Game length histogram

Speaking of blitz, I wondered how much each category of games is played on OGS.

(weighted) all blitz live corr
all 100% 4% 87% 9%
9x9 42% 2% 37% 3%
13x13 12% 1% 10% 1%
19x19 46% 1% 40% 5%

So few blitz games. I guess it’s because average 10s/move still counts as live?

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I wondered how long games last of each time control. I gathered the games I have and for each time control calculated 95 percentile among game lengths. So 95% of games ended within reported time.

9x9 time
30s+5x5s 3.8m
10s per move 4.2m
0s+3x10s 4.7m
15s per move 6.1m
1m+3x10s 6.3m
20s per move 6.3m
30s+10s/move up to 30s 7.2m
30s+10s/move up to 1m 7.9m
2m+10s/move up to 2m 8.1m
1m+10s/move up to 1m 8.1m
30s+10s/move up to 2m 8.4m
30s per move 8.5m
4m+5x10s 8.7m
5m+5x10s 10.0m
30s+15s/move up to 1m 10.7m
1m per move 10.9m
3m+3x30s 12.2m
2m+30s/move up to 2m 12.8m
5m+3x30s 13.3m
2m+30s/move up to 5m 13.6m
10m+5x30s, pauses 14.1m
10m absolute 14.2m
2m per move 15.1m
5m per move 15.2m
5m+5x30s 15.2m
10m+5x30s 15.7m
5m+30s/move up to 5m 17.7m
3d+1d/move up to 7d, pauses 13.8d
3d+1d/move up to 7d 20.2d
3d+1d/move up to 3d 30.7d
3d+1d/move up to 3d, pauses 37.2d
13x13 time
5m+5x10s 13.6m
30s+10s/move up to 1m 14.5m
1m per move 18.6m
5m+5x30s 19.2m
10m+5x30s 22.7m
2m+30s/move up to 5m 23.7m
10m+4x30s 26.3m
3d+1d/move up to 7d, pauses 37.8d
3d+1d/move up to 3d 52.9d
19x19 time
0s+5x10s 17.0m
30s+5x10s 18.2m
1m+5x10s 18.7m
30s+4x30s 20.4m
5m+5x10s 21.3m
1m+5x15s 22.9m
30s per move 23.5m
1m+10s/move up to 1m 25.4m
5m+3x20s 26.3m
30s+10s/move up to 1m 29.3m
5m+5x20s 30.7m
1m per move 34.0m
5m+3x30s 35.0m
1m+5x30s 37.6m
5m+5x30s 37.6m
10m+5x30s 40.1m
10m+3x30s 40.3m
2m+30s/move up to 5m 43.7m
15m+3x30s 45.9m
15m+5x30s 47.6m
20m+5x30s 51.8m
5m+30s/move up to 5m 53.8m
25m+5x30s 54.9m
10m+5x1m 55.2m
10m+30s/move up to 10m 56.0m
30m+5x1m 56.2m
30m+5x30s 1.1h
7d+5x1d, pauses 61.0d
3d+1d/move up to 7d, pauses 91.0d
3d+1d/move up to 3d 97.5d
3d+1d/move up to 7d 109.5d
3d+1d/move up to 5d, pauses 119.2d
3d+1d/move up to 3d, pauses 149.0d
7d+1d/move up to 7d 168.8d
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