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The first guy didn't "put the work in it" at all. He was just good or lucky.
Learning how to write efficiently and having gained a enough knowledge of the subject that you can slap together an essay in 30 minutes on the bus is putting the work in it.
You say they were "just good". Sounds like they had to "git gud" in the first place.