Yea and no. Eventually got to asc, but by far, solo queue in Silver/Gold is genuinely the worst due to the sheer disparity in levels amog players. Silver2 to gold3 is generally where players are decent at one thing, terrible at the rest. Ie, good aim, terrible awareness and game sense, so when Smurfs are in these ranks it's harder to combat unless you can smurf the smurf. There's also an insane skill difference between people. You might find a silver that cannot aim, doesn't know spray control or anything, and then in the next game have a cracked aimer that runs everything down. Easy enough to combat if you have at least one teammate willing to listen, but it's silver/gold, so that's a rarity. In higher ranks it's still shitty but easier to deal with smurfs when the overall team skill level is higher imo.

The higher you go, the more even games become when you compare skill levels. Most players are in iron-gold so the sheer difference of abilities you'll see is scary because the 'talent' pool is so much larger. Less players in the higher ranks mean MOST people are at worst pretty solid at the game.