head to head
vs
10 Second Ninja XvsSuper Metroid
10 Second Ninja X leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Metroid leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
10 Second Ninja XSuper Metroid
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 7
10 Second Ninja X leans harder on execution: Frame-tight movement to clear levels inside ten seconds
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 1
Super Metroid leans harder on variance: Item and route knowledge is fixed once discovered
Optimization7 vs 7
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.