I don't see FT-8 as a contest mode.  Contesting is about getting stations in the log as fast as you can, as accurately as you can.  With FT-8 the speed is the speed of the protocol...the accuracy is 100%.  This is contesting?  Granted there is some skill involved with knowing when the band will open, etc....but if you jump-out the transmit time-out, you can turn the computer on and come back 24 hours later and see how "you" did.  

I use FT-8 for help with grids and DXCC - it is a weak signal mode.  It's not a contest mode.  

Now off the soapbox....

73

Hal N4GG