I hate this drill! It always kicks my ass.
I last tried this sometime last summer(ish) with my Walther P99. Back then I failed to clear level 2, usually either because I missed the small 1" square, or I messed up a shot on the 4" circle (the time limit seemed kind of tight back then). But today I tried it again, this time with my Beretta PX4 full size. Now, since I am working with a severe lack of ammunition (long, sad story, but the end result is that during January I had *one* range trip lasting a grand total of 66 rounds, and today was my second range trip with a handgun this year), and I *know* that without any time pressure hitting that 1" square is no problem at all, I skipped straight into level 2. Which is where I stayed. For four attempts. God damn it. I still hate this drill...
During my first attempt, every other string seemed very easy, I just threw that one shot to the 1" circle. This time I had *no* problem making time on that 4" circle, in fact I had quite a bit of time to spare, so that was nice at least. As I tried consecutive attempts, things just got worse. One of my problems being that while I know that my gun shoots to the top of the front sight at that range and ammo, once the timer beeped I kept driving the dot. Kept missing high on that 1" square. So probably a good thing the timer died on me and I had to call it quits.
I'm going to try this drill sometime later again. And I *will* clear that level 2! Although when I do, the weather will probably be warmer and my fingers not so frozen...