Building comparison
head to head
Super Mario RunvsSuper Rub 'a' Dub
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is variance, and it is a single point.
Super Mario Run
Execution · Practiced Mastery
One-thumb tap-timing precision over fixed courses with solvable coin routes.
Super Rub 'a' Dub
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A tilt-controlled physics game testing motion precision to navigate a duck.
Super Mario Run leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Rub 'a' Dub leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Super Mario RunSuper Rub 'a' Dub
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Super Mario Run
One-handed tap timing for coin lines demands precision
Super Rub 'a' Dub
Tilt control precision to steer the duck is core
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Super Mario Run
Auto-runner with no adaptive opponent; Toad Rally is asynchronous
Super Rub 'a' Dub
No opponent to predict
Variance1 vs 2
Super Rub 'a' Dub leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Super Mario Run
Courses are fixed and fully learnable
Super Rub 'a' Dub
Hazard placement fixed per tub
Optimization4 vs 3
Super Mario Run leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Super Mario Run
Routing perfect coin runs is a solvable layout puzzle
Super Rub 'a' Dub
Fast routes through tubs reward planning
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.