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We study the giant outbursts of SMC X-3 and RX J0209.6-7427 to compare theirsuper-Eddington accretion regime with that of Swift J0243.6+6124. The highdouble-peak profile of SMC X-3 is found to be 0.25 phase offset from that below$2.3\times10^{38}$erg\,s$^{-1}$, which is similar to Swift J0243 (happenedaround $0.9\times10^{38}$erg\,s$^{-1}$). The profile of RX J0209 shows asimilar 0.25 phase offset between high double-peak and low double-peak around$1.25\times10^{38}$erg\,s$^{-1}$. The 0.25 phase offset corresponds to a 90degree angle change of the emission beam and strongly supports for a transitionfrom a fan beam to a pencil beam. Their critical luminosities imply a surfacemagnetic field $\sim4\times10^{13}$ G and $2\times10^{13}$ G for SMC X-3 and RXJ0209, respectively, based on the recently measured cyclotron line of SwiftJ0243. The spin-up rate and luminosity of SMC X-3 follows a relation of$\dot{\nu}\propto L^{0.94\pm0.03}$, while that of RX J0209 follows$\dot{\nu}\propto L^{1.00\pm0.03}$, which are similar to Swift J0243 andconsistent with the prediction of a radiation-pressure-dominated (RPD) disk.These results indicate that accretion columns are indeed formed above Eddingtonluminosity, and the population of ULXPs likely corresponds to X-ray pulsars ofhighest magnetic field.

Comparing the Super-Eddington accretion of SMC X-3 and RX J0209.6-7427 with Swift J0243.6+6124