The comparison was between someone who is skilled at vim and someone who is skilled at Sublime Text 2. My argument is that the person using Sublime Text 2 would

The comparison was between someone who is skilled at vim and someone who is skilled at Sublime Text 2. My argument is that the person using Sublime Text 2 wouldn't be as "fast" as the person using vim, not that the person who was skilled at Sublime Text 2 would be as fast as me using my VIM setup, which is what you're talking about. I agree, that would be a ridiculous argument.