CornerChaos - Do you know the key to getting past level 18?

I have been playing this game off and on for years, but over the last month or so I have become obsessed with discovering the strategy for getting beyond level 18. There are only 25 levels total in the game, and the top scorers online all show people hitting that level and getting huge scores. (It also shows, weirdly, huge scores at lower levels, which I don’t understand, but I don’t really understand the level and scoring systems very well.)

I conservatively estimate that over time I have played this game at least a thousand times. (Seriously, because it doesn’t take that long and I have a strong tendency to hyperfocus.) I hit the Level 18 wall quite awhile ago and as it is, I don’t even get THAT far very often, my average is about level 16, with my highest scores in the low 9,000 range and my average scores in the 6,000.

I have figured a few basic things out, but I know there’s something I’m missing about how to set up the balls that would allow me to get further, and I’m crossing my fingers in hopes that someone around here is good at the game and can give me a tip or two…

One fairly straightforward question I have that I’m hoping someone can answer is whether there is any kind of predictable system to the way the balls will roll… I feel like there is but I’m unable to figure out what it is. I think that alone would vastly improve my scores.

Help. :frowning: