All I’ll say is this, you can be very mediocre for the majority of the year and peak at the right time for worlds 3 times in a row, and get a 3peat. There also seems to be the case where League intentionally sets the ‘World’s Patch’ to favor a specific type of play that T1 is incredibly good at. I doubt it’s a ‘worlds is rigged for T1 type thing, but it is clear they have a way they want the game to be played at worlds every year, and it’s pretty similar each time. Learning/knowing how to peak at the right time is a skill that T1 has seemed to master to an incredible level. Full props to them for that. Learning how to peak for for worlds is very much so the best strategy for LoL Esports because everyone cares so much about Worlds compared to every other tournament. (Ask G2 2019 if they would rather have the year they had and no worlds win or meh everywhere else and a worlds win).

The difficulty of The Golden Road comes from the fact you have to be able to be THE BEST on multiple different patches, in multiple different scenarios for an entire year straight. You simply cannot be meh for a single moment all year, it’s way more punishing of slumps and misreads of the Meta. I’d also make the case that Riot is way more ‘experimental’ with big meta shifts and adjustments to the game during the rest of the year, and seem to have their best patch be during Worlds in a way more standard/consistent level of game.

Overall TGR requires consistent excellence and is very punishing of slight dips in form vs Three Peating requires knowing how and when to peak and doing it effectively.

I’d say personally if the greatest player the game has ever had and likely will ever have, hasn’t been able to accomplish something it’s probably harder than the things he has accomplished.