Ah, it's this thread again!

We see this happen every new high end content is added to the game. People feign surprise when some of the best players in the world achieve victory in an impressive amount of time. If they didn't do that then they wouldn't be some of the best players in the world, would they?

The vast majority of players will struggle with the content in question. Difficulty is in itself very subjective and the FFXIV community has proven time and time again that it is a very mixed bag in terms of skill. Just look at the amount of people who struggle to grasp the mechanics of 4.0's final fight.