Anyone actually finding google ranking successfully?

Search Console > Performance, switch on average position and filter by the query or page you care about. That's the real number. Searching yourself in google gives you a personalised answer, even in incognito it varies by location. Average position is an average though, so a page at 7 might be 3 on some days and 15 on others. If you want daily tracking per keyword, that's where a rank tracker earns its money.