Andar had chosen Introductory Formation as his first test because it was relatively easy to run through it without wasting much time, but that was only relative to someone like Andar.
The Lava blade danced across the sheets of Soft Steel making precise cuts with no wasted movements, and because Andar had sharpened both ends of the blade, he could make them rotate and bend them in any shape he desired for the desired results he wanted.
All these while his eyes were closed, that was because he had already simulated everything he needed to do, and his eyes did not need to be open to see his workings, for it would serve as a source of distraction to him.
Deron was one of the Acolytes that had been carving slowly on his Soft Steel using the blade given for this test and did not distract himself like others were doing when the Wonder Boy arrived.