Until you hit d3 you're in elo hell because p5-d3 you cannot solo carry 1v9 unless you are faker himself, you require the participation of your teammates. Add in the number of boosted apes and Smurfs and it's a fiesta of an elo where your individual impact is negligible and teamplay actually matters, but some people don't actually know how to play as a team, so they automatically handicap you.
After d3 the numbers of boosted apes drops off dramatically because you can't stay in high dia if you don't belong there, it's still feasible that someone can hover in low dia even if they shouldn't be there bc demoting out of diamond is hard (as with any 5 division)