Why, oh why is GD so bad at math?
It’s 39 ilvls comparing like items from LFR to Mythic. You can cheese your numbers by trying to swing the last couple boss’ loot as the “true” top end compared to just base LFR, even though that isn’t going to be the majority of any player’s gear, and that would still only be 46 ilvls.
Makes this quote all the more ironic.