Yup and I'm not really sure why that is supposed to be a wild take. Luffy, Zoro and Sanji are the "Monster Trio" for a reason so yes they are relative. Made this argument a million times already but narrative will always trump perceived feats. This is why Zoro is able to not look out of place alongside Luffy on the rooftop even with all the power buffs the latter got prior to Wano and Zoro will never leave Sanji behind like some Zoro fanboys have been saying since the TS irregardless of how good his feats look. Hell I've even seen folks make the argument that Luffy was going to leave Zoro and Sanji behind now that he's become a Yonko and then we'll have the new M3 of Zoro, Sanji and Jinbe but then we get Roger, Ray and Gaban dynamic to completely tank that dumbass argument.
I'm aware that Nika is pretty OP, but same Nika was arguably outperformed by Kiz on Egghead.
That's the power of narrative.
Also as an add-on, after the TS which of the SHs came out if it with Haki again?
After Wano, how many SHs came out of it with the "handful of the strongest" ability that Kaido was going on about on Wano again?
Now on Elbaf, doesn't Sanji's Roger pirate parallel also have the so called "handful of the strongest" ability that Kaido was going on about on Wano?
But I'm supposed to believe that the M3 are not relative?

If so Oda's doing a very poor job at depicting it.