head to head
vs
Crash Team RacingvsSuper Puyo Puyo 2
Crash Team Racing leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Puyo Puyo 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Crash Team RacingSuper Puyo Puyo 2
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads3 vs 3
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
Crash Team Racing leans harder on variance: Item box rolls swing positions
Optimization6 vs 7
Super Puyo Puyo 2 leans harder on optimization: Building large chain combos is the deep skill
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.