I started in bronze 1 last act, when I started playing valorant again after not playing since beta. I was stuck in bronze 3 in the last act and now after a couple of days I finally made it to silver. It took a lot of work but I made it. My next goal is to make it to gold. For those of you stuck in bronze or iron, your best way to get out of those ranks is becoming so good you can carry all your games. For my last 3 games before I ranked up, I carried breeze on viper, bind on sova, and then finally ascent on reyna. Learn how to play every role because your teammates are going to be awful and you'll have to carry to rank up. Instalocking duelists won't rank you up, believe me I've been there and done that. Your best bet is playing whatever agent your team needs to win. Those are just my tips on how I finally ranked up, hopefully they help some of you.