The vast majority of 6.0 locally is played by 3.0/3.0 pairs. Typically the 3.0 female is stronger than the 3.0 male simply because she is more consistent.
I think this may be a local thing, because it is VERY different where I am... 3.0 is roughly equivalent to what we call "C-level" in ALTA (there's a lot of other discussion about it that could be had, but it would take us rather far afield of this particular topic). Let's just set all of that aside though and assume that we're speaking about players who are rated legitimately, for the purposes of this discussion, shall we?
In ALTA tennis, I see women from B-5 teams (rough equivalent of mid range USTA 3.5 - nobody playing legitimately at B-5 ALTA would be in hypothetical jeopardy of being bumped to USTA 4.0, and they weren't just bumped to 3.5 last season either) playing mixed at C-1 (rough equivalent of high 3.0 to low 3.5 - maybe some people would be on the verge of being bumped to 3.5 if it were USTA, nobody on this team was recently bumped from 3.0). Those B-5 women on that C-1 mixed team are right in the wheelhouse of competitiveness with these borderline 3.5 males. However, it's relatively rare that you'll see women who play women's dubs at B-5 playing on a C-1 ALTA mixed team because B-5 (and higher) mixed teams are recruiting them.
As for the 3.0 female typically being the stronger player in a 3.0M/3.0F pairing, it must be a local thing because around here it is VASTLY different. 3.0 women "get away" with stuff playing women's dubs that they can never get away with in mixed... examples:
1) dinking garbage serves that a 3.0 male (provided he doesn't try to rip it) can place reasonably reliably pretty much wherever they want,
2) floating returns of serve across the middle because most women don't poach at that level of play in women's dubs
3) "cooperatively volleying" when up at the net, rather than actually trying to end the point because most of the players at this level can't volley
4) ducking away from anything that requires them to swing with their racquet over their shoulder because a great deal of women's dubs at this level is played with two-back and overheads that aren't "cooperatively volleyed back" are super rare
5) camping in the alley and never bothering to try to poach because their usual women's partner playing at the baseline will admonish them with "I was there!!!" if they should try to poach and make a mistake
6) hitting waist (or shoulder) high volleys deep in NML or at the baseline because they don't see pace or deep balls often and can't catch up to the ball with their feet, so they just hit it without even realizing where they're standing rather than risk it going in and they didn't swing
These are examples of the sort of play that I see in women's dubs at the 3.0 level and the way I see those same women playing mixed at this level.
We've discussed this sort of thing before, and I know you know better than to do these things, but you are an anomalous case, at least around here you would be... I have women on my mixed team that refuse to go up and play at the net - because being 3.0 pushers in women's dubs has worked for them for years and years... and they don't get punished for short shots over the middle because these baseline pushers in women's dubs at this level are so successful that their opponents are playing that way too... so they struggle through the mixed season... then go back to playing 2-back in the women's season and taking 3.5 hours to get through 3 set matches where the average point length is 15 shots.
On my mixed team at practice, I will often go out and poach super aggressively, often selling out on the poach to a point that I would never do in an actual match for fear of telegraphing my intention. I do this not to be a smart***, but to try to teach the other less experienced players to keep the ball away from the net player. It worked OUTSTANDINGLY!!! I taught 3 or 4 women to avoid me at the net at almost all costs, it was fantastic... I was so proud of myself teaching these ladies for the most part to avoid the net guy with their shots... Then in practices at the end of the season, I'd have these ladies as my own partner and I realized that I only taught them to avoid ME at the net... they were perfectly happy hitting the ball carelessly towards our opponent net player. I asked one of them why she wasn't avoiding the net player like she did when she played against me... her reply was "Well I didn't think everyone would be as active at the net as you are! Do I really have to avoid EVERYONE at the net?" :|
Regarding your statement about the 3.0 women typically being the stronger player, who do you see winning a dubs or singles match between 3.0 women and 3.0 men - let's assume both sides play at the same line level on their respective teams... so S1 3.0 female vs S1 3.0 male or D3 3.0 females vs D3 3.0 males, etc; who do you see winning those matches most often?
There is simply no need to disparage any of the lower level leagues.
Agreed on this - the comment that it was absurd that such a thing even exists was over the top... but I can identify with his loathing to play in such a league at least...
We comment often on how league play is declining and how we are not getting enough new players into league and yet claim those players shouldn't be playing matches, their levels shouldn't exist etc.
I think this is another local thing - in ATL, league play is strong with ALTA, I can't say for USTA though...
Trust that many who play 8.0, 9.0 and 10.0 say the same thing about 7.0!
Of course - and ATP tour guys say the same thing about challenger tour players...
When I was ready to be bumped to 3.5 I was fully DONE with 3.0 level play. Just didn't enjoy it any more. Now that I am a stronger 3.5 and looking at potentially a bump to 4.0 in next year or so ... I do not disparage 3.0 league.
This is also fair - again - his remark that it was absurd that it even exists was over the top, I do agree with you there... and while I'm glad such league play exists for beginners, it doesn't make me want to play in it either...
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