Everything points to cut-off scores increasing.
The only reason it dropped this much is because of the large draw sizes and the b2b draw, the most likely explanation is of course that IRCC wants to fulfill as much of its annual quota before the year is over, and there have been setbacks due to covid.
But we know what the trend is, which is that cut-off scores have only increased year on year. So yes, i'm all for being optimistic but being realistic is good too, we shouldn't conflate people trying to discourage others here under the guise of 'realism', to mean that going in the complete opposite direction is desirable.
It's not, people were unlucky because of covid, IRCC has done a lot to offset that by being generous with draws now. It doesn't mean that following draws will continue that trajectory, on the contrary what is much more likely is IRCC will go back to normal procedures.
Someone below 460 has to understand that the chances of the cut-off score increasing is much more likely than decreasing significantly. We see that clearly when it comes to how scores have increased and only dipped marginally in 2019 and 2020.
Be positive but be grounded in the reality of the situation as well.