I was an absolute nobody in 2018, registered for EBR and took 24th place overall Pro class in my first ever time shooting outdoors at 100yards with a Kral Mega .25
I'm still the exact same person now I was then except I know more people now since I got out there and met them. This sport is wide open. There not a pro shooter out there that can't be beat. To date they're have been 10.5 EBR, 1 or 2 PACups and maybe 3 RMAC and Noone has ever won 2 titles.
What I guarantee is you will never place if you never go. It's expensive but it's the best practice you'll ever have. Just the people you meet and knowledge they openly share will pay you back for the trip if you ask and listen. Then just consider it more of a paid shooting training than a competition and you'll be lightyears ahead of where you were.