Average time per move in Daily Chess
Your average time per move in a Daily chess game (correspondence chess) is updated each time you make a move. It is calculated by dividing the total time (in seconds) you've taken to make all your moves by the total number of moves you've made. Time spent on vacation is excluded from this calculation.
Your average time per move is simply: total move time (seconds) / total move count
📝 Conditional moves count towards the average time per move. A conditional move counts as 0 seconds and, therefore, will lower your average time per move.
Examples
Let's look at a few examples... Assume Joe has made no moves yet, so his total move time and total move count are both at 0.
Example 1
Joe makes a move after 18 hours in one game, another move after 1 hour in a second game, and a third move after 48 hours in a third game.
Total move time: (18 + 1 + 48) hours = 67 hours = 241,200 seconds
Total move count: 3
Average time per move: 241,200 seconds / 3 moves = 80,400 seconds = 22.3 hours per move.
Example 2
Joe quickly responds to two games where his opponents have already moved. One move takes 3 minutes, and the other takes 1 minute.
Total move time: 241,200 seconds + (4 minutes * 60) = 241,440 seconds
Total move count: 5
Average time per move: 241,440 seconds / 5 moves = 48,240 seconds = 13.4 hours per move.
Example 3
Joe realizes he’s running out of time in two games that use a 14-day move timer. He makes a move after 13 days in one game and after 12 days in the other.
Total move time: 241,440 seconds + (25 days * 86,400 seconds/day) = 2,401,440 seconds
Total move count: 7
Average time per move: 2,401,440 seconds / 7 moves = 343,062 seconds = 95.3 hours per move.