Really cool game! Definitely one of the best in the jam!
But i do want to echo what the others have said about the timing. After thinking about it i think i figured out what feels off. It's that the brown ropes can be reliably hit as soon as they touch the bar, but the red ones need to be dead center or it won't count. It probably has something to do with the speed increase.
Still i had a lot of fun! Thanks for making the game!