at what position on the ladder must i be?
You don't have to be at a specific part of the ladder because...
Bruh it happened again he had three mons left ok I’ll stop with the non-important posts now sorry
...this happens. You will find that ff and time outs happen a lot. Thus, achivs like "sweep a team in 10 turns without ff" are actually insanely hard even on 1000 ladder. Just keep it cool and try to remember is part of the experience (as much as you may not like it)