Your post essentially said it was silly for the elite to say challenge mode is too easy because they are so good they were gonna think it was easy no matter what. You followed it up by saying that challenge mode is made to be a challenge for the average player. I contest this by saying that challenge mode should be challenging for the elite players. Thus it should be made around them. Based on your numbers, I would say that the "average" player would be someone who might not be able to complete normal mode.