The second stage of the "Van Kanighem" tournament.

Maybe the "best" player simply didn't have enough time :rolleyes:. The "best" player achieved a time of 20 days on the first attempt. The "persistent" player achieved 40 days on the first attempt, 20 days on the 7th attempt, and 17 days on the 10th attempt. If the "best" player had replayed the map ten times, they would have achieved a time of 5 days. So, who is really the best? ;)
Therefore, the conclusion is: a good online player, given enough free time, can perform well offline, and vice versa.

This is all so debatable that the accuracy of the statements can only be verified empirically, provided that the players participating in the experiment do not deceive us about how many times they replayed the map :)
And another question - should map exploration be counted as an attempt? :)
Such significant improvements in gameplay are not made depending on the number of attempts, as you showed in the example. A good player is already close to the record result on the first attempt, and it is possible that he does not need to replay the game from the beginning to achieve it. As for online play, I've heard somewhere that pros fight each other on well-known maps that they have explored countless times