[FSRS-Helper] Learning-Steps Recommendations

I’m relatively new to the world of FSRS and I have a question that I couldn’t find anywhere.

It’s about: “Learning Steps

  • At the time of posting I’m using: “1m 10m”.
  • In the data about “Steps Stats”: “data is insufficient, please keep current setting”.

In Reddit posts, some users mentioned that “in situations like this, you should follow the recommendations from FSRS-Helper .

So my question is:

  • What are the recommendations from FSRS-Helper?

FSRS-helper gives personalized recommendations for each user, keep studying and it will display on yours

FSRS recommends a single step of 10-30min

When FSRS is enabled, the learning and re-learning steps should be chosen in such a way that all the learning steps can be completed on the same day. In general, any steps longer than 12-14 hours are not recommended because most people will not be able to finish such steps on the same day as their first step. A single reasonable learning step can be 10m, 15m, 20m or 30m.

The reason is that FSRS can determine more optimal intervals but the use of longer (re)learning steps doesn’t allow FSRS to schedule the reviews, making the scheduling less optimal. In addition, if longer steps are used, there can be cases where the “Hard” interval exceeds the “Good” interval.

The use of multiple short (re)learning steps, such as “5m 10m 15m 30m”, is also discouraged. However, if you notice that your retention for young cards is much lower than desired, adding more intraday learning steps (such as 2h or 4h) may be helpful.


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Thanks for the answer and sorry for the inattention

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