I find the fastest way to get queues is to queue solo with other people on a voice chat. When someone gets a queue, they will call out if there are any open spots. At like 1:10 on the countdown, the people without a queue pop will re-queue, and 90% of the time they will get the in progress.

It would be so much better if the system was just first in first out though. They really need to fix whatever they have going on right now as it really sucks.