On December 21st, I created this account to see if it was possible to become a Grandmaster Lvl 41 without winning. Today at 8pm my local time I achieved my goal. It took 869 runs and over 1,500 kudos. Thank-you to all that helped me and encouraged me along the way!
There's another person that achieved grandmaster rank without winning. The persons username is 'iWillWaitForYou'. She has about 5,000 matches and 0 wins. She's a really good player though.
But I congratulate you for reaching the rank without winning.
Zydrate, I would like to point out, I never begged for kudos. In some games I actively encouraged runners to give the kudos to more then just me. I also didn't finish but continued to run until the time ran out.