Laying 1,200 with a crew feeding you is a different job than what most of us do alone. The guy had guys keeping the line full and mud ready so all he did was grab and lay, and straight run no cuts means he never broke his rhythm. Solo on a real job with corners, headers, and mixing your own mud, 500 to 600 is a solid day and 800 is flying. Comparing your normal day to his best setup day is apples to oranges.

Honestly the timer thing makes so much sense because when you're just standing there you have no idea when you're done and it feels like forever. Six weeks is seriously huge though, way to go. Tbh stuff like that always beats willpower for me too, having something outside your own head doing the counting is weirdly powerful. Keeping it right by the toothbrush was smart, out of sight really is out of mind with this stuff.