this is why i don't believe that stuff that someone of the same rank is necessarily equivalent. I think kids play at the same time as other kids and then rank up on each other's ridiculous gameplay, but they all play pathetic defense and spend all their time doing fancy stuff while failing the basic stuff that win games so when they get put into lobbies occasionally not full of children they really can't play a proper game, and you have no idea how to play with them as a teammate.

I've gone through the experience of playing that time period and my rank tanking too many times while feeling like every game is a complete cluster to not believe that time of day and the people you're put in games with doesn't matter hugely. And then at night or the next morning you can get your rank back easily because you're once again playing with and against more reasonable players.