On July 1, 2006 I got 2nd place out of 1800 in a MTT.
And one week before that was my first Final Table. I was out in 7th. Ironicly also in a field of 1800!
But... My first ITM was 4 months ago. Although I think that this was more luck then skill. Not to mention there were 36 payouts and my chip stack landed me in 35!!!.