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Flip the Switch for 5.5 Seconds

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Re: Flip the Switch for 5.5 Seconds

#31

I resent that 5.501 is a possibility.

5⃣.5⃣

I got 5.5 seconds on my sixth try in 55thegame.com

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Came here expecting to see more wins... I'm surprised! Oddly, I'm not seeing three digits of precision in my browser though, so maybe something isn't quite right over here.

Re: Flip the Switch for 5.5 Seconds

#35

Does everyone else picture a watch or clock hand ticking in their head, counting 1 by 1? I got 5.45ish pretty consistently. Reading other scores here, it's pretty amazing we're as good at this as humans.

As a child I was taught to count out 1 one thousand, 2 one thousand, 3 one thousand... I used a clock to set my cadence the same day that I received this instruction, and I've recalibrated a couple of times since. 5.25 first try. 5.44 second try.

Re: Flip the Switch for 5.5 Seconds

#37
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Does everyone else picture a watch or clock hand ticking in their head, counting 1 by 1? I got 5.45ish pretty consistently. Reading other scores here, it's pretty amazing we're as good at this as humans.

I use a vocal click like a metronome, three clicks to a second. Can do it with my mouth closed, of course. Got 5.3 seconds.

I pulled up a metronome web app in another tab and set it around 23 bpm. And it still took me about an hour to hit 5.5.

Re: Flip the Switch for 5.5 Seconds

#38

Does everyone else picture a watch or clock hand ticking in their head, counting 1 by 1? I got 5.45ish pretty consistently. Reading other scores here, it's pretty amazing we're as good at this as humans.

As a child I was taught to count out 1 one thousand, 2 one thousand, 3 one thousand... I used a clock to set my cadence the same day that I received this instruction, and I've recalibrated a couple of times since. 5.25 first try. 5.44 second try.

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Re: Flip the Switch for 5.5 Seconds

#39

I like that it makes you estimate half a second rather than a while integer. One way I manage to consistently get a close score was to count numbers as quickly as I could and see how many I would need to count to get to 5.5s and got mighty close a few times.

I had more success with counting to 11 (in half seconds) 5.502 was my best there
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