From this we can conclude: the persistent one is actually the best :) And what does "best" even mean in offline? Like, the best played the map once. Later it turned out that the persistent one overtook him on the N-th attempt. It turns out the best didn't crack the map for speed, so how is he the best then?
From this we can conclude: A good online player, given enough free time, will be able to perform well in offline, and not vice versa ;)