Why is it so hard to get good advice !!???

Today I was able to get the 1.6 rocker arms and pushrods in on the left side. The story I've heard is to set the adjusters to sit 1/4 to 1/2 turn pash zero lash. I went about 3/8... right in the middle.
I wanted to do another compression test to see what difference the higher ratio rockers would make.
I have had a few people comment that my compression numbers seemed abnormally high, but I thought I did everything right. Today I reached for the guage and noticed this...