The rate at which you can earn XP is limited by real time.
Every day, you can earn 5XP by logging in, and another 5XP by browsing around.
Every day, you can earn 1 PCoin by loggging in.
In reality the interval is a bit inconsistent, let's say it's 1.5 days or 2 for safety.

So if 10XP and 1 PCoin can be earned freely every 2 days, and 1 PCoin can be exchanged for 10XP by "upvoting" a random model, that's 20XP every 2 days without uploading models.

The XP required for each level:

LV1: 0XP
LV2: 200XP
LV3: 1500XP
LV4: 4500XP
LV5: 10800XP
LV6: 28800XP

That pegs the realtime levelling rate to the following:

LV1: 0 intervals.
LV2: 10 intervals.
LV3: 75 intervals.
LV4: 225 intervals.
LV5: 540 intervals.
LV6: 1440 intervals.

Where an interval is about 1.5-2 days.
By uploading models, you can earn 10 PCoins per upload.
A maximum of 5 PCoins spent per interval translates to 50XP.
Add to this the 5XP + 5XP for logging in and browsing, our XP per interval rises to 60XP, or 3x what we had before:

LV1: 0 intervals.
LV2: ~3 intervals.
LV3: 25 intervals.
LV4: 75 intervals.
LV5: 180 intervals.
LV6: 480 intervals.

Where an interval is about 1.5-2 days.
Since each model upload provides 10 PCoins, spent over 2 intervals (1 PCoin spent 5 times on different uploads, repeated each interval), and over 5 intervals we need to spend 25 PCoins to optimally gain XP, it follows that we would need at least 25 PCoins or more to achieve this. This can be most optimally achieved by earning 5 PCoins by naturally logging in each interval and by uploading at least 2 models for 10 PCoins each.

Over time this results in (at least) 2 models per 5 intervals for optimal levelling.

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Pub: 27 Nov 2021 04:03 UTC
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