So I'm level 26 and queued up for a normal game solo and...

I'm guessing the challenger duoq'd with the diamond and that's the result of the retarded duoq matching system where it intentionally matches you both with people above you(had that happen all the time when duoqing). Riot should really take a look at that, and how punishing it it not only to the people who try do duoq but to the ones they get paired with too.

Never had that happen to me before at all. Saw 1-2 silvers rarely, but that was it. Even at lvl 30 now I don't see that many ranked.

its becuz you were playing with a challenger and diamond Seen it before

probably a bunch of buddies Qed for normals, if they didn't play a whole lot of normals their MMR for it would be low and if you qed up with anyone aswell then yeah it would happen like that if you qued with a whole 5 man as it tired to Que you up with another 5 man. Atleasr that is my understanding.

You're just that goo...oh

you should be proud of yourself. ive got matched with diamonds before but not challengers. and you're new so thats really good imo. it just means you are doing really well in the game

I've gone against challengers in my normals but I can't imagine a lvl 26 having to, hopefully it won't happen again? =|

I played against a single master play once before I was level 30, haven't seen one since. GL!