Update:
I made the thread initially when I was on my way to the Hero member rank but now I am on the way to the Legendary rank.
Update with my stats for daily merits.

My stats:

Today days on which I earned merits: 229
Median (interquartile range): 2 (1 - 5)
Min - max: 1 - 69

Code:

variable | N mean sd p50 p25 p75 min max
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amount | 229.0 4.2 6.0 2.0 1.0 5.0 1.0 69.0
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I appreciated all of your kindly words, your hands, your stories, your guides/ posts. All of you, help me to learn and move farther by now.

Since 30 July 2019, I made my name here, as a self-made Hero Member. It means that the merit system takes me 3.5 months to move from Senior Member to Hero Member.

Especially, I am thankful to these three following users:
(1) @actmyname: who gave me 14 merits in his merit contests, that motivated me and gave me a strong belief that merit system is a fair one: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3046992.msg31398113#msg31398113
(2) @LoyceV: who gave me merit data dumps every week (he dumped the first dataset when I repeatedly asked for help, over weeks). He somehow help me to build up my career here with data analyses.
Time Series Analysis on Distributed Merits in the forum (daily, weekly, monthly)

Quote from: LoyceV on November 25, 2018, 01:10:13 PM

I'll continue posting updates in this topic:

(3) @TMAN: who gave me his generous hands.

I registered the account on November 08, 2017, and when merit system began with new rank requirements, I was a Junior Member.

Quote from: tranthidung on July 28, 2019, 02:15:28 PM

Some of you are right that I should make this thread when I already rank up to Hero Member.
I thought of it previously, but I think that why do I have to share my journey, two or three months later? Because the earlier I share it, the earlier others whom still stucked with their dissapointment, might be motivated from my thread. Then, they can save their two or three months of dissapointments and do nothing. Instead, they will use those months to improve themselves. I do think it is better for them.

With challenges from merit system and new rank requirements, they all took me more than one year to reach the Full Member rank, on December 13, 2018; a little more than one year since my register day.

Quote from: Alex_Sr on December 13, 2018, 06:58:04 AM

New Full Members:

	Rank	User name	BPIP profile	BPIP Merit RECIEVED	BPIP Merit SEND	Trust	Status	Personal comment about yourself
		tranthidung	tranthidung	tranthidung	tranthidung	0: -0 / +0	active	*Information expected*

My second achievement is the Senior member rank, that I achieved on March 15, 2019. It means I spent around only three months to move from Full member rank to Senior Member rank. You should know that at the begin of 2019, I only wish that I will rank up to Senior Member at the end of 2019.

Quote from: tranthidung on January 21, 2019, 07:25:26 AM

My plan in the year 2019:
- Getting promoted to a Senior member.

Quote from: tranthidung on March 15, 2019, 01:37:40 AM

Congratulations myself to become a new self-made Senior Member.

	Rank	User name	BPIP profile	BPIP Merit RECEIVED	BPIP Merit SEND	Trust	Status	Personal comment about yourself
		tranthidung	tranthidung	tranthidung	tranthidung	0: -0 / +0	active	*Information expected*

Now, around 4 months later, I am on my road to the next rank, Hero Member. I strongly believe that I will hit it within the next two months. It means that I will spend around 6 months to move from Senior Member rank to Hero Member rank.

It is a brief introduction on my journey in the forum, over my last one year and more than a half.
Now, let's compare my journey to the time-required to hit each rank with the old rank requirements (before merit system started in January 2018).

Quote from: Madness on January 06, 2015, 07:28:51 PM

Basically here is all you need :
It's between 2-3 years for Legendry as the following list shows

Code:

1 X 14 = 14
2 X 14 = 28
3 X 14 = 42 -- Jr. Member ( 1.5 month)
4 X 14 = 56
5 X 14 = 70 -- Member (2.5 month)
6 X 14 = 84
7 X 14 = 98
8 X 14 = 112
9 X 14 = 126 -- Full Member (4.5 month)
10 X 14 = 140
11 X 14 = 154
12 X 14 = 168
13 X 14 = 182
14 X 14 = 196
15 X 14 = 210
16 X 14 = 224
17 X 14 = 238
18 X 14 = 252 -- Senior Member (8.5 month)
19 X 14 = 266
20 X 14 = 280
21 X 14 = 294
22 X 14 = 308
23 X 14 = 322
24 X 14 = 336
25 X 14 = 350
26 X 14 = 364
27 X 14 = 378
28 X 14 = 392
29 X 14 = 406
30 X 14 = 420
31 X 14 = 434
32 X 14 = 448
33 X 14 = 462
34 X 14 = 476
35 X 14 = 490 -- Hero Member (1.3 years)
36 X 14 = 504
37 X 14 = 518
38 X 14 = 532
39 X 14 = 536
40 X 14 = 550
41 X 14 = 564
42 X 14 = 578
43 X 14 = 592
44 X 14 = 606
45 X 14 = 620
46 X 14 = 634
47 X 14 = 648
48 X 14 = 662
49 X 14 = 676
50 X 14 = 690
51 X 14 = 704
52 X 14 = 718
53 X 14 = 732
54 X 14 = 746
55 X 14 = 760
56 X 14 = 784 -- Legendary lucky rank starts (2 years)
57 X 14 = 798
58 X 14 = 812
59 X 14 = 826
60 X 14 = 840
61 X 14 = 854
62 X 14 = 868
63 X 14 = 882
64 X 14 = 896
65 X 14 = 910
66 X 14 = 924
67 X 14 = 938
68 X 14 = 952
69 X 14 = 966
70 X 14 = 980
71 X 14 = 994
72 X 14 = 1008
73 X 14 = 1022
74 X 14 = 1036
75 X 14 = 1050
76 X 14 = 1064
77 X 14 = 1078
77 X 14 = 1092 -- Not achieved yet, wait for this update -> Legendary rank achieved! (3 years)

You can see that I spent more time to hit Full Member, and Senior Member ranks with new rank requirements, with merits, compared to old system. However, from Senior Member rank to Hero Member rank, the old system requires nearly 7 months; and I believe that I will hit Hero Member rank from Senior Member rank within less than 7 months (in fact, I made on within nearly 3.5 months). I make the comparison simply to emphasize that if you are a good poster, you can rank up at the same speed as of old system.

