How long did it take you to cross 1500?

I would like to shat 1500 USCF is probably 1800-1900 standard chess.com and then 1800 is probably like 2100-2200 standard chess.com. I got those ratings on a old account until my sister ruined my acct by making me lose 1300 rating points in one day. (I was 2200 standard) ehhehehe. So I went back to umm an embarrasing ratnig of 900.

People tend to throw around numbers like these all the time but it doesn't really matter. What matters is if you win or not. When I first started playing chess, well a year in or so, my rating on a much less popular site was 1850 which is probably like 1580-1650 here. I competed in and beat an 1850 CCF, a 2020 CCF and a 1700 something guy. I ended up losing to a guy rated 1600. 

What I've learned is - Who cares? All that matters is what the score sheet says at the end. 

He is saying it's the other way around. He's saying 1800 on chess.com is 1500 USCF. To be honest, neither is true. 

I don't find the ratings are as off as people say they are. I think people just say that because it takes away the accomplishments of others. I've played in many clubs, many tournaments against players of all levels and I find the ratings are fairly accurate. In some cases players tend to be weaker OTB (or I am simply taking the game more seriously. I don't know.) It's also not proportional at different rating levels. 

For example, I find 1300 online is like non existent OTB, 1500 is usually about 1350. 1800 is about 1700. 2000 tends to usually be 2000 though. Anything above that gets a bit mucked up. Probably because the lower pool of players at that level. 

Not really because was I was 1700 USCF, I got to 2000 standard on an old account.

I'm 1700 OTB with USCF for what it's worth... seems like my ratings here for blitz and standard do correlate.

Is nobody going to comment on the hilarious typo?

FWIW, 4 or 5 years (although this site wasn't around yet, so I'm estimating chess.com 1500 blitz strength)

Also I did almost no studying or analysis. I mostly played for fun, nearly every day for years. Later I wanted to improve though, and got serious for a few years with books, engines, tournaments, things like that.

Typo?

Agreed.  There are no formulae for converting chess.com ratings to FIDE, USCF, KNSB, ECF or any other parallel rating system.  Some players perform better OTB.  Some perform better on-line.

This seems unrealistic.  WIth an 1800 rating in most of chess.com's categories you are already in the top 4%. THat is hardly a beginner.

In OTB chess the majority of 1800-rated players are fairly serious about their chess, are amongst the stronger players in most chess clubs, and have put in some serious work to reach that level.  It might be a very long way from mastery (which is reckoned to start at 2200).  Nevertheless it takes much higher than average skill to play at 1800 level.

about 3 years. i started about 1000 ..now i'm about 1500.