Hard to beat auto traders
Same on Wall Street impossible
That's not necessarily all because of the speed.
It's designed to take you out.
But if you understand how the algos work, and have a lot of experience playing in them, you can do quite well.
It's lack of discipline, plan or strategy, patience, and emotions that take everyone out. Understanding that they algos are there to exploit those weaknesses will also help.
Sports, wall street, chinese fukkin tea leaves, whatever.
It's all the same when it's a market.