Before revision:  In fact, in the case of rugged landscapes with a not too low density of local maxima, the blind search beats the cooperative algorithms regardless of whether the task is to find the global maximum or to find the fittest state within a given runtime.
After revision:  In fact, in the case of rugged landscapes with a mild density of local maxima, the blind search beats the cooperative algorithms regardless of whether the task is to find the global maximum or to find the fittest state within a given runtime.