@BryantLister wrote:
I was under that impression as well. Apparently, with the adaptive testing it can happen before you hit 100.
First and foremost, many congratulations!
Secondly, this is possible as is stated in the "run-out-of-time" rule:
https://www.isc2.org/certifications/CISSP/CISSP-CAT#accordion-3865ccfbb7b648e1b88984cf89cd25c2
Run-out-of-time (R.O.O.T.) Rule – If the Confidence Interval Rule has not been invoked prior to a maximum time of the examination (3 hours), the candidate’s ability estimate will be evaluated against the passing standard. If, for the last seventy-five (75) operational items answered, the candidate’s ability estimate is consistently above the passing standard, then the exam result is a pass. If, at any point over those seventy-five (75) items the candidate’s ability estimate falls below the passing standard, the result is a fail. The evaluation of the ability estimate in relation to the passing standard does not take the confidence interval into account. If a candidate does not answer seventy-five (75) operational items within the maximum time of the examination (3 hours), the candidate will automatically fail the exam.
Effectively, this means you hit the 3 hour mark but as you had correctly answered 75 operational items in the 97 questions you faced you met the criteria to pass.
NB - operational items means proper questions you are scored on as opposed to the pre-test (or experimental) questions you don't get scored on.
So, just to confirm, did you take 3 hours to answer those 97 questions?
