Preparing for the "Van Kanegem" tournament.

No, equality won't help the situation. The problem is also that the winner among 5 participants isn't to blame for having so few competitors. Perhaps he could beat 50, but there simply aren't that many. Therefore, punishing him would be unfair. So, we need to create a different scoring system if we can't reach the minimum quota of participants. That's why I suggest creating a kind of reserve prize fund for such cases.