About a year ago, I took it upon myself to fight the second hardest boss in FF8, Ultima Weapon. I increased my level up to 100, the proceeded to the bottom of the research facility. I was then haplessly annihilated around 20 times before I managed to beat the little s@#$, taking absolute pride in my achievement afterwards.

However, yesterday I took it upon myself to once again take up the challenge of Ultima Weapon on a new save file. My highest level on a character was Squall at level 46, and I think my lowest was Rinoa at level 29. Basically, the battle went as follows:

UW uses Light Pillar on Squall: Squall=dead.
Irvine uses revive on Squall: Squall back up to full HP.
UW attacks Irvine: insignificant damage.
Rinoa draws Eden
UW uses Gravija: All characters on critical HP.
Squall uses Renzokuken: no bonus attack
Rinoa casts haste on Squall.
UW uses Meteor: no characters dead.
Squall uses Renzokuken: No bonus attack
UW= Dead.

So basically, in the space of 3 minutes, I beat an optional boss that took me 20 tries the first time.

So here is my question: Does anyone know the calculations that determine Ultima Weapons stats? Obviously, it was much easier since I was at a lower level, but still; 3 MINUTES?

Thoughts?