The konoha ninjas did way better than I thought. In the beginning of the series they made the incident out to be a massive slaughter. Less of the city was destroyed and more ninja survived than the anime made it out to be. The fourth also seemed like he would have killed madara. The fourth made it seem like he couldn't win when he referenced fighting him. It seems to me that only time was working against him, which is pretty ironic considering he is the fastest being in the series.