btw. its not hard to reach such good ranks if u know how.
http://osu.ppy.sh/p/beatmaplist&s=4&r=0
there u get new ranked beatmaps. which sometimes only have 20 total plays. means not even 5 people were able to beat the map on a certain difficulty.
when i stardet with "la cataline - helica" on hard, there were only 3 ranks. means i had a 4 place secured. but because i failed sometimes more people played and more ranks came. when i were able to finish it "ok" ive landed on place 5 from a total of maybe 15.
the only bad thing is, that much people play it at this point and u will fall fast in the ranks.
i even made it now with a better score and landed just on place 8. ^^
on old maps its hard to get a good rank cause they already got thousands of ranks and plays.