If I'm wrong then the difference is so negligible or I'm just that much of a better player than others. I doubt it's the latter.
You can number crunch for a year about what I ought to do, or I can plug gems in and get you a parse. Here's a Heroic Council:
http://worldoflogs.com/reports/rt-n0...?s=4559&e=4917
Why would I actively try to mislead people? I do fine for a 539 ilvl, beating plenty of people higher ilvl with glyphed icy veins. I'm also getting beat by people with glyphed icy veins but are also higher ilvl. More evidence to the former.
What I'm asking you to do is to prove I'm wrong. Not because I think I'm the be-all-end-all frost mage, but because I'm doing this experiment and finding good results. Empirical analysis is the best tool for those honest enough to admit they can't crunch the math themselves. That'd be me.
Even if you disagree with my thread about haste plateaus, those plateaus still exist. Regardless of your gearing method, those numbers are true and a helpful reference-- at least give me credit for that.