probably similar. this year's i did a lot worse than other years though but i think that was just my psychological game not being on point tbh. i think it wasn't a hard exam per se, but it was just harder than all of the other exams (IMO) and that threw a lot of people
that's my personal take tbh
yeah 88 and 79 are both too high i reckon
it's probs closer to 85 and 75
just think of the kids who get 0 because they wrote a memorised imaginative and weren't taught discursive or persuasive... that's 20% of the entire paper