Time on Anki at specific point in the day.

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1. As early as you can, preferably in the morning. You can even buy the app (worth) and sync to your phone, just make sure you are syncing properly (easiest way to ensure this is to sync when open and when close). So then if you have work in the morning etc you can rep your cards on breaks or during breakfast

2. When you click on stats you will see how well you do dependent on the time of day. Give it some time and then you will see if this is a general problem for you or just random. The time of day does not seem to make any difference for me at all.

3. I have custom learning intervals, and the first interval is 3h. So I need to see the word early enough for me to review it later during the day. I do Anki 2-3 times per day.
   Morning: around 100-200 reviews.
   Noon: around 0-100 reviews plus 25 new cards.
   Evening: the 25 new plus 0-10 that I hit ‘again’.

   Morning and noon can merge into one session and noon can split into two. It all depends on life and my mood at the time.

4. Your brain/focus has optimal times and less optimal times to learn. This can be throughout the day depending on your own biology or sleep wake cycle/ daily schedule and/or formed by external factors. While I might be most energetic and focused at 11 AM in general, if I’m hungry, stressed or tired I might not do as well.

   I’d make a bit of the times of day which work best for you and try to use those times as your dedicated study hours.

5. There are definitely days where I remember 30 new cards effortlessly, and other days when I struggle hard. I have yet to figure out the correlation. I think it’s not over/undersleeping more than anything.

6. According to the developer of modern SRS algorithms:

   https://www.supermemo.com/en/blog/the-best-time-to-study

7. I found my memory worked best when spaced out. Doing 15 minutes at 9 am, noon, 3 pm, and 6 pm, gave me far better results than doing an hour at 6 pm