How do I match shots and hit a look on deadline?

You can grade now. What still trips you is doing it under pressure, matching shot to shot and landing a consistent look while the clock runs down. That is a harder skill than grading a single clip in peace, and struggling with it does not mean you are behind. It means you have hit the part where speed and consistency have to work together. Under deadline, the enemy is starting fresh on every shot. What saves you is a system: nail the look on one hero shot, then build from that instead of reinventing it forty times. Matching is easier when you are pulling everything toward one decided target rather than judging each clip on its own in a hurry. Next time, grade your key shot first and lock it as the reference. Match the rest to it in passes, get everything in the neighborhood before you perfect anything. And save your looks so the next deadline starts ahead instead of from zero. Speed here is not rushing. It is not repeating work you have already done.