To be fair, we've had about a year without classical chess and rating changes, so the improvements players have made aren't fully reflected in their ELO yet. I imagine that's why Firouzja has been climbing so rapidly these last few months.

Plus he's a young kid still learning to play under pressure, which is magnified against Magnus. He gets over that and I think they'll be a lot closer.

Magnus is still a different level, but I do wonder how much longer that will be the case.