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Good At Bullet, Awful at Blitz

A month ago, I was around 1250 bullet, having never played so fast before, and now I'm in the mid-1700s. My classical rating is in the high 1900s. Yet my blitz rating fluctuates around 1550-1600, and I have no idea what's going on. I feel I'm just awful at blitz, but I have no idea why.
my classical rating is 2300+ and my ultrabullet rating is 1142. but it is just that high because i have decided to stop after three games.

Everybody has his time control :)
You have to get some sort of inner clock that makes you move not too fast and not too slow. It is a feel. You should never look at the clock, only at the board. Changing between different tempo makes it harder as opposed to playing the same tempo always.

Also increment or not makes a huge difference. If you have a positional scientific playing style you often get endgames and you can finish these thanks to the increment. If you have an attacking style, you finish more games in about 30 moves and you are better without increment.
Yeah, I think blitz is an awkward time control for me. In bullet I know I have to make decisions instantly and in classical I don't really worry about my time, so it's definitely getting used to it.
Just play more blitz, why are chessgrandmasters so good? Because they've played a lot.

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