Made it to Gold for the first time!

This is my first Street Fighter and also first serious fighting game. I've been grinding from rookie all the way to silver with several characters. I started playing Rashid yesterday morning, learned the basics, and then did my placement matches last night. To my surprise, I placed in Gold 1! That was my long term goal until now. I've since gotten him to Gold 4. I know that matchup inexperience helped me, but it's still exciting to progress.