Ranks	Time-required (old system)	Between ranks	My spent period (since reg. day)	My time between ranks
___________________	_____________________________	___________________	_________________________________	__________________________
Full Member	4.5 months	n/a	~ 13 months	n/a
Senior Member	8.5 months	4 months	~ 16 months	~ 3 months
Hero Member	15.6 months	~7 months	~ 19.5 months	~ 3.5 months

I earned my 600^th merits on 9^th September 2019.
I earned my 700^th merits on 2^nd October 2019.
I earned my 1000^th merits on 21^th December 2019.

It does not occur too often, but sometimes I am there

Quote from: HairyMaclairy on October 04, 2019, 06:53:24 AM

My username mentioned in Weekly Meritdashboard report from @DdmrDdmr:

Quote from: DdmrDdmr on August 02, 2019, 07:02:50 PM

tranthidung -> Hero from Old Era Newbie during Merit System kick-off.

Lastly, there are my threads that help me to move to my current position.
Available courses on Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology from colleges and Univers
Time Series Analysis on Distributed Merits in the forum (daily, weekly, monthly)
Time Series on monthly statistics of forum (new users, new topics, new posts)
Say thanks to merit system. Finally, I am a Full Member, next a self-made Senior
Inspirational stories from self-made promoted users
One year anniversary of merit system
Tracking the difference of merit circulations with Default Trust Changes
Guide on avoid red tags by supporting already known scam projects
More than 70 sMerits available to give away (high strict rules) [Members only]
One of winners in my merit contest ranked up to Full Member recent days. Congrats nakamura12, his story is here: A New Milestone Achieved!
New collection of badges for self-made users
[Guide] Virustotal scan guideline to detect viruses, trojans, malwares, worms
[CLUBS] Top Merited-Users Classified into 4 Clubs
[Accusation] Another scam PoS/ MN project, Erotica.
[Guide] Identify scam projects by hidden premined coin indicator via explorer
Promotion with merit system and new rank requirements. It's possible.
Interquartile range of intra-day merits with time series plot
A round of applause for @theymos, global moderators, and forum staffs
Userscripts to personalize signature displays by gambling, mixers, casinos ?
Some basic advice for newbies in crypto - Please read.
How many posts deleted will lead to temporary ban (the first one)?
Do you often use report button? There are guides to more effectively report
History of bitcointalk.org's rank system
Some stats of forum in the WO thread (Oct. 2017 - Jul. 2019) Monthly update
Simple steps to get URL links of your posts
Merit source observations
tranthidung's statistical threads on bitcointalk
Daily merits over local boards
Make your topic title, posts more attractive (important)
New options for patrol pages and ignore board preferences (profile page), please
Multi-posts in multi ANN topics to advertise new platforms. Is it acceptable ?
Bumping - Rules, FAQs
Enhanced privacy with Wasabi & Samourai wallets
Bitcointalk posting etiquette (important)
Did rules on temporary offence changed?
Weekly earned merits (median) of top 100 merited users
Altcoin give-away rule results in temporary bans. Read before posting.
One year anniversary of enhanced merit system
Bitcointalk's historical important changes
Possible root cause of permanent bans because of plagiarism made years ago
Faked-account of Electrum. Look to learn & to be more careful
Whitelisting, spam score and community vote to eliminate spam with signature
Where and how to check a bitcoin address is used for scam purposes?
Stats on signatures worn by top 100 merited users (from 2019w23-2019w44)
List of threads (with url links and thread titles). Can it be done with SMF?
tranthidung's Youtube videos for bitcointalkers. Welcome newbies!
Verify wallets before installing and using. Don't do this, you'll lose your fund
Top-100 merited-artists in the 10th anniversary art contest (newest)
The Art Contest has effects on merit distribution. How about merit sources? (newest)
History of local boards (newest)
At-least-1 sent & earned merits users , excludes autobanned/ nuked. Stats! (newest)
List of the forum's admins/ global moderators/ staffs (newest)
A feature to fastly switch orders & contents of columns in table (Suggestion) (newest)
Percentages of recent earned per total merits of artists in top-50-merited users (recently) (newest)
Stats on active & merit status of Donators & VIPs (newest)
Stats on most actively users in merit activites. (newest)
List of boards, subboards (some local subboards are not listed) (newest)
Unofficial service to get your total merits in the last 120 days (newest)
Merit distributions over boards (24/1/2018 - 19/12/2019) (newest)
Time-series plots of daily merits over boards (newest)

There is another way to observe all of my threads. It is helpful in case I lock the thread or forget to update it.
The gettopics page of the forum (you have to log in your account to see that page)

From my story, there are lots of things to learn in the forum (I actually keep learning every day); and there are also lots of things, and lots of different ways to help others (with what you have). Maintaining your positive attitude, to learn, and to help; you will rank up, gradually, and nearly effortlessly.

It is ridiculous to say you have to make efforts effortlessly, but it is fact, believe me. When time goes on, and you become a real constructive user, your posting habit changed completely, and you will be unable to make shit posts. That is why I use the term: Making efforts effortlessly!