There is often a lot of discussion about the top scores in the CQ WW Contest. You know, the ones that operate 40+ hours. But, how many of those are there? The tables below include all entrants in the SOAB categories (Assisted, Unassisted, HP, LP, QRP), for 2015.
On SSB, ~90% operate less than 30 hours.
On CW, ~90% operate less than 35 hours.
How to read Operating Hours:
“10” = 10 or less hours
“20” = 20 or less hours, but more than 10.
“48” = 48 or less hours, but more than 47.
SSB
| Operating hours | # SOAB entrants | % SOAB | cum % |
| 10 | 1923 | 40.5% | 40.52% |
| 15 | 893 | 18.8% | 59.33% |
| 20 | 683 | 14.4% | 73.73% |
| 25 | 512 | 10.8% | 84.51% |
| 30 | 292 | 6.2% | 90.67% |
| 35 | 197 | 4.2% | 94.82% |
| 40 | 122 | 2.6% | 97.39% |
| 41 | 16 | 0.3% | 97.72% |
| 42 | 25 | 0.5% | 98.25% |
| 43 | 14 | 0.3% | 98.55% |
| 44 | 24 | 0.5% | 99.05% |
| 45 | 15 | 0.3% | 99.37% |
| 46 | 9 | 0.2% | 99.56% |
| 47 | 4 | 0.1% | 99.64% |
| 48 | 17 | 0.4% | 100.00% |
| Total | 4746 |
CW
| Operating hours | # SOAB entrants | % SOAB | cum % |
| 10 | 1424 | 30.9% | 30.9% |
| 15 | 810 | 17.6% | 48.5% |
| 20 | 651 | 14.1% | 62.7% |
| 25 | 579 | 12.6% | 75.3% |
| 30 | 434 | 9.4% | 84.7% |
| 35 | 288 | 6.3% | 91.0% |
| 40 | 177 | 3.8% | 94.8% |
| 41 | 32 | 0.7% | 95.5% |
| 42 | 36 | 0.8% | 96.3% |
| 43 | 27 | 0.6% | 96.9% |
| 44 | 42 | 0.9% | 97.8% |
| 45 | 33 | 0.7% | 98.5% |
| 46 | 25 | 0.5% | 99.0% |
| 47 | 12 | 0.3% | 99.3% |
| 48 | 32 | 0.7% | 100.0% |
| Total | 4602 |
Data compiled by Doug KR2Q.