User blog comment:StrawHatDavid/Talk about Ep 590 and such/@comment-4800978-20130411104956/@comment-4800978-20130411120646

Yes I know, hence why he won. As fans we understood this wasn't a clear indication of the protagonists power and they only lost due to a technicality. But I'll just say it again, as fans we need to suspend our disbelief.

If you have a problem with how things were depicted in a crossover - that is your own personal issue and not the fault of the content. If that was the performance of SSJ 3 Goku in a pure Dragonball production then that complaint is entirely justified, but some balancing is needed when bringing in characters from other worlds.

I just dislike the extent people go to 'rationalise' why character X cannot defeat character Y. Just go with the flow and accept that this isn't going to be your series' defining moment.

And to be fair - Goku did drop out of the race halfway through to just casually save the Earth. ;)