Hi ^^
I had the same feeling as you when I started looking at other people’s statistics…
Then I read about their method, which consists in - from what I gathered- prioritizing Wanikani above everything else (or most of the other things anyways). Basically, people who level up in seven days build their everyday schedule around Wanikani.
I think it’s (very) impressive, but decided I didn’t want to do that, and I’m much more comfortable taking my time. I had a lot of answers in this post:
I particularly liked the comment where a user says that they don’t track leveling up, but rather consider it a pleasant surprise when it happens ^^
I don’t know if this helps ?
Good luck and have fun ^^
PS: here’s my chart:
