LighteningRods mid drive leaves it in the dust.
An LR Big Block leaves most everything in the dust. But its an absolute tank. And its really more of an expert-builder kind of motor for someone who is looking to make a statement. I wanted to put a Tangent Ascent on my Guerilla Gravity Smash, partly because Tangent had made a special in-triangle mount, and partly because 6000w. I have to admit a similar desire to make a statement. Especially given the service interval and procedure to keep that little monster greased up properly. But that little motor was a legend.
A BBSHD or 02 on the other hand is an everyman motor. Its the Ford Mustang of ebikes - Not too expensive, relatively easy to install, easy to work on and easy to make it go fast. With that said, there's probably only two vendors I would trust to sell me one: Luna and Cali Ebike. And despite having like 5 or 6 of them, None of mine have so much as a Ludi v1 on them. I've had the opportunity to buy both and passed (I did have a 50a BAC800 from ERT all set to go but it came to a bad end before installation, and I'm kinda glad I kept it off an otherwise clean and reliable bike).
I might do a Ludi v2 after they've been out in the wild for awhile and people have formulae for different personalities as we do now with HD programming. But not until then. We've already seen things like field weakening allowing increased speed with the same volts and amps going in.
Really, I think the HD - with the right programming to suit the rider - is just the right amount of power to get you around that does not give you worries about breaking things. Pump it up with a BAC or Ludi controller and you are no longer riding a reliable mainstream motor. But anyone with a hot rod car, motorbike or now ebike is not in it for reliability.