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This can be looked at as a continuous race to see who can build the highest-throughput computer, where the competitors' positions in the race are decided based on a well-defined set of benchmarks. The periodic updates don't indicate who's won -- they're just a snapshot of what everyone's positions are in the race around the time of publication. So it's more apt to say one competitor is ahead of another in the race, but talking about winning or beating someone maybe gets more clicks.