Pacing

Achieving mastery comes down to one crucial element: pacing. It doesn’t happen overnight. It takes time, patience, and consistent training.

Interestingly, the ideal pacing for learning mirrors the design of the best games. In great games, players gradually build knowledge about the world they’re in. They acquire relevant skills, practice consistently, and, over time, become champions. These games pace players over weeks or even months—avoiding overwhelm (never too hard) and boredom (never too easy). Progress feels challenging but doable. Mastery feels earned, yet inevitable. And that’s why players keep coming back: the game makes them better.

Take Minecraft, for example. You begin by punching a tree with your bare hands. Years later, you might be running fully automated machines, wearing custom-forged armor, and mastering a world that once felt dangerous and unknown. It’s a slow and satisfying evolution—from knowledge acquisition, through retention, into practice, and finally, mastery.

The Hundred follows the same logic. But instead of game-world knowledge, it’s built on real-world learning. And instead of trial-and-error alone, it uses sophisticated AI to guide, adapt, and turbocharge the experience.