Whoosh

Whoosh. That's the sound problems make as they whiz by at lightening speed in Circle 5. Through the miracles of lack of sleep, I am still on-track after day two of four. (I finished problems at 1:45 this morning and still made it into work today...)

Here's the stats:

Level  1 %  2 %  3 %   4 %   5 %
-----  ---  ---  ----  ----  ----
10     96%  99%  100%  100%  100%
20     91%  93%   95%   97%   98%
30     74%  80%   87%   93%   96%
40     69%  74%   82%   88%   95%
50     67%  72%   81%   89%  (in progress)
60     55%  64%   75%   83%
70     60%  58%   68%   --
80     57%  --    64%   --
90+    55%  --    58%   --

Still seeing improvements. After four circles I finally figured out a spreadsheet format that I can use to easily track my progress and keep track of average time per problem in each level. I plan to post a spreadsheet template on my web site when I summarize my experience. Here's the times for this pass:

Circle 5 Time

Level Avg. Time per Problem
----- ---------------------
10         17.5 seconds
20         30.2 seconds
30         53.8 seconds
40         58.2 seconds
50         (in progress)
60
70
80
90+

Boy this is going fast. Since at this point I've memorized most of the problems it is not very mentally taxing except to sit and work at it for so long (day 2 took 5.6 total hours).

Unfortunately I think my numbers will tank pretty quickly. I doubt I'll be able to finish all the problems tonight or tomorrow. I plan to get as far as possible, and then start Circle 6 on Saturday. Who knows? Tonight is levels 50 and 60 (both of which I've completed on all prior circles), so perhaps Caissa will smile upon me, her humble Knight Errant de la Maza...

Five days to go including today...