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Compare Anki's built in scheduler and FSRS

Jarrett Ye edited this page Aug 16, 2023 · 3 revisions

For simplicity, the comparison only focuses on the intervals given in different rating sequences. The ratings in (re)learning steps will be ignored, only consider the first rating of new cards.

The default parameters of FSRS for comparison:

var w = [0.4, 0.6, 2.4, 5.8, 4.93, 0.94, 0.86, 0.01, 1.49, 0.14, 0.94, 2.18, 0.05, 0.34, 1.26, 0.29, 2.61];

Case one: press good continuously, with different first ratings.

Rating sequence: 1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3

Anki's intervals: 1d,3d,8d,20d,1.7m,4.2m,10.4m,2.1y,5.4y,13.4y

FSRS's intervals: 1d,2d,6d,14d,1.1m,2.3m,4.7m,9.1m,1.4y,2.5y


Rating sequence: 2,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3

Anki's intervals: 1d,3d,8d,20d,1.7m,4.2m,10.4m,2.1y,5.4y,13.4y

FSRS's intervals: 1d,3d,9d,24d,1.9m,4.4m,9.5m,1.6y,3.1y,5.7y


Rating sequence: 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3

Anki's intervals: 1d,3d,8d,20d,1.7m,4.2m,10.4m,2.1y,5.4y,13.4y

FSRS's intervals: 2d,7d,21d,1.9m,4.8m,11.2m,2.0y,4.1y,8.1y,15.0y


Rating sequence: 4,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3

Anki's intervals: 4d,10d,25d,2.1m,5.3m,1.1y,2.7y,6.8y,16.9y,42.3y

FSRS's intervals: 6d,20d,2.0m,5.5m,1.1y,2.6y,5.6y,11.5y,22.3y,41.4y