I believe, last time when i wrote the exam, probably the concepts were not fully understood by me.
I did not practice mocks at length, only the free ones available. Hence i panicked, as the questions was very different from the free mocks i practiced. This limited me in attempting all 200 questions fairly,
as towards the end i had more than 50 questions and only 25 mins.
For the second attempt,
I read another book, "Achieve PMP Exam Success_ A Concise Study Guide for the Busy Project Manager 6th Edition", by Diane Altwies (Author), Diane White (Author), as the PMBOK gets boring
beyond a point. All in all i studied for over an year, on and off. And 45 days before the exam i purchased the PM exam Simulator. I was averaging only a 68% in mocks overall, the maximum was a 73, I clocked in 4 hrs of study almost daily, and more towards the final 10 days. On a webinar on the 9th of May, i asked if i am ready, and Stan said "Yes". A week later i passed the exam!.