This is where is threads like this start to break down:
David S asked you (JCN) how much formal training to do you have. I understood and I think you understood the question to mean firearms formal training.
You response based on my recollection of your response(s) to this question in other threads was not responsive as the thousands of hours you reference pertain to other types of training, NOT firearms training. If I am mistaken , please explain and I will stand corrected.
A more direct and transparent response would have looked like:
"I have no formal firearms training in a classroom/range setting conducted by someone else. I have harnessed my thousands of hours of other training experiences from other realms in a self taught firearms program which has led my from novice to GM in 2 ish years. Moreover, I am 43 and I never shot a pistol until I was 40."
See the difference......
As to the named example made popular by our founder TLG (RIP) ---A timed Dot Torture Test which includes speed reholstering is a recipe for disaster and could create training scars leading to conduct that is profoundly unsound on a tactical basis.
I completely agree that timed exercises can be useful to establish baseline against which progress can be tracked on a regular, consistent and comparable manner.