Rufus has been very up and down in this contest and has struggled to perform at a consistently high level. He has three top 25 finishes, including a top ten a couple years ago, but he's been booted once and came awfully close another time. With this finish, Rufus drops a bit from 46.98% to 45.53%, falling past Aki, Golbez, and Tristam to land at 55th place.
His STATS are pretty close to the same in the New Era. There, he falls from 50.46% to 46.56%, sliding past Zack, Lulu, Zell, Cid Highwind, Mog, Garland, and Red XIII to stop at 52nd place.