head to head
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
A Jet Set Radio successor about grinding, boosting, and tagging a future city.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
Modern 2D Mario platformer built on classic jump precision and hidden exits.
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); New Super Mario Bros. leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Trick chains and movement flow need practiced hands
New Super Mario Bros.
Jump timing and momentum control carry every level
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
No adaptive opposition
New Super Mario Bros.
Enemies follow fixed scripted patterns
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
World is fixed and explorable
New Super Mario Bros.
Levels fully deterministic once seen
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Combo routing and score lines reward planning
New Super Mario Bros.
Secret exits, star coins, and route knowledge
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.