The system you describe is not compatible with doing all your leves in Grid - which was the original post I was responding to. There's always 1 or 2 per city that take longer and are harder to both 5-star AND get the speed bonus - especially solo.

It's easier to have these conversations if we stay on point, instead of wandering around everywhere.

I solo'd everything on 5-stars from 45-50, but you can't really do that consistently at lower ranks WHILE getting the speed bonus. You can do it, but not as quick as you need to.

Re: doing rank 40 leves at 37, I consistently have done (solo) leves 5 ranks earlier than they are listed, at up to 3 or 4 stars. I don't actually know anyone who doesn't do this on a regular basis.

The fact remains that for the vast, vast majority of players and situations in which they are doing leve parties, you are much more likely to get 80k for a full party than 100k.