The fastest way through a crowded hallway is usually to stop pushing.

Pressure creates resistance, and in a crowd every push produces a counterpush somewhere you cannot see. Moving well in a dense situation is about timing and angles rather than force, waiting half a second for a gap instead of making one. The one shoving and the one flowing arrive at nearly the same time, and only one is tired.

Where you are currently forcing something through, try patience and positioning instead for one week. Look for the opening rather than the opponent. You will often find the obstruction was mostly other people reacting to your urgency.