Focus and Mindset Training Research
”The Focus Challenge” - Experiment Results, April 2024

The Pain of Losing
80% of gamers keep losing in ELO-HELL after trying everything
The Hypothesis
Gamers don’t lose because of lack of skill, but lack of FOCUS!
The Mindset Solution
Real-time reflection of focus and skills, and removing distractions
Winning More
With WaveClear, you track your FOCUS and game skills in real-time to keep focus on what you CAN control, and WIN more!
58.5%
Win Rate
+36%
Game Skills
75%
Success Rate
And Feeling Good!
Feel in control, ignore toxicity and just ENJOY playing LoL with the only personalized mindset training created by wellness researchers and pro-coaches, and boost your confidence.
It is like 95% accuracy for my feelings (Oleg Insec)
It helps me with all my questions and information about lol in a very practical and fast way (Aninhah)
I won 18 games of 25 using WaveClear (Tributer)
I ranked from Gold to Plat in 1 month! The real-time focus and performance stats also entertain my viewers when I stream (Minghetto)
Partners
Lundqvist Lightside
ERL, 1st division
RiftQ
Premade matchmaking
Revealense
Behavioral Science
The Experiment
With every champ in any role, commit to 3 or 5 match “loops” to practice your worst skill (Kills, Deaths, Assist). While playing, the Focus Tracker keeps you focused on improving that skill.
Challenge video
The Improvement Loop
The Focus Tracker
Demographics
2,047
Matches
513
Training loops completed
Mindset Training Results
Low-elo - Up to Plat
High-elo - Emerald+
Does mindset training help gamers ranking up?
55% Win Rate - Start Climbing
Improving skills or not, just using mindset-based training tools boost win rate.
How improving one skill only helps ranking?
58% Win Rate - Winning Even More
Improving one skill almost DOUBLES your win rate increase!
Eliminating your worst mistake first is the fastest way to rank up (Jake Camilleri, Head Coach)
How likely are gamers to success in training
75% Success Rate
WaveClear personalizes training to your skill level, tier, champ, and role while using the Goal Setting Theory to set the right bar for improvement AND encouragement.
Can gamers see a training plan through?
87% Dedication
Almost ALL gamers completed challenges ASAP, showing how mindset training drives COMMITMENT.
Setting the right goals and committing to a plan is how pro players do it - so can you!
How bad is it when not showing improvement?
Defocus = 50% Skill Level Loss
Gamers who did not show any improvement lost almost a HALF of their performance level!
Focus is required to improve, but also to prevent losing more and harder.

Instead of blaming others, try to see what you CAN do when things don’t go well
Game Skills Improvement Results
In which skills we perform worse?
Team Play is Difficult
WaveClear detected Assists (“Playmaker”) as the most common worst skill to improve, while surviving was the least common.
Assisting required team play capabilities and communications, which are harder to pull off when playing solo/duo.
How fast can one improve?
1-3 Matches to Improve
Gamers show they can die half the times few matches only. Without new knowledge, role, or a champ, this proves FOCUS was the key to improve, which we all already possess.
Start with a short loop to prove you can, then embrace the process in a long one
3-matches loop
5-matches loop
How much can one improve?
+36% Avg. Skill Improvement
In 1-3 matches only, gamers show great improvement in key game skills
Dying 2 times less in lane will rank you up faster than mastering 20 champs!
Why do we do this ?
We think harder and design better!
Our research is much like WaveClear the app - it is a process of self-reflection, learning, and making progress using our heads first. With data, gamers’ feedback, and academic-level analysis the solutions we design are not only better, but proven.
The research brings up new ideas, concepts, and people to meet, providing us a creative sandbox to play around and figure out how to simplify pro-level training patterns, improve resilience to toxicity, or provide an efficient on-boarding widget to increase retention.
With global partners, science, and passionate gamers we develop the next generation of solutions you can use to improve performance, and much more.
