head to head
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About TimevsRunner3
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Runner3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About TimeRunner3
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 0
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time leans harder on variance: Deterministic levels
Optimization4 vs 3
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time leans harder on optimization: N. Verted and flashback routing
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

