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How long to improve?
Pick a skill and how many minutes a day you can play. You get a rough range of weeks until real progress, a typical session and the games to practise with.
1 · Pick a skill
2 · Minutes a day
Memory · 15 min a day
5–8 weeks
to real progress: a clear, lasting jump in your scores on memory games. That's about 6–10 hours of practice, 5 days a week.
A typical 15-minute session
- 3 minWarm-up. One quick round of an easy game, just to get going.
- 10 minMain practice. The games of your skill, one or two of them, aiming a little past your best.
- 2 minNote it. Write down your best score of the day. Watching it climb is the fun part.
Games to practise memory
How the estimate works
- Real progress means a clear, lasting jump in your usual score on the games of that skill (roughly a fifth higher), measured on the games themselves. How much carries over to daily life varies from person to person.
- You practise 5 days a week. Fewer days, more weeks.
- Minutes past 30 in a day count half: focus drops in long sessions, so two short sessions beat one long one.
- Never under 2 weeks: skills settle with sleep and repeated days, not in one long weekend.
- Answers are ranges in whole weeks, capped at 26+. They are rough rules of thumb, not a promise.
Practice hours per skill
- Memory6–10 h
- Reaction & focus4–6 h
- Logic & reasoning8–12 h
- Puzzles & spatial6–10 h
- Words & knowledge5–8 h
- Money sense3–5 h
- Online safety2–4 h
- Work skills8–15 h
- Social media savvy4–6 h
- Strategy & cards10–20 h
Questions
- How is the estimate made?
- From simple rules of thumb: a number of practice hours per skill, five practice days a week, and minutes past 30 a day counting half. The page lists every assumption.
- What counts as real progress?
- A clear, lasting jump in your scores on the games of that skill, for example your usual score up by about a fifth.
- Is it accurate?
- It is a rough guide, not a promise. Everyone learns at a different pace, so the estimate is a range of weeks.