I just played 3 practice games all which scored above 30,000, so I thought "okay, time to put in another paid entry".
So I payed 0.5 and got 22000 something
So I payed another 0.5 and got 26000 something
So I payed another 0.5 and got 24000 something
I then thought "this is crap, I can't play under pressure" but decided to pay for one more.
So I payed another 0.5 and finally got the dream run I was hoping for... 35680