Competition is for vainglorious losers (mostly men) - perhaps Vainglourious Basterds.

There is always someone better than you, usually with a rare genetic gift, and/or an obsessive desolate life that is not worthy of any admiration.

Just compare yourself to how you were yesterday. If it is a moral quest, then monotonic progress in wisdom is the objective. If it requires physical or mental agility, then adjust your PBs by age.

If you compete and you cheat, you are a double loser - physically and morally.