Switching to paper materials during CC

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  tanes256 Alum Member

  February 2017 2573 karma

  @akeegs92 you would have to time yourself per question. Timing yourself for the question sets would be kind of biased anyway because you won't get 10 of the same question types. Are you trying to finish 10 in 10 or 15 in 15? Something like that?
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  TexAgAaron Alum Member

  February 2017 1723 karma

  I have just been using the idea that it should take about 1:24 per question and timing myself off of that per set. I didn't know if individually timing each question was a good or bad thing. Thanks!
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  BenjaminSF Alum Member Inactive ⭐

  February 2017 457 karma

  @akeegs92 I compiled the questions into printable groups by typing them out. It was tedious, but I was able to time myself in 5-question groups, which gave me an overall idea of when I was slowing down. I now have a binder full of my completed packets.

  Maybe you could find each question for a set and put a pencil or sticky note in the book to note the locations. If you have the list of questions, you can just flip to the next one and start it with only minor delay. Then just subtract 5 seconds or so to account for time consumed getting to the next question.
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  Cant Get Right Yearly + Live Member Sage ⭐ 🍌 7Sage Tutor

  February 2017 27823 karma

  @akeegs92 said:
  I have just been using the idea that it should take about 1:24 per question and timing myself off of that per set. I didn't know if individually timing each question was a good or bad thing. Thanks!

  So this isn't actually very helpful. Instead, keep time on a stopwatch and record how long each individual question takes you. The reason the 1:24 time isn't a great metric is because there are actually very few questions where you should be taking the average. You need to knock out a lot of questions in 0:40 to 0:60 because many of the curve breakers will take you in excess of 2:00 to 3:00. The under average times buy us what we need for the hardest ones. If you're taking 1:24 on one star questions, that's actually a catastrophe once you get under strict timed conditions--even if you're getting them right. So record your times and then evaluate based on difficulty.
• TexAgAaron Alum Member

  February 2017 1723 karma

  Thanks @BenjaminSF and @"Cant Get Right". That sounds a lot better. I guess I was getting caught up in the idea that I needed to do multiple questions together to get my time down. This makes a heck of a lot more sense.
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  Mo Zubair Alum Member

  February 2017 391 karma

  hey @"Cant Get Right" your suggestion definitely makes sense.

  But wouldn't it be same as BR? Do you mean to say there is little utility in timing the questions in CC, so just BR them and note your BR time? Would really appreciate the response. Thanks in advance.
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  Cant Get Right Yearly + Live Member Sage ⭐ 🍌 7Sage Tutor

  February 2017 27823 karma

  Hey @"Mo Zubair"

  It's still important to time questions. It's just that the 1:24 shouldn't necessarily be your target time. And in the curriculum, it's a little less strict because the exercise is to learn the fundamentals, not pacing. It's just important to be aware that target times for individual questions are much more dynamic than the average of 1:24. It's definitely not the same as BR because you should still be very much concerned with time.