Exactly. Especially the not losing your place bit. When delays are less than 10, the landing order is decided up to about 40 miles from the stacks and when in EATs the order is picked up to 200 miles from the airfield.
I also find the less the delay the more it's first come, first served but when in EATs it comes down to the most efficient landing order. Then it doesn't matter how fast you try to get to the fix you could still end up behind a heavy that's 20 miles to run to another stack.
That may not sound fair but by picking the most efficient vortex order we'll reduce the delays for everyone following. (and because we've been doing that all day we've probably already saved you a significant extra delay.)