Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26107879-20180325045722/@comment-34752936-20180325161211

Vladosaurus wrote: Actually, if you really think about it, Hashirama was miles ahead of Madara during their life time. Hashirama beat Madara without even going all out in their first death serious fight. And then Madara brought up Kurama when he left the village, one of the strongest beings in the whole verse, and still lost. Honestly, during their life time, Hashirama was in a league of his own. You can argue that Madara could've been on his level if he would've awaken the rinnegan while he was younger.

The fact that Hashirama had Sage Mode also increased his levels of defeating Madara.