Only reason Makkari beat runner is because makkari taped to an endless state of speed. He is stuck in that state forever though. Runner could tap to it too, but he didnt want to be endlessly stuck in that state.
Havent been following makkari.
But the result of that race was that Makkari was stuck in that state.
"Makkari ran against the Runner in a race and won, but at the cost of being stuck in super-speed where only other superfast beings like the Runner or beings with power over space and time could interact with him which was why the Runner never utilized the method Makkari used since it sacrificed everything else for speed."
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runner didn't have the gem which is the only reason mak won. and no one KNOWS how fast mak was going. it says he became 'light', (whatever the hell that means . . .) and we see him early on unable to reach lightspeed. somehow he tapped some speed source, but how fast he was going is never mentioned and he doesn't have any crazy-speed feats (unless there is something in the mini) to make me believe he could beat zoom.