Adding a new 30+ min rating category !!

Lichess is very rich in fast time controls (especially now that Hyper-bullet was introduced). Though I can't say the same for long time controls. We are simply missing a long/standard category.

Yet most players (including myself) do better in longer time controls. Actually, the time spent playing Classical games succeeds the time spent in Bullet, Blitz plus all variants, together. No surprise that in the voting pool below great majority voted to add a 30+ minute category:

http://www.strawpoll.me/11093155 (thanks @MoistvonLipwig)

Current:
0--H.B.--.25--Bullet--3--Blitz--8--Classical--300
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Suggestion:
0--H.B.--.25--Bullet--3--Blitz--8--Rapid--30--Standard--300
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To know our strength at longer time controls, of course we can just play a lot of them. But that will account for the classical rating, so if we then participate in a 10+0 tournament the long time control rating will quickly flush away. Hence there is no point in playing both 10+0 and 60+0, for instance.

How about you? Do you support the idea of a 30+ min category?

yes imo everything under 15 minutes is still blitz

Thirded

External references:

FIDE:
0--Blitz--10--Rapid--60--Standard-->
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USCF:
5--Blitz--10--Rapid--30-60--Standard-->
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PS: games between 30 and 60 min affect both the rapid and standard ratings

Chess Tempo:
0--Bullet--3--Blitz--15--Rapid--60--Long-->
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ICC (chessclub.com), FICS (freechess.org), Play Chess (chess.com):
0--Bullet--3--Blitz--15--Standard-->
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Previous thread: en.lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/new-rating-categories-for?page=1

I agree. This site is great, but it's strange to treat 8 min game as classic. It's not even a rapid chess, IMO, just longer blitz.

if it was to change I would suggest:

0 bullet, 3 blitz, 10 rapid, 30+ standard

I support this idea as proposed by the original poster!

I am also in favor of this separation. But how does the increment come into play? 10+10 or 15+15 would be rapid or classical?

Usually you take starting time plus sixty times the increment to determine the category, sixty being the average number of moves.

Ah okay, thank you, I did not know that.