Haha, that was a close race my friend! But don't worry, I'll do my best to beat you at the 2000 merit mark. 
Well done, I will be looking forward to your result on the earnings of 2000 merits. This post will now be an inspiration and a new challenge.
So, to break my record, I will have to speed up. I earned the second thousand in 6 months and 2 days.
Here are the metrics for the months that you can navigate:
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1 month - 115 merit
2 month - 110 merit
3 month - 97 merit
4 month - 190 merit
5 month - 198 merit
6 month & 2 days - 290
2 month - 110 merit
3 month - 97 merit
4 month - 190 merit
5 month - 198 merit
6 month & 2 days - 290