o.O mine went just fine. Spent 100, got 150 back when completed. I took my time on it too, but I don't think I ran out of time necessarily which seems like it may have been the case here. But I accidentally skipped over some things, so it took me forever to figure them out.

Oh and you may want to set up your bar before going into the tutorial on the Gold Saucer tab. I thought you had to do it prior to going in, so mine was done.