Q: Statistics show that you are best at doing this when you’re 31 yo?
A: Playing Chess
Someone looked at a bunch of scientific studies, and came up with a list of random things, and the age when you’re BEST at them. At least statistically. Here are the ten we thought were interesting . . .
- Learning a new language. Your ability to do it peaks when you’re around 7 or 8.
- Remembering people’s names . . . 22 years old.
- Finding someone to marry . . . 26 years old.
- Running a marathon . . . 28 years old.
- Playing chess . . . 31 years old.
- Remembering people’s faces . . . also 31 years old.
- Winning a Nobel Prize . . . 40 years old. That’s when the average winner has done it.
- Making your peak salary at work . . . 39 years old for women, and 48 for men.
- Doing math in your head . . . believe it or not, around 50 years old.
- Having a strong vocabulary . . . late 60s or early 70s. There’s a bit of a decline after that.
And in general, our happiness level peaks at 23, and again at 69.
