Woodpecker 10(0)1 - VIII

Woodpeckering my way through 1001 chess puzzles in 2021

Well that's the first cycle down. 277 positions, starting out with 82% in 22 hours 42 minutes ending up at 98% in 1 hour 6 minutes.

It could - and perhaps should - have been better. I dropped four or five points in the last cycle playing the moves in the wrong order as I was rushing.

Still, that's nearly 50 hours of Woodpeckering. Successful as an exercise, but so what? The real question is whether there's been any impact in the real world.

Unpicking the impact of different activities isn't a straightforward exercise. For now here's my Lichess rapid rating graph that covers the period during which I've been Woodpeckering. On 1st January it was 2046. Now it stands at 2200.

So things have been going well. Whether or not any of this can be attributed to The Woodpecker Method, though, is another question.

PROGRESS

Set One:

Number of Puzzles: 277

Total Woodpeckering Time: 49 hours 27 minutes

Cycle One: 277 puzzles at 82% accuracy in 22 hours 42 minutes

Cycle Two: 277 puzzles at 84% accuracy in 13 hours 19 minutes

Cycle Three: 277 puzzles at 92% accuracy in 7 hours 53 minutes

Cycle Four: 277 puzzles at 97% accuracy in 2 hours 46 minutes

Cycle Five: 277 puzzles at 99.1% accuracy in 1 hours 41 minutes

Cycle Six: 277 puzzles at 98% accuracy in 1 hour 6 minutes

Cycle One Running Totals

Week One: 80 puzzles at 84% accuracy in 6 hours 21 minutes

Week Two: 109 puzzles at 81% accuracy in 11 hours 2 minutes

Week Three: 172 puzzles at 81% accuracy in 15 hours 51 minutes

Week Four: 277 puzzles at 82% accuracy in 22 hours 42 minutes

Cycle Two Running Totals

Week One: 111 puzzles at 89% accuracy in 3 hours 33 minutes.

Week Two: 277 puzzles at 84% accuracy in 13 hours 19 minutes.