To be honest it has been some time since Benjamin paid attention to everyone’s ability level.
By drawing lots to determine everyone’s opponent, Benjamin managed to arrange the entire flow of the competition and the mages in the field hastily started to battle each other. Benjamin as an organizer, did not participate, but instead stood on the side and spectated.
He remembered very clearly, in the beginning, the mages had an average magic level of three and below, they simply casted a lot of skills and focused on quantity rather than quality. However, through Benjamin's guidance, they improved their meditation, after which, those who did not have a solid foundation slowly became decent and gained apprentice-leveled magic fighting ability.