Also if you're wondering why I was playing so badly - I had mouse slipped my Queen in the previous round in the arena (yes, it was an arena) and I was fuming so I decided to just play super fast, hung all my pieces and I'm telling you, NO WAY RA8 TRICK actually worked! Opponent spent 5 sec combined on Rh2 and Rh1.
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/128575407085