head to head
Blur asks more than Mario Sports Mix, and the gap is execution.

Execution · Pure Mechanics
Arcade racing with Mario Kart-style power-ups bolted onto licensed cars.

Execution · Competitive PvP
Party sports where light timing and item luck outweigh deep strategy.
Blur leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Mario Sports Mix leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Blur leans clearly harder on execution.
Blur
Racing lines and dodging shots demand car control
Mario Sports Mix
Timing shots and blocks matters but stays party-game forgiving
Mario Sports Mix leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Blur
Human racers bait and time power-ups against you
Mario Sports Mix
Human opponents fake passes and shots in versus play
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Blur
Power-up pickups and incoming attacks add chaos
Mario Sports Mix
Item drops and special shots inject deliberate chaos
Blur leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Blur
Track knowledge and pickup routes are learnable
Mario Sports Mix
Shallow team and court knowledge caps quickly
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.