Been Here Before

To me the whole comparing myself with another is fraught. 
I do like something James Clear said. “"You have to run your own race. Problems begin the moment you start comparing your results to someone who is playing under different conditions.  The 40-year-old entrepreneur with three kids has different constraints than the single 27-year-old. A painter with 20 years of practice shouldn't be the benchmark for someone in year two.  Someone caring for aging parents is not in the same position as someone with no obligations outside work.
Play your own game. Emphasize gradual progress and keep the comparison internal. Are you getting a little better today?"
Naturally when competing with another it is important to know their weakness and exploit them.  Yet when someone is better at something they will automatically be able to use their developed strengths to overcome any ability lessor developed.
I am really vague on the details but I do remember a golfer winning a big tournament.  He won pulling off what was considered a miraculous shot. But I have never forgotten what his caddie told him before he played the shot.  He said, “you have been here before.”
The player had spent time practicing from the position he was now in.  His win was not luck but as someone aid, “the more I practice, the luckier I am.”  He had put in the time working on what was needed.  Not just time doing what is everyday, which he did, but time doing what was out of the blue, just in case.  So ,when he needed it, he had been there before.
My whole point is, the greatest competition I will face is myself. Others lead different lives and have different priorities.  Some are on the way up and others are on the way down.  The whole point for me is being ready when confronted with something out of the blue.  I can do it as I have been there before.
Although a win over myself often means winning against another, it seems to me the real win is when I win the competition against myself.  It matters not what position I am in and the competing priorities I may have. When I have practiced and am satisfied I do what I do best for where I am at, it really does not matter if I come 18th or 1st, I have a win.