The following two activities are commonly used to train stopwatch time-study analysts to get a feel for an average performance rating (i.e., performance rating of 1.0).

a. Walk at 3 miles per hour(= 80 metres per minute=1.34 metres per second).

b. Deal a deck of 52 cards into four equal piles one foot apart (make a square) in 0.5 minute. Choose one of these and time yourself trying to achieve these times. If you are too slow, repeat the exercise faster until you reach these speeds. Do you believe that these times are sustainable? Explain.