Are the winners and 2nd placers of a major the best and second best teams in the world?
I just saw supr describe SR as a top 2 team in the world in his AMA and I know from his streams in the past he's done similar with other teams based off one majors positioning and it's something that I always disagreed with. I understand the sentiment but it lacks nuance.
In a major, especially one without a loser bracket, the games are very matchup dependent. You could be the second best team at the tournament and be capable of beating 6 of the 7 other playoff teams but if you meet the eventual winners in the quarter finals then you're just out despite being the theoretical second best team. Or you could meet the team that matches up against you perfectly/the team that matches up against you perfectly ends up in the opposite side of the bracket. If there's a loser bracket then I could definitely support the argument more.
Perfect example is.. if the playoff seedings worked logically, and how they have at every previous event (I believe) then we would have had from the swiss phase 3rd vs 6th (G2 vs Wildcard) and we would have had 4th vs 5th (DZ vs SR). That's right, SR probably would have been a 5-8th place finisher, based on their history vs the DZ core (or because it's a best of 3 then maybe Ambi is able to have two life maps and SR win), and we'd have had a completely different second place finisher. Or if DZ and SR had ended up in the same side of the bracket and met in the semi finals, again we'd have had a different second place finisher. Or if Faze were in the other side of the bracket maybe they beat SR in the semi finals etc etc
I also believe the same for DZ. Winning one major doesn't make you the best team in the world, doing really well at more than one major and you can make that argument. I mean, look at Falcons/BDS winning flawlessly through upper brackets but then losing the grand final to a team from the loser bracket that they hadn't played yet.
tl;dr Finishing top 2 at one major, that doesn't have a loser bracket, doesn't make you a top 2 team in the world.