doing it in a 120ยบ pattern gets you a much thinner, triangular shaped pin, So much so that the liquid to copper ratio of the insides of the block is too much out of proportion, I.E.. too much water, and not enough copper. Not that it won't work well, mind you.
as for how I would compare to those others, I like to think of it as how they would compare to me... I've been doing this blockmaking much longer then most. The only thing I refused to do, was to commercialize my work. My work is custom, per order, one on one, the way to sould be, think of it as getting Intel to make you a custom designed CPU, just for you....
Bill tested a block made in similar fashion to mine. At best, his results illustrated what potential lies beneath the concept of superior turbulence in the flow-path. I have had a lot more experience making blocks in this fashion, But for Steve to do so well on it with his first try at it, truly remarkable.