of europe. I don't think God could manage that. This is kinda worrying; how can you manage this? If this guy had just done it in 30 seconds to make it look somewhat plausible nobody would know.

I think this kind of thing will be with us periodically from now on.

Why people want to revert to showing they can cheat is beyond me. Cases are as clear as these are pretty obvious.
Unfortunately situations like the current top 10 scores or so of the Countries of Europe are far more difficult to handle. I smell a rat there, too. There’s either someone extremely gifted who uses different handles or something’s up…. It just seems a bit far fetched to me for seven of the top ten to have played just this game and only this game between 2 and 5 times. Even Kalle and Frallan’s performances seem dubious. I’m not surprised martinelmejor feels so disconcerted, and I know Thomsiboms worked on the game fastidiously – he’s now relegated to the second page….. Any thoughts on how best to go about vetting this type of thing ?

cheating could be stopped if you had better control over whether to show answers or not in your game

I don't see how that relates either phenocain. I think there is a lot of cheating which will never be cut out, or can't be monitored. Fortunately, there is more to the site than just getting fast times or doing ATHs, a lot of the site's appeal is just the process of learning some new stuff.