The whole "Master Monk" trope is writ large, yes, but that by itself doesn't justify anything. Even before you take Hydaelyn's blessing into account, we're a soul that has been rejoined 7 times, meaning that we are supposed to be inherently superior to "normal" people. We see this again and again in every job quest line, with us eclipsing people who have decades of experience at a given job in mere days.
Us losing to Ran'jit is like current Goku losing to Master Roshi because the latter has "more experience"