User blog comment:Lupercalus/Savitar/@comment-28458080-20161203124952/@comment-3423279-20161206005757

In the comics Wally and Barry were basically the same in terms of speed, Wally actually is implied to be more powerful because his vibration explodes things due to having far more energy than the usual speedster whereas Barry doesn't.

Barry running just increases the energy of the Speed Force, he isn't the speed force personified, if anything that is Wally West in the Kingdom Come storyline.

But yeah, Imperiex entirely reversed his position on it and is now saying "don't call me out on it"

We're gonna do that.

Barry doesn't have to be the fastest for the story to still focus on him, I don't know why you think he does. If that was the requirement then either Eobard or Savitar would be the focus of the story.