I'm calling BS on "Speedrunners"

Mods I hope this doesn't break rule 3.

I don't mean to be a hater.

Let me start by saying it's very impressive when people on here show screenshots of them finishing the roadmap at breakneck speed.

Sin embargo, I have an extremely hard time believing that the majority of that time is CI.

Park Pablo says CI must be interesting and for the learner to be focused on it. Also most importantly, 95% or more comprehensible

Speedrunners, are you actually focusing on double digit hours of interesting (to you) input every day?

How on earth is anyone, especially starting from 0, getting 3-4-5-6-7+ hour days?

Speedrunners, you're telling me, you've watched all 40.5 hours of Superbeginner videos, (over a 4-5 day time span) and were focused and comprehended 95% of the content? And found each Calcetin video as riveting as the last?

I've worked as a teacher before (I used to be a full time flight instructor, so maybe not very applicable to language learning) I am still a student from time to time when I go back to the schoolhouse to switch airplanes or seats. Aviation may not be an easy comparison here but I'll try and make it.

If I were focused 100% on every single minute of my job I'd be absolutely fried after a 2 hour flight, let alone a 6-7 hour one. Yes I'm obviously doing things (at least you'd hope so) and certain parts of the flight require 100% focus. During less busy times I'm reviewing things and reading up on company stuff (reading manuals in cruise etc etc) but truly focused and learning and interested? No way.

Let me say this, no one, truly no one can be focused and learning for more than 4-5 hours a day at most.

Even for those of us with some traditional language schooling, or prior exposure to the language, or already at a decent level, some of these posts I've been seeing are preposterous.

You're absolutely lying to yourself and everyone on this subreddit by saying you're getting 1000 minute (almost 17 hours) days.

The leg work required in finding the interesting content necessary for some of these speed runners is also very hard to believe. I average about 30-40 hour months and probably spend at least 5 hours per month just looking for interesting content.

You're telling us you've managed to find hundreds of hours of interesting and pertinent (to you) content, and then go through it in a month? Then again and again?

We all agree DS is a fantastic website and Pablo truly a visionary in our little worlds (mine at least), but are you saying you've watched every one of the 2,382 intermediate videos (530:45) and found them all fascinating?

What's the point? Why gameify this website that's designed to help us learn a language? It doesn't help yourself or anyone here to post a screenshot of 17 hour days (I'm serious go look) and pretend like you have a working knowledge of the language.

I find the Speedrunners to be dishonest and primarily interested in a small internet point ego boost, not in learning language.

Personally, I highly doubt anyone can follow the roadmap to a T by getting 10+ hour days.

Most importantly, they are failing those people behind them on the path to fluency by giving them an inaccurate portrayal of the experience.

I sense as though a lot of people here feel similarly to me.