Liam was done with the forging of his pill, although he came out second in terms of speed but speed was not the case here, it's only about the quality of the pill forged.
The higher the quality of the pill, the better your rank in alchemist.
After he was done with the first pill, he went on the other one and started forging it with the help of the techniques in his head that he has learned from his flaws.
The first guy, who was named Hector finally finished his second pill, still becoming the first, anyways this one was burnt and he didn't even place his hope of five star anymore.
Inside the same place, a cauldron exploded pushing the young alchemist aside.
His test was immediately cancelled, an alchemist who can not stop a cauldron from exploding when he was forging the lowest grade of pills and the simplest one at that was not meant for alchemist.