I finished my first solo with G8 characters... Now I toss in CLS and press Auto, as does several others in my guild. To be honest, I'd rather all rewards down the line just be equalized like TB and stop with pushing for competition because it isn't doing anything but encouraging foul play (pre-loading, "accidentally damaging during the 0 hour", etc).
"Oh but that will make it so people in your guild won't work on teams for the raid and will just expect to be carried!" You say? Well, news flash, anyone who is okay with being carried is probably already being carried.