That leaves an awful lot of room. As I like to say often, I brew for the masses, not for judges. Those that drink my beer tend to go back for second and third glasses. It's drinkable beer that people want to drink. There are those of course who require that kind of validation, which is fine.
Competition is a healthy part of any hard-won craft.
However, I have seen situations where the drive to compete has gone overboard, and has turned into an obsession that guts the soul right out of the hobby. I have very mixed feelings about beer judging, especially in light of my practice on not entering competitions. But I judge anyway. No matter how objective a judge claims to be, and no matter what their credentials, the beer is always scored based upon the judge's personal, and many times prejudiced conception of that style. Each proceeding beer from the first entry is judged on a comparative basis.