Reset timing
I would guess that it’s faster because the matches are predetermined so it’s not waiting to do the rating calculations and determine the new random matches.
As for getting in at reset, you can do it from an overflow, especially since we have predetermined colors now. You can do it either from the portals in LA, or the dropdown menu in the WvW panel. For the dropdown menu, top bl is red, 2nd is blue, 3rd is green.
Henge of Denravi [PD]