I think he is way worse this year
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It's just recency bias.
Even in kickoff he was 4th, 2nd if u don't include furias NA sub roster. https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/2274/champions-tour-2025-americas-kickoff
So far in stage 1 he went +4 against LEV and against G2 he went +8. He is still doing very well and it's only been 2 games so far after kickoff.
These stats are by no means bad and seem to be equally as good as last year. e.g last year in kickoff he also placed 2nd and had a slightly lower rating compared to this years.