Steemit Curation; A community question.

...So I have read a lot of information on it, but there are still some unanswered questions.

1.) If I am the (for example), 20th person to vote... But, my Steempower is enough to put me ahead of 15 others, would I be in the top 5 and get a curation payout?

2.) If someone votes on a post within 10 seconds, which triggers the author to get most of the reward... And then I vote at the 30 minute peak window, does the author still get the bigger piece of the pie, or is it based individually?

3.) Do only the top 5 get rewards? Or is it scaled down further?

I have tried finding all I could on this, to no avail. Any links sent, will be read... And appreciated :)

I am trying to learn all I can about this platform.

_Rob