OK...even I was beginning to wonder how the heck I was so much better at this game than everyone else. Heck, Roger couldn't get past 21 seconds, and he's a gaming nut.
So...I've figured out the secret. Play it on a slow Pentium III.
I just tried playing it on a dual Xeon machine and couldn't get past 19.871 seconds!
I'll keep working at it!