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how is my blitz game so much worse than bullet

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pinkk_princess
in long game chess over the board I find it rare that anyone I come across can beat me. Yet when I play blitz I can barely maintain 500. I guess normally you could say it's because of the time pressure but I'm over 1000 in bullet pace chess. you'd think if anything my blitz would be higher. I am so confused. literally can beat almost any bot up to 1500 yet my game analysis tells me I'm playing at a sub 300 elo range in blitz. what do I need to do to improve I'm soo confused
Jasonosaurus

Bullet is maybe a different set of skills: most important is that you have to be fast. Longer time controls require skills besides just being fast. Calculation, tactics, positional understanding, that sort of stuff. 
For me, my performance really drops when I have less time.