Prove that for any three distinct positive integers, at least one will be greater than the xor of the other [closed]

That is, prove that for distinct positive integers $$x$$, $$y$$, and $$z$$, at least one of these integers will be greater than the bitwise XOR of the other two integers.

The only "progress" I managed to make was assuming for the sake of contradiction that we could have $$x XOR $$z$$ and so on. Then, this would imply $$x+y+z XOR $$y+y$$ XOR $$z+z$$ XOR $$x$$. I tried proving this was impossible but later found a counterexample :(

closed as off-topic by John Omielan, Eevee Trainer, Lee David Chung Lin, Shailesh, hardmathMar 13 at 0:48

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So let's write $$x$$, $$y$$ and $$z$$ as binary numbers where the first digit is a $$1$$ (note that the numbers are strictly positive). Some hints:
• If each number has the same number of digits, they all start with a $$1$$. What happens if you take the bitwise XOR of any two of the numbers?