Bitcoin will beat gold, time will tell.
If Bitcoin and gold exist in the same time, Bitcoin price would be very high compared to gold because there are many features you can only find in Bitcoin, but not in gold.
Bitcoin is not perfect, nothing is. In some ways gold is better than Bitcoin and will always be. Gold doesn't depend on software, on computer networks, on cryptography, gold can't be stolen by malware, gold will not be useless during blackout.
You don't have to buy a physical gold to own gold, you have a choice to buy a digital gold in a trusted site. The risk is high if you have a digital gold because you're relying in centralization.
If you say, that timing says it all, then we shouldn't try to add comparisons in favor of bitcoin and try to downplay gold. i also believe in the bright future of bitcoin, but whether it will surpass gold or not, time will tell for the best. it all depends on human need because if something is good, but demand for it does not increase, its value will never increase. bitcoin surpassing gold or vice versa completely depends on users' needs, not just our words.