head to head
vs
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorvsSpace Run: Fast and Safe Delivery
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Space Run: Fast and Safe Delivery leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorSpace Run: Fast and Safe Delivery
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 4
Space Run: Fast and Safe Delivery leans harder on variance: Wave compositions and timing add bounded surprises
Optimization7 vs 8
Space Run: Fast and Safe Delivery leans harder on optimization: Optimal weapon placement and resource use win runs
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.