The people still there after everyone else gets bored and leaves are the ones who get the real opportunity.

Most fields have far more starters than stayers, and the attrition is not about talent. People leave because the interesting part ends and the ordinary part begins, and the ordinary part is long. Whoever is still present when the room empties inherits attention, trust and work that nobody else is available for.

You do not have to be the best in your group. You have to still be doing it in two years, which means designing a pace you can actually hold. Cut the intensity until it is sustainable rather than dropping out when the intensity breaks you.