midnight session analysis (2-5am)
deep dive on late night threads which showed 60.4% resolution rate—nearly double the evening rate.
who works at 2-5am?
| user | threads | resolve % | avg turns |
|---|---|---|---|
| @steady_navigator | 171 | 65.5% | 38.1 |
| @precision_pilot | 12 | 91.7% | 76.3 |
| @concise_commander | 9 | 44.4% | 90.2 |
| @patient_pathfinder | 7 | 0.0% | 4.1 |
| @verbose_explorer | 5 | 40.0% | 25.8 |
| @mobile_dev | 3 | 100.0% | 48.7 |
@steady_navigator dominates midnight: 171/219 threads (78%) are from @steady_navigator. the midnight success story is largely a @steady_navigator story.
hour-by-hour breakdown
| hour | threads | resolved | rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2am | 60 | 32 | 53.3% |
| 3am | 66 | 44 | 66.7% |
| 4am | 93 | 58 | 62.4% |
3-4am is the sweet spot, not 2am.
midnight vs evening: user-level comparison
| user | midnight % | overall % | delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| @steady_navigator | 65.5% | 65.2% | +0.3 |
| @precision_pilot | 91.7% | 82.2% | +9.5 |
| @concise_commander | 44.4% | 60.5% | -16.1 |
| @verbose_explorer | 40.0% | 83.0% | -43.0 |
@steady_navigator is consistently high across all hours—no special midnight boost. @precision_pilot outperforms at night. @concise_commander underperforms at midnight (small sample).
@steady_navigator’s hourly pattern (most active midnight user)
| time block | threads | resolve % |
|---|---|---|
| evening 18-21 | 28 | 71.4% |
| midday 10-13 | 272 | 70.6% |
| afternoon 14-17 | 157 | 65.6% |
| late_night 2-5 | 171 | 65.5% |
| night 22-1 | 258 | 62.4% |
| morning 6-9 | 285 | 61.8% |
@steady_navigator resolves at ~65% regardless of time. midnight advantage is NOT from @steady_navigator working better at night.
@verbose_explorer’s pattern
NOTE: @verbose_explorer’s per-hour stats in the source data appear corrupted due to spawn misclassification. overall stats (83% resolution, 4.2% handoff) are reliable; time-block breakdown is not. @verbose_explorer’s volume concentration in evening hours may still be valid, but resolution rates per-block are unreliable.
@verbose_explorer barely touches midnight hours (5 threads).
null-username threads: hidden confound
| time block | null threads |
|---|---|
| evening 18-21 | 330 |
| late_night 2-5 | 8 |
| other | 526 |
330 null-username threads in evening hours with 2.1% resolution rate massively skew evening downward. these appear to be local-only threads without proper attribution.
corrected resolution rates (excluding null usernames)
| time block | threads | resolve % |
|---|---|---|
| late_night 2-5 | 211 | 63.5% |
| morning 6-9 | 391 | 60.1% |
| midday 10-13 | 886 | 55.6% |
| night 22-1 | 934 | 54.2% |
| afternoon 14-17 | 867 | 53.9% |
| evening 18-21 | 503 | 43.7% |
pattern persists but gap shrinks: midnight is +20pp vs evening, not +33pp. still significant.
what midnight threads look like
sample resolved midnight titles from @steady_navigator:
- “Add TimeAxis to Footer component in TracesSidebar”
- “Durable streams protocol migration phase 3”
- “8-bit radix sort cache locality optimization choice”
- “Fix exit code masking in agent build scripts”
- “Query validation error defaultOrder field”
technical, focused, specific. these aren’t exploratory threads—they’re targeted fixes and implementations.
why midnight succeeds
- user composition: @steady_navigator (65% resolver) is 78% of midnight volume; @verbose_explorer is 0.5% of midnight volume
- evening dilution: 330 unattributed threads in evening hours tank average (possibly local experimentation)
- task type: midnight titles are specific bug fixes and implementations, not exploratory work
- no interruption: late night = no meetings, no slack, pure focus time
- self-selection: only the committed work late; casual users are asleep
the real story
the 60.4% midnight success is NOT about time-of-day productivity magic. it’s about:
- who works then: high-volume users like @steady_navigator who resolve at ~65% regardless of hour
- who doesn’t work then: evening-heavy users like @verbose_explorer have minimal midnight presence (5 threads)
- data quality: null-username threads (likely local/test) cluster in evening and rarely resolve
evening’s 27.5% is artificially low due to 330 null threads. corrected rate is 43.7%—still worst, but not catastrophically so.
recommendations
- track null-username threads: investigate why so many unattributed threads cluster 6-9pm
- don’t cargo-cult midnight: @steady_navigator’s success is skill, not schedule
- evening deserves scrutiny: even corrected, it underperforms—fatigue or task-type issue?
- morning still good: 60.1% resolution with broader user mix suggests morning focus is real