u/my_n0ms

My question is pretty simple about the cpts exam. What I know about the exam is that I have to take 14 labs(or just flags?) in 10 days and they are kind of connected(not sure how much though). Without factoring in the time limit or the number of flags to gather how hard is each flag to get compared to HTB boxes where you have to get the user and root flag. Are they like easy/medium difficulty boxes by themselves or are they more comparable to the hard/insane boxes?

I am doing both academy modules and seasonal HTB at the same time while also taking notes on CPTS modules and wonder if I should attempt to take the exam only when I can consistently do boxes of a certain difficulty level.

Edit: boxes have submission guidelines for each difficulty. To make it more clear I am asking based on mostly those guideline.

What I want to know is if just doing the path and taking the exam a short time after is enough to have a decent chance to pass or if anyone that passed had to do any extra work(playing at ctf competitions or other cybersecurity platforms on the side) to make sure they pass.

I am a little short on money and I might have only one shot to pass the exam and wish to maximize my chances of passing.

I also wish to know how hard were the exam labs compared to the learning module labs(assuming that when taking the exam you basically have to know everything that was taught in the path)