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== Difficulty==
== Difficulty==
The adaptation difficulty is considered "very hard" due to its low total sleep and only having a one-cycle core in the SWS peak. It is significantly harder than [[E3]], due to the need to split the SWS over several cores as well as its longer gaps.  
The adaptation difficulty for triphasic (non-extended) is "very hard" due to its low total sleep and only having a one-cycle core in the SWS peak. It is significantly harder than [[E3]], due to the need to split the SWS over several cores as well as its longer gaps.  


== Lifestyle consideration ==
== Lifestyle consideration ==
Because of Triphasic's daytime and evening cores at often inconvenient hours, Triphasic is not very popular. The need for a core in SWS peak makes social life in the evening difficult. As it only has 4.5 hours of total sleep, Triphasic is quite inflexible even after adaptation for average sleepers. One person has reported being able to flex a Triphasic core by up to 30 minutes. With the limited flexibility, maintaining Triphasic long-term is difficult, even if the adaptation is successful. Intense exercise may also be detrimental to the schedule, because the increased SWS requirements from the exercise can lead to SWS wakes, and may cause oversleeps.  Triphasic can create a sense of long days blurred together, with wake gaps all similar in length.  
Because of Triphasic's daytime and evening cores at often inconvenient hours, Triphasic is not very popular. The need for a core in SWS peak makes social life in the evening difficult. As it only has 4.5 hours of total sleep, Triphasic is quite inflexible even after adaptation for average sleepers. One person has reported being able to flex a Triphasic core by up to 30 minutes. With the limited flexibility, maintaining Triphasic long-term is difficult, even if the adaptation is successful. Intense exercise may also be detrimental to the schedule, because the increased SWS requirements from the exercise can lead to SWS wakes, and may cause oversleeps.  Triphasic can create a sense of long days blurred together, with wake gaps all similar in length.  


Triphasic-extended, however, is much more practical. The first core can be scheduled late (around 23-00) allows for social events in the evening. More sleep also allows for more physical training flexibility after adaptation. The long morning-afternoon wake gap allows for many different daily activities without having to worry about sleep. Triphasic-extended has reported more a lot of successes.  
Triphasic-extended, however, is much more practical in this aspect. Since the first core can start later, social events in the evening become possible. More sleep also allows for more physical training and flexibility after adaptation. The long morning-afternoon wake gap allows for many different daily activities without having to worry about sleep. Triphasic-extended has reported more a lot of successes.  
== Variants ==
== Variants ==
Aside from the non-equidistant Triphasic scheduling which has proven to be viable by a couple sleepers, the most popular and widely successful version is the extended version.
Aside from the non-equidistant Triphasic scheduling which has proven to be viable by a couple sleepers, the most popular and widely successful version is the extended version.
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=== Extended ===
=== Extended ===
[[File:Triphasic-extended.png|thumb|Sample Triphasic-extended|alt=]]
[[File:Triphasic-extended.png|thumb|Sample Triphasic-extended|alt=]]
Because of the major difficulty posed by the SWS core during adaptation, this extended version allows more room for SWS in the first core, with a higher chance to avoid many SWS wakes during adaptation. This also bumps the total sleep time to 6h, which is considered a beginner-friendly sleep total. Alongside a much easier adaptation, the wake gap from the REM core to the afternoon core can be expanded all the way to ~11h wake gap (1 reported success). This versatility greatly boosts the viability of Triphasic-extended or schedules with a daytime core.
The extended version allows more room for SWS in the first core, which greatly eases adaptation. This also increases the total sleep time to 6h.  


A few polyphasic sleepers have been able to adapt to a Triphasic-extended variant with a 9-10h wake gap from morning to afternoon. The ability to schedule this distribution of sleep aids in daily scheduling, in which the daytime core can be moved to ~16-17. With an overall easier adaptation than regular Triphasic, the nighttime hours between 2 nocturnal cores can be utilized for various activities without having to sacrifice all productivity when adapting. Another bonus from Triphasic-extended is that the '''first core can begin at late evening hours''', around 11 or 11:30 PM without too much hassle, thanks to the increased total sleep. The core extension also suits individuals with somewhat high sleep requirements, while an adaptation to the regular Triphasic can become unsustainable.  
A few have adapted to a Triphasic-extended variant with a 9-10h wake gap from morning to afternoon. This makes daily activity scheduling much easier, in which the daytime core can be moved to ~16-17. The shorter gap between the evening and morning cores resembles Segmented core gap, and can be utilized for various activities. The first core can begin later, up to around 23-00 thanks to the increased total sleep. The core extension also suits individuals with higher sleep requirements, for whom adapting to regular Triphasic may be impossible.  
 
[[File:Triphasic-extended 2.png|thumb|Alternative triphasic-extended with a longer morning core]]
Alternatively, it may be possible to '''extend the REM core to 3h''' instead of the SWS core in the evening, which may be beneficial for social hours in the evening or less sleep in the early evening hours. However, it has no known official successes to date. Although it is worth noting that a sleeper with low SWS needs and high REM needs may benefit from this Triphasic-extended variant.
Alternatively, it may be possible to extend the morning core to 3h, which may allow for even more social events. However, this variant has no known successes to date. A sleeper with low SWS needs and high REM needs may find this variant easier.


== References ==
== References ==
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