Sounds like for a first shave with a straight razor you did superbly.

You'll be surprised how quickly things improve for you. I found the benchmarks for me were after 20 shaves, had a handle on what I needed to do, practice was what was required now. After 50 shaves, things started to really get good and that feeling of why hadn't I been shaving any other way started to settle in.

For a first shave, you did very well, and now you have to suffer like the rest of us - willing your beard to grow faster so you can shave again!