The Performance Formula

by Justin Skycak (@justinskycak) on

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Performance gain is the product of training volume, training efficiency, and intrinsic learning rate.

As a formula:

performance = (baseline performance) + (training volume) x (training efficiency) x (intrinsic learning rate).

  • baseline performance = how good you are "raw" without explicit training
  • training volume = how much time you spend training
  • training efficiency = how close your training is to the maximum efficiency setting
  • intrinsic learning rate = how quickly you convert max-efficiency training into performance improvements


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