Top 12% sure is impressive, but I'd caveat that this probably isn't very representative for the average person asking themselves that question. This seems to ha

Top 12% sure is impressive, but I'd caveat that this probably isn't very representative for the average person asking themselves that question. This seems to have been done by someone who already had experience with ML projects and with Kaggle specifically, and who just decided to challenge themself with this additional constraint. Also, the average person looking for a side project might not have the perseverance to stick with a challenge like this for 60 days, but might rather be tempted to pour in a lot of hours over a few long nights and weekends. So my learning from this is: yeah, you can get a respectable Kaggle result with one hour a day, but only if you're already a semi-professional Kaggler to begin with.