User blog comment:RoyalGuard-Elite/Confusion/@comment-1393830-20131003031442/@comment-3290324-20131003184413

We were told that Jura gained his title as the fifth strongest while Makarov was gone. Show me proof that Makarov was being considered when Jura was called the "fifth strongest" post-timeskip and then we'll talk.

Also, what you seem to be unable to grasp is that Jura is 34 and Makarov is 88. Makarov had plenty of time for strength training before he was frozen. You're assuming that the strength that Jura gained in 7 years outweighs the decades of strength that Makarov gained before being frozen.