He never implicated he was necessarily weaker than Whitebeard though.
Measuring his distance with Shirohige could have been a two ways end and not necessarily him starting from the bottom.
> waiting for a swordmaster to specifically surpass Shanks
> Zoro vs Mihawk in built story clash hype
> Black blade hype in relation to Roger likely having acknowledged it and tried to forge failing
> Zoro to take out an admiral way before becoming a legitimate WSS
There's no contingency...
He likely stood weaker knowing the fact he was still sick but perhaps Oda didn't care about that in that moment. He isn't always legitimately addressing power levels and prefers to portray what are fancy plots according to him regardless from the accuracy.
What matters is that Zoro's awesomeness can't be replaced ultimately. He is a destined man, the next WSS and a man thoroughly paralleled with the Legend Ryuma God of Sword and guess what Zoro just defeated a God, he turned King into a One Winged Man Sephiroth styled
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