Step 1: Study statistics

I put in a lot of hours studying over the past month. A lot. Because I was investing so much time into studying for the Step 1, and because I'm just that kind of person, I decided to keep track of my study efforts. Here are some interesting statistics covering my 29 days of the dedicated study period:

* I studied a total of 311 hours. That works out to an average of 10.7 hours per day. Assuming an average of 7 hours of sleep per night, the math works out to studying about 63% of total waking hours.

* I completed a total of 3866 practice questions. Taking each question takes an average of 1 minute 15 seconds, and I spent about the same amount of time on average reviewing each question. The math works out to about 161 hours spent on practice questions, or 51.8% of total study hours.

A picture is worth a thousand words, so here are a few visuals I put together: