Am I just stupid, or are the median times skewed?

[BertieM]

Do people replay or pause the puzzles and are therefore able to get those fast times?
I just feel really stupid when I see how far off the median I am most of the time!

[pat44]

BertieM, I can commiserate with you. I am not good at doing these, and I can now reach the median time. So it's not out of reach!

This doesn't explain, however, the super fast solvers. I do NOT know how they go so fast! Personally, I've given up on FAST, and just try to solve as best I can. Asking for hints and getting errors is part of the learning process.

[Alethea]

Any fast or very fast times I have been able to achieve are due to what I think of as being in the zone. Sometimes the clues just line up without me trying - they just flow and make sense. I wish that always happened, but if I tense up, I slow down, and I do tense up pretty often.