Are there really so many good players?

So again tried 1v1 rank match today; matched against a guy ranked 6000+, elo around 1150.

He goes brits.
- 5 vills on sheeps (I believe not that many players know 5 on sheep is enough for brits)
- lures his boars with perfect timing, by making sure he took all the food from his sheep/previous boar before switching
- raids hard with scouts taking advantage of hills
- good resource management with no excessive accumulated resources

So when you play like that on aoe2de, you are only ranked #6000+ ? He has 54% wins with 56 games, so his elo is about right.
Are there really so many good players?