It was a par time...so the normal rules don't really apply. 5 seconds is a lot of time on the first and third strings, and not very much time on the second. If you understand that going in you can pace yourself.
However, I didn't have a clean run on ANY of the 3 strings. Strings 1 & 3, I had malfs and String 2 my mag wouldn't fall! Moving into a new place last week I didn't get to do any of my normal prematch rituals...like checking ammo, and cleaning guns/mags!
Anyway, I hit the gas and got all the shots off but the hits were lacking and I walked away with 76%. Cost me the final stage, oh well! :
I feel like par time classifiers are easy if you understand the "gotcha." They usually entail some speed-up, slow-down ****.