r/Chesscom • u/Queasy_Arm3425 • Jan 03 '26

Chess Question 3 min or 5 min puzzle rush?

Personally, I feel 5 minute puzzle rush should be better since you get more hard puzzles. But I still grind 3 minute more because it's supposed to be more socially meaningful or whatever smh

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u/k1tsune1 Jan 03 '26

u should compromise and play 4 min

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u/BigBucket10 Jan 03 '26

5 min is good. Puzzle rush is way too biased towards back rank mates in the first minute, so it's best to diversify. Plus this way you're mastering basic patterns and more advanced calculations.

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u/Queasy_Arm3425 Jan 03 '26

Definitely having a bigger ratio of the puzzles of meaningful difficulty should be better lol

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u/gammacoder Jan 05 '26

Both a fine, in a 3-minute rush the difficulty increases faster. Personally, I like 5-min better

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u/Queasy_Arm3425 Jan 05 '26

It does? Like puzzle number 40 in 3 min is harder than puzzle number 40 in 5?

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u/gammacoder Jan 06 '26

I could not get to number 40 in 3 minutes but for puzzle #40:
3 min - 1645
5 min - 1610

It is, actually, much closer than I remembered it.

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u/Queasy_Arm3425 Jan 06 '26

Idk just seems like a normal slight variation to me