I have proven what Brad Callen says in "How to get listed in Google in 48 hours". I joined an SEO contest last year using my new website
http://www.mes-seomaster.com , get listed in 48 hours.
Then I optimized it to get Top 10 in Google's SERP, only one month left. And yes, I could reached position 8 at the end of SEO contest. But then my website was in Google sandbox for a couple of weeks.
My suggestion is you can apply what Brad Callen said in his theory, but please be careful. Don't get to many inbound links (more than 10 links) in a day. If you do this, your website will be sandboxed.
Good luck ,
MES