I was probably in the top half of the class. BTW, I was the ONLY student drawing from concealment. Most guys were wearing 'street' leather, but without any covering garment. One or two were using the full IPSC gear with magazines hanging off their belt buckles. Now, it seems to me quite acceptable for the uniformed LEO to practice technique in this way, but there were a lot of other students I KNOW don't carry openly in the real world.
Situational awareness is obviously crucial here.
The TR 'empty load' is effectively a speed load with the weak hand thumb on the slide release. Also introduced were the 'Plan A, Plan B, Plan C' responses. Keep shooting planned responses until the problem goes away. All courses of fire involved 'verbal compliance'. F. Most of us were caught out by the unseasonable weather and froze.