Is this why I can't climb out of silver right now??

Probably not, I just suck. But this definitely is some interesting data Riot gave us here. The game is designed so that we win 50% of our games, and we have to play better to beat that ratio and climb rank. The average solo player is probably like me, winning barely 55-60% percent of games making climbing ranks pretty time consuming. But Riot's data says that the game right now is at a state where the average player is only winning 40%?? That means there are losing more than winning making climbing an impossible feat. Unless you have friends to get that 60% winrate