Cheating


There is no guarantee you would have won in a fair game though. In fact, you have the same chance at winning as losing if the opponent was truly rated at your level. The rating refunding is more like a nice gesture, but it doesn't really impact the rating system long-term anyway because your ability didn't change from one unfair game.
For future reference, discussions like this are okay, but not in the general forums like here. Please keep these discussions in this club (where they are allowed) https://www.chess.com/club/cheating-forum