This is normal.

You can succeed with a report of "equal to the task" but I've only personally had 50% success with that pre-deployment evaluation.
That's 2 of 4 attempts. Not a great sample size. I've had "equal to the task" pop when I'm 40 points below (and succeeded)
and I've had "equal to the task" at 2 points below the reqs (and failed).
So I think "equal to the task" is a general success % probably somewhere between 50 and 75.

Conversely if you meet the requirements (or exceed them) then I've had 100% success.