Frank: a skeptic's honest verdict on two years of Math Academy

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The story in numbers

From Mathematical Foundations III to Differential Equations

9 Jan 2025 – 30 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the learner’s own Math Academy activity log.

days showed up: 583
XP earned: 28,119
topics practised: 1,098
courses completed: 8

The climb

Every step is a day of practice

Cumulative XP, one vertical step for each day the learner practised. Flat stretches are breaks. The shaded bands are the courses, one handing over to the next.

Course by course

8 courses finished · 1 underway

Every one is a full Math Academy course. Here is what each one took.

Course 1 of 9Biggest haul
Mathematical Foundations IIIFinished
6,614 XP
Took
131 days
Practised
104 days
Best day
119 XP
Tasks
644
9 Jan 2025 → 19 May 2025
Total so far: 9,287 XP
Course 2 of 9Fastest climb
Mathematical Foundations IIFinished
2,673 XP
Took
28 days
Practised
28 days
Best day
169 XP
Tasks
272
9 Jan 2025 → 5 Feb 2025
Total so far: 2,761 XP
Course 3 of 9
Mathematics for Machine LearningFinished
5,079 XP
Took
106 days
Practised
105 days
Best day
102 XP
Tasks
477
20 May 2025 → 2 Sep 2025
Total so far: 14,366 XP
Course 4 of 9
Linear AlgebraFinished
1,222 XP
Took
33 days
Practised
31 days
Best day
66 XP
Tasks
128
3 Sep 2025 → 5 Oct 2025
Total so far: 15,588 XP
Course 5 of 9
Calculus IFinished
1,174 XP
Took
28 days
Practised
27 days
Best day
64 XP
Tasks
126
6 Oct 2025 → 2 Nov 2025
Total so far: 16,762 XP
Course 6 of 9
Calculus IIFinished
3,437 XP
Took
97 days
Practised
79 days
Best day
112 XP
Tasks
377
3 Nov 2025 → 7 Feb 2026
Total so far: 20,199 XP
Course 7 of 9Longest stretch
Multivariable CalculusFinished
4,887 XP
Took
162 days
Practised
123 days
Best day
68 XP
Tasks
496
12 Feb 2026 → 23 Jul 2026
Total so far: 25,086 XP
Course 8 of 9
Probability & StatisticsFinished
2,215 XP
Took
67 days
Practised
59 days
Best day
79 XP
Tasks
240
24 Jul 2026 → 28 Sep 2026
Total so far: 27,301 XP
Course 9 of 9In progress
Differential Equations
818 XP
Took
32 days
Practised
28 days
Best day
56 XP
Tasks
90
29 Sep 2026 → 30 Oct 2026
Total so far: 28,119 XP

The habit

583 days out of 660

Each square is a day. The darker it is, the more XP that day. Empty squares are days off, and there are plenty. This is what a long learning journey really looks like.

Longest breaks

9 days12 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 2026
7 days4 Mar 2026 → 12 Mar 2026
7 days12 Apr 2026 → 20 Apr 2026

What the work was made of

1,437 reviews for 1,047 lessons

Learning something new is half the job. Nearly as many tasks went on revisiting what was already learned, so it stays learned.

Lessons1,047new material
Reviews1,437keeping it fresh
Quizzes259checking it stuck
Multistep97longer problems
Placements & extras10placement tests, supplemental work

Peaks and pauses

The moments that stand out

Longest streak
213
days in a row
9 Jan 2025 – 9 Aug 2025
Biggest day
180
XP in one day
9 Jan 2025
Busiest month
221
activities in one month
Jan 2025, 2,284 XP
Longest break
9
days away, then back
12 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 2026

Where these numbers come from

Figures are totals from the learner’s own Math Academy activity log, shared by the guest for this episode. Only daily totals, course dates and overall counts are published: no individual activity, topic or time of day. Days are UTC calendar days, so a late-evening session can land on the next day. See how this site handles evidence.