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It's not just him. I'm a British English speaker and read it the same way. I read it as "We are far [along our course]". It came across as a bit of an odd phrase but I don't think it's really good English either way, it needs an object to be clear.

I'm from the US and I read it the same way, as a statement that we are far along our course.

The problem is nobody ever says "we're really far". It's either "we've gone really far" or "we're really far away".

It's almost gramatically incorrect to say "we're really far", unless it is a response to a question - "how far are we from home?", "we're really far". In that case it works because the subject is implicit.

It's like you can't have a title that is "It is the best smartphone yet."

Yes, to me, not being a native english speaker, it was the same: I read it as far from the goal.

Such far-sighted far-thinking will take you far.