If you didn't understand, I mean that the number of strong players in relation to the tournaments is much smaller, which makes it easier to organize such a tournament, and the overall level of the tournament is lower than any Soda tournament. Therefore, the conclusion is that the winners of the Hot tournament achieved victory more easily than the winners of the Soda tournament, and it is unfair to equate these victories in relation to the players who won in a more difficult competition.
As for your friend, he also plays well in Soda, but he didn't win anything in it in 2016. :cool:
I wanted to write about it, but I was too lazy to start an argument.
P.S. I didn't watch the tournaments, I don't know who won what. Vitaly won a medal 2 years ago - I voted for him.