I guess I should add that, now that I am in the stage of Blind Reviewing every single answer that I got wrong, I get them all right on the first try.
So. I truly think that it is a timing/nervous issue that is plaguing me!
@pjanderson5 - I figured the way to go was to start doing everything with really restrictive timing as some people have mentioned on here--like 7 mins per RC passage--but am curious if anyone here has had success getting over the mid-160s hump