Just realized the bug, when you put a piece inside another block it would decrease the timer instead of increasing it. Going to patch it, also if you want to play the older version you can just go to the main menu and go back if it freezes. Edit: found it level 2 is bugged investigating it.
Looks like that fixed the problem I was having. I still had an issue where I couldn't place blocks on level 1 after beating 2 and 3 on level selection, but I was able to beat it in the end.