Porch Monkey,
That's sounds fair. I believe that QF did just that in that they tracked straight to the IAF and shot an approach.
If you had done as you describe and not attempted a DME arrival with a visual approach first off and you were 10 mins ahead of QF then you would not have had to wait.
I'd imagine that you would have been on the ground by the time the others started their approach right?
It just wasn't meant to be on that day!