Do people think AP season is a competition?

I see a lot of posts about fairness of AP seasons in terms of being able to compete with others and other classes.

Also the fact that AP s split by modes (solo, duo, trio) seems a bit odd.

When I'm playing HR to get AP, I'm purely thinking about aiming for demigod and I know I'm never going to get into the top 500 let alone the top 10. So I'm not concerned about rankings in comparison to other players.