head to head
vs
Tetris UltimatevsThumper
Tetris Ultimate leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Thumper leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Tetris UltimateThumper
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Tetris Ultimate leans harder on reads: Versus garbage exchanges allow slight opponent timing awareness
Variance2 vs 1
Tetris Ultimate leans harder on variance: Random bag is bounded and rapidly mappable
Optimization4 vs 4
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.