It was three times harder than you said it would be.
「3倍〜」は英語でthrice as〜またはthree times〜erと言います。例えば、「3倍難しかった」はthrice as hardあるいはthree times harderとなります。
例文
The test was thrice as hard as you said it would be.
The test was three times harder than you said it would be.
テストは君が言ってた3倍難しかったよ。
基本どちらを使っても正しいですが、thriceは割とかしこまった言い方で、日常会話で使う人はなかなかいません。
It was three times harder than you said.
It was way harder than you said.
It was a lot tougher than you made it sound.
「君の言ってた3倍は難しかったよ」は、英語では
three times harder than you said(君が言ってたより3倍難しかった)
という形がそのままです。