Even “speedrunners” don’t need to do this. A 3 review/day schedule designed around the intervals is good enough to get near max pace. IIRC going sleepless saves a few hours a week and is completely not worth it.
From the ultimate guide section 4
My Journey of 368 days (+ The Ultimate Guide for WK 📖 ) - #2 by jprspereira
If you pay attention, you’ll notice that WK is divided by intervals of 12h and 24h:
- Apprentice 1 (4h) + Apprentice 2 (8h) = 12h. This means that you need to wait at least 12h to get a lesson to Apprentice 3.
- After Apprentice 3, it takes ~1d to reach Apprentice 4, then ~2d to Guru I, and so on.
Why is this important? It’s simple. This will allow you to build your own schedule for WK.
Imagine that you do a lesson at 9 am. This means that you’ll get the 1st review at 1 pm (+4h) and the 2nd review at 9 pm (+8h, considering you got it right both times). Did you notice the pattern? That’s right: 9 am and 9 pm . It’s the WK’s pattern working. Now, think about the time it will take for the next Apprentice levels. That’s right, Apprentice 4 at 9 pm of the following day and Guru 1 two days later also at 9 pm. The same will happen with the remaining SRS levels. Can you see the magic happening?
To use WK to its full potential, it’s better to respect the SRS intervals of Apprentice items on WK. Why? If you’ve read the FAQ/Guide, you’ll know that WK’s goal is to show you an item right before you forget it. By being loyal to the intervals, you’ll be more successful in your reviews. Does this give you extra work? Not at all. Just notice the pattern again.
For an item which lesson was done at 9 am, you’ll need to:
- Review it at 1 pm.
- Review it at 9 pm.
You basically only need to use WK three times a day. Forget about trying to be here every single waking hour. You don’t need to. Waking up in the middle of the night is also complete nonsense. Your sleep is way more important than WK and the cool thing is that you can get both right.
Alternative schedule:
There’s another time when you can do lessons: 4h before your last review session. Imagine that the last review session you’ll do is at 1 am. You’ll then do the lessons at 9 pm, Apprentice 1 at 1 am and then Apprentice 2 at 9 am. It’s the 9 pm/9 am magic happening all over again.
Some people even do both schedules by splitting the daily amount of lessons into 2 parts. Go for the one that fits your routine best.
Observation: Obviously, missing reviews by an extra of 1 or 2h will barely do you any harm, but my point here is for you to understand the system. In practice, an extra hour here and there for recently learned items happens all the time and that’s fine.