rapid rating vs puzzle rating
I'd say that a difference of 500 is average. A difference of 1000 is respectable, but still not extraordinary. Puzzle ratings are weirdly inflated for some unknown reason. Maybe they are calibrated for players who do not think at all.
"my puzzle rating is 1600 and my rapid rating is 1100 is it normal?"
++ Yes.
How much time do you spend solving a tactics puzzle?
How much time do you spend playing a move in a rapid game?
The latter should be more than the former,
as in a game nobody tells you there is a tactic, or for whom.
I'd even say your rapid rating is on the high end compared to your puzzle rating.
My puzzle rating is currently (at the moment I am writing this) 2522 and rapid rating is 1254.
Seems like you can basically double your rapid rating and that would be the expected puzzle rating.
To tygxc: it is impossible to spend as much time on every move in a game, since there is a clock. There is no clock in puzzles. Of course one can set a time limit on how much time they use on a puzzle, but I don't think it is beneficial to force yourself to make a random move while solving puzzles, when you have not yet found the move that you think is correct.
@4
"it is impossible to spend as much time on every move in a game, since there is a clock"
++ You should play a time control that corresponds to your time per tactics puzzle,
or you should solve tactics puzzles in the same time as you play.
If you spend 3 minutes per tactics puzzle, then that is good practice for 90|30 games.
If you play 15|10 then you should solve puzzles in 40 s.
If you play 3|2 then you should solve puzzles in 8 s.
@4
"it is impossible to spend as much time on every move in a game, since there is a clock"
++ You should play a time control that corresponds to your time per tactics puzzle,
or you should solve tactics puzzles in the same time as you play.
If you spend 3 minutes per tactics puzzle, then that is good practice for 90|30 games.
If you play 15|10 then you should solve puzzles in 40 s.
If you play 3|2 then you should solve puzzles in 8 s.
Not a whole lote of longer games available online.
Besides I do not agree with your opinion on this. I can solve rated puzzles and take all the time in the world and it will be useful even at faster time controls. I can also play puzzle rush to learn to spot easier tactics fast, which will be useful at faster time controls, but also longer ones. Or I can solve custom puzzles at a rating range I want to… I think mixing all of these methods together will be most efficient.
Yeah, puzzle ratings are usually much higher than rapid. My rapid rating is 1700, and I have a current puzzle rating of around 2800, with a peak of 3000.
Rapid rating 650 (and generally heading down); puzzle rating 2050 (and probably would go up if I played them more).
Rapid 1600 (not playing here) Puzzles 3003 (and would go up if not for the fact that i quit solving them because they were too easy)
In puzzles, you know there’s a tactical solution or an optimal move that’s intended to gain a material or positional advantage. This focus allows you to concentrate on finding that specific tactic. In actual games, you need to account for all stages of play—openings, middlegame, and endgame—along with various non-tactical aspects like pawn structure, king safety, and long-term planning.