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Zoidberg

Zoidberg is a schedule that started as a somewhat serious attempt but is now largely a joke. It contains 6 naps by default and places them extremely close together.

Impossibility

Zoidberg is impossible both in theory and so far in practice. Its premise is to allow for a CL6-like sleep total without the inconvenience of sleeping during the day, but the placement of naps so close to each other leads the body to consider them as an interrupted core, without being able to initiate compression. Also, no pressure management is possible as the sleeps are not equidistant.

Z-Cores

Z-Cores, which means cores interrupted every 20 minutes, have seen some use when in emergency situations. This largely prevents SWS, leading to an easier wake in some situations. Along with this, some have witnessed what seems like a higher sleep quality than simply shortened mono of the same duration. A possible explanation is an increase in SO-Vitals in the short term. Long term use of Z-Cores has not seen success.

Danger

Along with being impossible in the long term, attempts have caused sleepers to continue waking every 20 minutes even after the end of their unsuccessful adaptation. This leads to significant problems with sleep quality even when trying to recover afterwards. How long this happens for is not documented.