In my opinion, XRP is difficult to beat ETH. although indeed the current XRP ranking is increasing, it cannot defeat ETH. because the popularity of ETH is higher than XRP and more ETH enthusiasts.
There are many talks about different competitors of Ethereum. I think that such ideas have no ground under itself. Don't be foolish to follow advices which recommend to change your attitude toward something but not an Ethereum.
I also believe that if XRP has bypassed Ethereum to date, this should not mean that we should now benefit this platform and purchase XRP coins. I think this overtaking is temporary, and next year will put these coins in their places, because in order to really get around in all of Ethereum, any project needs to try very hard in the development of its platform.