User blog comment:Zolnir/RWBY Episode 8/General Reviews & Speculations/@comment-5217560-20130907192422/@comment-11188061-20130908025521

You have valid points. I still think that Ren is weaker than most, because taking Ruby's charge towards the Deathstalker for example, she was speeding towards it but instead got slammed right back. That was probably the hardest blow any of the characters have suffered in the Emerald Forest story, and while she was momentarily winded, she quickly recovered and proceeded to run away at full force.

Ren on the other hand, never recovered after he got slammed into a wall as his other teammates were trying to defeat the Deathstalker, on a breaking bridge. It was only until everything is over that he walked about looking incredibly exhausted, then collapsing towards the ground.

A thirteen year old girl was recovering faster than a man, and that's something I'd like to point out at least.