For me personally, I think that we should have a person that we really wanna beat and strife to beat him. For me, that person was Nikora although he fitness levels were way better than mine I still tried to beat him. His score was 9.5 and mine was 8.7. All I want to say is that the beep test may sound easy but it is actually very difficult.
In conclusion, if you ever do the beep test just try your hardest and you will be just fine. The beep test was hard but if you worry about yourself you will be algood.