head to head
vs
Castlevania III: Dracula's CursevsSeum: Speedrunners from Hell
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Seum: Speedrunners from Hell leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Castlevania III: Dracula's CurseSeum: Speedrunners from Hell
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 0
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse leans harder on variance: Minor enemy spawn wobble
Optimization6 vs 7
Seum: Speedrunners from Hell leans harder on optimization: Route-finding and trick discovery shave the seconds that matter
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.