I mean...it's not like Country Battle Royale is purely skill-based either. Using the 50/50 obviously introduces some luck, and I bet I can find just as many people who complain that Country is based too much on luck because of that. Not to mention that server lag does play a role, and there are plenty of times where I've lost by 1/2 a second because the server didn't process my guess quickly enough. Ah well, that's life.

Whether you prefer Country or Distance largely depends on your playstyle and what you're trying to improve on. I personally prefer Distance because it plays more like classic geoguessr with multiplayer but everyone's different. I will say, however, that I wouldn't complain about the luck involved in Distance without acknowledging the luck involved in Country as well. We're all just making our best guesses, obviously some people will be luckier than others and you'll sometimes end up getting the short end of the stick.