Well in all respect George but being nr 43 in the world on water seems a bit off too?
Many seem to forget that a ranking is only very temporarily when benching the latest and greatest hardware. At a certain moment you are obliged to revert back to e.g. old school gear to grab points that will be stable. Indeed with the latest revisions you might be sort of forced to participate in competitions... However competition points are a way of boosting ya ranking, yet again for a defined period of time...
OC has always been this way. You want to keep ya ranking, you have to remain busy. From a certain point on, one has to start to focus on other hardware/compos... or just forget about ranking and have fun with the hardware you can get your hands on...