Oh I get it. Sorry for taking it that way. I was unlucky enough to learn 'cqb' or whatever the popular phrase is now on an m16 with a 203 and acog. I STRONGLY believe that's why I can be consistent across the board with optics. Once you clear structures with that, literally anything is easy.
As for patterns, some days, I simply did better with certain optics. Some days didn't matter. But what ALWAYS mattered was the set up leading to the engagment-
Was my angle of approach the best it could be
Was my footwork correct to break the threshold efficiently
Was I able to time my body mechanics to be as smooth as possible without adding extra steps
Was I able to time my movements off the guy in front of me correctly.
The majority of the time I found outliers in the footage we've taken was from one of the above variables. Every once in awhile the optic/rifle combo just jived or didn't with me that day. Some days we are just off.
Oh, I get that I'm blunt and contentious from all the complete BS out there. Just last month, I had a PRS shooter (who was skilled) braggin on his Staccato and how it got him to "Sub 2s Bills". My man was showing us videos of him pointed in on target with his finger on the trigger, pumping 6 rounds onto a full steel IPSC....
Some years ago, we had to do comprehensive tests to prove that LPVO's would not get one "killed in da streetz" for CQB stuff. We had a Razor HD, Short dot 1.1-4x, Aimpoint Comp M3, and an Eotech. 4 guns/shooters on 3 drills (10x runs on each).
To use the ready-up (25y on A Zone) for example, pretty much everyone was under 1s across the board (as I would hope). Essentially, we proved that there was no critical differences in achieving prescribed standards; however, we were also able to extrapolate that all things being equal, there was a clear heirarchy in terms of the data...even if averages trended only a few hundredths of a second. In an operational sense...it doesn't matter. If I were trying to post my single best time for a million bucks, I'd probably be a little more choosy.