@1ronKeys you can see some of the player stats from the overlay. One guy was above 530 level, there were others around 200, some below 100 and I even ran into one complete beginner who was at 7, lol. Overall, it wasn't a very tough lobby, because if it had been infested with diamond players then they would've just killed everyone before I even found them. So yeah, you need a bit of luck on your side to get a lobby where there are fewer people doing a crazy kill race
...the lobbies do seem a bit softer now that the new season started, though.
However, the beginning part is also about strategic thinking. You'll want to get around 8 kill start for a decent chance of hitting a 20, so that means that you need to land with 3 or 4 squads in a small area where everyone is squeezed together, so the fight goes fast and there's not a lot of running around. On King's Canyon the Labs used to be perfect for this, but this season it doesn't seem to be such a popular location anymore (I just got lucky in this particular match) and on World's Edge the Mirage Voyage would be such a small and popular area.
Then you also need to play it smart to beat the multiple squads and get that easy start. While they take the portal and have a big fight in the portal room, I normally casually stroll in from the front door, pick up an armor and a gun and then shoot unarmed people running from the portal room and then wipe the remaining weakened enemies that have been doing a lot of damage to each other. On Mirage Voyage I like to take the roof above the hot tub room and shoot people fighting below (I have the high ground advantage and they're focused on the people around them on the low ground). And once you've had a great start, you just need to take the redeploy balloon and find some other fights to 3rd party for more easy kills on low health distracted enemies. That's how you can get through each fight fast enough that you can move on to hunting additional teams. Every second counts
Yeah, that mirage with his new buff and a gold bag was a real hero and he saved the game, but I also only got so crazy aggressive in the end because he had already snatched a few kills away right from under my nose and I thought that he was about to do the same with the final enemies before I could reach my 20
...it all worked out best in the end though (he actually revived me right in front of the enemy, lol).