It's not random. That's just a picture of the damper where it happened to be at that time. Go take a picture of the damper on your engine right now. Wherever it happens to be.
Guys. It's not a random ******* spot. Look at the GD pic for Christ sake. Now... JUST IMAGINE...the crank rotates around...to the TDC SPOT...
I just took a snapshot of the damper. You can see the TDC mark, lined up at zero.
When that mark spins on around to the TDC mark on the timing cover, low and behold, the no one piston is at TDC.
Seriously. I hope this is clear.