1500 Rated Chess Player Plays Like a 2300

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[Event "Online Game"]
[Site "Chess.com iPhone"]
[Date "2023.11.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mirac1431"]
[Black "Aquatine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[WhiteElo "1525"]
[BlackElo "1454"]
[Termination "Mirac1431 won by checkmate"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nc3 Qe5+ 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.Nf3 Qa5 8.Qb5 Qc7 9.d4 Bd7 10.Nd5 Qc8 11.Bf4 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Bxb5 13.Bxb5+ Qc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Bxc6+ Kd8 16.Bxa8 e6 17.Ne3 Bb4+ 18.Ke2 Nf6 19.Rac1 Ba5 20.Rhd1 Kd7 21.Bc6+ Ke7 22.d5 h6 23.dxe6 fxe6 24.Be5 g5 25.Bxf6+ Kxf6 26.Ng4+ Kf5 27.f3 h5 28.Be4+ Kf4 29.g3# {1-0}

I have never seen a 1500 rated player play chess like this… is this really the difference between 1400 and 1500? Did he just get lucky and I walked right into his trap? Or is this dude just on something because I’ve never seen an opening like this in my entire life
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EDIT I don’t use the forums often so apparently i don’t know how to link a game properly and i put the PGN like a moron https://www.chess.com/live/game/94840090151
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I recently saw a 1200 played like a 2050