Not really, it's not about leaving you in the dust or being cool or anything, it's just that there's no point stretching a rund just for the statistics. I never competed for end-screen stats, and I don't remember the guys who did care about them competing in any ones but time and the number of badges. All of them said it first - those stats are mostly meaningless. I'm not competing with them in either time or badges, all I can do is take a look how folks who happened to finish around my time bracket did compared to me and that's that.
It's not about swag, it's just that - it's really meaningless, people who play for the big numbers do it because they like it (or for their own reasons believe that's the whole point, as opposed to whatever else). It's not like you couldn't "beat me" in a cheeze off (who knows?), it's that I don't see even being good at it as a contest of skill I'd enjoy. If there was several 30min folks around, that wouldn't be the "noob" bracket, that'd be the "heavyweitght" bracket. I'm obviously more of a midrange guy. I don't play around with numbers past the point of winning much, most I do is try to occasionally mop up the monsters and knock over all the altars in the daily. There's not even that much else to do in there apart from grind and busywork. I play 10-20 matches per day, where would I be if I played 30 minutes per match and thought about every step? Heck, I don't even chase time or prep the most obviously beneficial stuff at my bracket either - I'm not a competitive guy.