Feels like lots of people have moved to CL7 for the easier clears.
I did lazy clears in CL7, but usually hitting 6/7 times was enough to easily hit top 20 and if I got a good late bracket I could hit top 10. Now with my lazy clears I'm usually somewhere around top 50-100. If I do 7 clears I can still place top 50, but no chance of top 20 anymore.