Quietly getting better while others argue about who’s best is one of the oldest strategies there is.

Arguments about ranking produce nothing except a temporary standing that has to be defended again next week. Time spent on them is time not spent on the thing itself, and the gap compounds in favour of whoever stayed out. The people who end up clearly good rarely spent that period making the case for themselves.

Stay out of the conversation about who is best and put the hour into practice. You do not have to announce the plan or correct anyone’s ranking. Six months of quiet work settles the question more thoroughly than any argument could, and you will not have to say anything.