The Slice is Right

[WonderCake]

The slice is so hard. At least for me. I usually fail at three sticks. I guess my reactions and spatial thinking are not good enough. I just don't have enough time to look and analyse all three sticks. Two is fine. But three goes like this: look at 1 - look at 2 - time's up, I'm still trying to position myself to not be hit by 1 or 2, and then 3 hits me.

I have tried this GATE 10-15 times, but was able to progress to the final round only twice.