To be fair, there are plenty of fantastic athletes who don't get picked for the Olympic Games every year. Just because not everybody in the world can/has entered, doesn't mean you can't have a champion. The fact is that many competitions have invitationals, and nobody's saying you've got a bad machine if you simply don't get selected. More often than not, the best of the best end up getting invited anyway as far as I've seen, so I really don't think it's a thing to worry about, especially since there's no great prize at stake. As far as I know, most people do this sport purely for the love of it.