Just out of interest do you know what the shortest time would be to burn everything and have completed Wanikani? When people say they have got to level 60 in under a year that doesn’t mean they have burnt everything as well does it?

Made some numbers, let’s assume that nothing changes and someone is starting right now WK Based solely on SRS timings: For Level 1 & 2 Apprentice 1 → 2 hours → Apprentice 2 Apprentice 2 → 4 hours → Apprentice 3 Apprentice 3 → 8 hours → Apprentice 4 Apprentice 4 → 23 hours → Guru 1 For level …

[image] Ninkastmin: The shortest time possible to reach level 60 is 344 days Funnily, this reminds me of this post – WaniKani World Record! Level 60 in 344 Days! 344 days 14 hours, they said.

For sure but I can’t help thinking that people who “speedrun” WK to level 60 are making it harder on themselves for no reason. Assuming that you’re starting from scratch you’ll probably have a big deficit in terms of grammar and general comprehension if you finish WK in a year, unless you also manag…

[image] simias: For sure but I can’t help thinking that people who “speedrun” WK to level 60 are making it harder on themselves for no reason. I will never suggest rushing WK.

Oh yeah that wasn’t aimed at you, I was reacting within the general context of this discussion re: how fast can one finish WK. I guess a more salient question is “how fast should one finish WK”. Personally I think it’s well worth rushing it early on because getting the first ~20 levels in as fast a…

Yeah I would expect that, without cheating, it would usually take longer to go from 60 to 100% burned than going to level 60 in the first place. All it takes is one semi-obscure vocab entry with an irregular reading to hold you back for a while. And lately WK has been adding new vocab entries regul…

[image] simias: For sure but I can’t help thinking that people who “speedrun” WK to level 60 are making it harder on themselves for no reason. Assuming that you’re starting from scratch you’ll probably have a big deficit in terms of grammar and general comprehension if you finish WK in a year, u…

[image] Vanilla: Lots of things I would change if I could go back 6 years in time, including not using wk at all, I’m curious, why wouldn’t you use WK if you had to do it again? Personally I do find that it becomes less necessary and useful once you’re past level 20 or so because at this poi…

It’s all in application of course. Most people speedrunning WK are only doing WK. I think a hybrid approach is the way to go.

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peterA May 12, 2023, 11:47am 28

after reading Introduction / Level 60 / Everything Burned i see that it took that person 3 years to get from level 60 to all burned

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