I remember when I did labwork with someone we had under three hours time to complete 4 hour exercise.

I took over the computer told pair exactly what to do made few non standard tricks with computer while we constantly continued with measurments.

As matter of fact we finished that exercise just in time. I have lots of similar experiences working with people. When it is a tight spot I tend to somehow pull it off. My timing and synchronisation is pretty good in those situations. Otherwise...