Lots of people do things they enjoy that are pointless to others. And then they don't make a fuss about them or pretend they're something they're not.

Rait did 40 in a row without this type of assistance and he did them all sub 12, many sub 11. That's a whole different universe of performance.

For such long durations, steady-state is reached in less than 40 days. At that point they should be able to hold their pace indefinitely. IC can't go fast or unassisted, so instead he goes painfully slow with tons of aids and adds duration for it to be noteworthy.