IMO, if top 6 plays(EMEA vs pacific) - EMEA would win most matches.
If we take bottom half i think it's more about which team performs better on that given day.

Fut vs drx: agreed that fut did not perform up to the expectations, but they are very good team and probably win against 3-6 seeded in pacific. It might be 50-50 against t1.
Navi also underperformed but you can never underestimate 4 masters winning players.
Liquid: expected 5-6 finish and they did exactly that which is still not bad. Then winning EMEA helped them but would still beeat all teams(9 out of 10 teams) in pacific except PRX.
Fnatic: first ever team to win 2 international titles and back to back. Clearly the best team in the world this year right from the start.

T1 performed better than I expected but still gor placed where I thought they would eventually end up.
PRX proved why they were pacific champions.
DRX - overall disappointing since pacific playoffs, hope they up the ante.

Obviously there is equal chance for all the teams to get better in due time.

Pacific was definitely entertaining and sometimes unpredictable for sure but don't think it was more competitive than EMEA.

nats was best player in tournament, what i meant was chron was mvp of grand finals as he was best rated player in grand finals.

Sadhak is best flex player in world and goat IGL right now no doubt about it, he has already proved it.

But saying fnatic won lockin because they were lucky and not merit is bad. Irrespective of which team you are supporting one should never take away the merit.

By the way when Gambit won master(against all teams around globe) in 2021, Chronicle was the "MVP" and he was flex.