Why do people find physics harder than maths?

I don't get why everyone finds physics so hard? It's certainly not easy but it is extremely straightforward. Say there's a question about finding the speed of a rollercoaster at the bottom of a hill. All you need to know is everything gets it's speed from energy and that things moving away from the earth gain gravitational potential energy (E=mgh). So if it is moving back down all that energy must have been turned to kinetic energy (E=1/2 mv^2) assuming no friction so the speed of the thing is v= (2gh)^1/2 . Simples.

I never get how people find maths easier than physics. I find maths way harder because it's more abstract

In GCSE Maths I was in foundation set for most of it getting Cs and even Es then worked my ass of at the end to get into higher set and just scrape 80%

In GCSE Physics I knew what it was to feel like a god no other way to explain it. Did a bit of quiet reading a couple weeks before the exam, walked in all chilled out knowing I had a guaranteed 90% minimum. The whole thing was nothing more than a fun competition between me and the class "smart Asian girl" to see who could get closest to 100%. I usually won. In maths class however I was seen as the class dummy where the snobbish class protested me joining from "the lower ranks". "smart Asian girl" was indestructible getting 100% on EVERY single exam in maths.


In A level physics I actually ahd to work (obviously) But I still found it pretty straightforward In Maths my performance shot through the roof after they gave me a calculator as you can see in the jump fom C1 to C2. But I still found it tricky.


In A level maths I got

C1 - 73%

C2 - 91%

C3 - 86%

C4 - 84%

In A level physics I got

Unit 1 - 88%

Unit 2 - 90 %

Unit 3 - 100%

Unit 4 - 98%


So someone please give your side of the story as to why you find physics harder than maths.