is Eligibility the earlier than criminal?I don't speculate or provide any information that is not based on immigration law.
The processing times vary from application to application. All applications will go through the following stages:
R10
Medicals
Criminality
Eligibility
Security
To read on each, see https://www.getgcms.com/blog/express-entry-application-processed/
Keep a track of your stage, and see how far you have progressed.
No speculation or trends.