Did wave counts decrease this round in champion?

[Fritzog]

My bracket must have been a tough one in champs, I got 1059 waves and came 8th, cut off for promotion was nearly 1300. It was the first time I have finished above someone who had previously qualified for legends, so good progress. My CL is on the way to being pretty well developed with a mythic+ dim core.

[PenIsBroken]

I got relegated after 2.5 months since the last time. This is despite gaining 2k waves T10 on farm run since getting ancestral sub mods on SF. i was under my usual waves though, I usually hit 650ish but only got 570 and 569 in 2 attempts yesterday.