Body: <p>I have been doing normal puzzles and puzzle rush on chess.com for the last 6 months. And I noticed that my performance in normal puzzles now jumped from 2100-2200 to 2400-2500. However, in puzzle rush, I still perform between 20-30 puzzles in 5 minutes without any noticeable improvement (like scoring more than 25). I'm still performing like low 20s and mid-20s sometimes, and rarely 29 or 30! I feel like I'm slow. It's true that I spend my time on normal puzzles: like I take 1-6 minutes (my average time is around 2-3 minutes) before I see the solution. I feel that normal puzzles improve concrete calculation skills, while puzzle rush improves pattern recognition in general and intuition for tactics without calculating deep enough. I would really appreciate some feedback on how to improve in puzzle rush because I think it can benefit my bullet skills.</p>
  
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 4.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2021-05-25T23:51:54.117Z
Comments.Text: Please note that your puzzle rush score on a given run is determined mainly by luck. If you get a bunch of bankrank mates at the beginning, you're in for a personal best!
Comments.UserDisplayName: David
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 4.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2021-05-25T23:53:01.023Z
Comments.Text: I think this is what happened when I scored my 29 and 30!
Comments.UserDisplayName: Guess601
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Comments.CreationDate: 2023-07-03T02:25:25.693Z
Comments.Text: I recommend survival mode unless you are intentionally doing blitz-like practice.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Cyriac Antony
Tags: <tactics><puzzles><chess.com>
Title: Normal puzzles vs puzzle rush performance on chess.com
ThreadText: # Normal puzzles vs puzzle rush performance on chess.com
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-05-25)
  
  I have been doing normal puzzles and puzzle rush on chess.com for the last 6 months. And I noticed that my performance in normal puzzles now jumped from 2100-2200 to 2400-2500. However, in puzzle rush, I still perform between 20-30 puzzles in 5 minutes without any noticeable improvement (like scoring more than 25). I'm still performing like low 20s and mid-20s sometimes, and rarely 29 or 30! I feel like I'm slow. It's true that I spend my time on normal puzzles: like I take 1-6 minutes (my average time is around 2-3 minutes) before I see the solution. I feel that normal puzzles improve concrete calculation skills, while puzzle rush improves pattern recognition in general and intuition for tactics without calculating deep enough. I would really appreciate some feedback on how to improve in puzzle rush because I think it can benefit my bullet skills.
  
  **Tags:** tactics, puzzles, chess.com
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Please note that your puzzle rush score on a given run is determined mainly by luck. If you get a bunch of bankrank mates at the beginning, you're in for a personal best!  
  > **username_0**: I think this is what happened when I scored my 29 and 30!  
  > **username_2**: I recommend survival mode unless you are intentionally doing blitz-like practice.  
  
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