According to what you wrote above,
I didn’t make it up.
one would have to be perfect.
No, the פסוק says כי אדם אין צדיק בארץ אשר יעשה טוב ולא יחטא
But if you want to make you your own definition of tzaddik, go right ahead. You can alter the definition any way you want to make anyone you want into a tzaddik.