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Estudio Three’s intelligent routine engine automatically generates personalized daily schedules based on your profile, commitments, and energy levels.

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How the Routine Engine Works

The routine solver uses a sophisticated algorithm to create optimal schedules:
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1. Create Fixed Blocks

The engine first locks in your non-negotiable commitments:
  • School/Classes - From your class schedule (Monday-Friday)
  • Training Sessions - Main and secondary activities
  • Events - Exams, matches, competitions
  • Sleep - Your bedtime as a visual anchor
These blocks are marked as isLocked: true and cannot be moved.
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2. Find Free Time Slots

The system identifies gaps between fixed blocks:
  • Starts from your wake time
  • Ends at your bedtime
  • Minimum gap size: 15 minutes
  • Filters out unusable tiny gaps
Each free slot becomes available for task allocation.
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3. Create Task Queue

The engine generates a prioritized list of tasks:Academic Tasks:
  • One study task per subject
  • Duration = difficulty × 20 minutes (minimum 30 min)
  • Priority = difficulty level (1-5)
  • Energy cost = difficulty + 5
Habit Tasks:
  • Reading habit (30 minutes, priority 5)
  • Low energy cost (2 units)
Tasks are sorted by priority (highest first).
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4. Allocate Tasks with Energy Management

The solver places tasks into free slots using a first-fit strategy:Energy Budget:
  • Maximum daily cognitive load: 5500 units
  • Load = duration × energyCost
  • High-difficulty tasks consume more energy
Allocation Logic:
  1. Take the highest priority task
  2. Check if it fits within energy budget
  3. Find the first slot with enough time
  4. If task is too large, fragment it across multiple slots
  5. Apply focus strategy (Pomodoro, 50-10, or 90-15)
  6. Update slot availability and energy consumed
  7. Repeat until energy depleted or no slots remain
If a task would exceed the daily energy limit, the engine reduces its duration to fit the remaining energy budget.
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5. Expand Sessions with Breaks

Each study task is expanded into focus/break cycles:Pomodoro (Default):
  • 25 minutes focus + 5 minutes break
  • Long break (15 min) after 4 sessions
50-10 Strategy:
  • 50 minutes focus + 10 minutes break
  • Long break (30 min) after 3 sessions
90-15 Strategy:
  • 90 minutes focus + 15 minutes break
  • Long break (45 min) after 2 sessions
The expander continues until the task duration is consumed or the slot runs out.
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6. Sort and Return

Final routine blocks are sorted chronologically by start time and returned to the dashboard.

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Understanding Routine Blocks

Your routine consists of different block types:

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Fixed Blocks

Immutable commitments from your profile: 
{
  type: 'FIXED',
  category: 'ACADEMIC' | 'SPORT' | 'HEALTH',
  isLocked: true,
  energyCost: 7-10
}
  • School/Classes - ACADEMIC, cost: 7
  • Main Training - SPORT, cost: 9
  • Secondary Training - SPORT, cost: 9
  • Events - SPORT, cost: 10
  • Sleep - HEALTH, cost: 0

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Flexible Blocks

Generated study sessions that can be adjusted: 
{
  type: 'FLEXIBLE',
  category: 'ACADEMIC' | 'LEISURE',
  isLocked: false,
  energyCost: difficulty + 5,
  isCompleted: false
}
  • Appear in focus/break pairs
  • Can be marked complete
  • Subject to energy budget

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Buffer Blocks

Short breaks between focus sessions: 
{
  type: 'BUFFER',
  category: 'BREAK',
  energyCost: 1
}

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Energy Load System

The engine carefully manages your daily energy:
Mental energy consumed by academic and leisure tasks.Calculation: duration × energyCostExample:
  • Math (difficulty 5) for 100 minutes = 100 × 10 = 1000 units
  • Reading habit for 30 minutes = 30 × 2 = 60 units
Sources:
  • School classes
  • Study sessions
  • Academic events
  • Leisure activities
Energy consumed by sports and physical activities.Calculation: Same formula as cognitiveSources:
  • Main training sessions
  • Secondary activities
  • Sports events/matches
High physical load on a given day reduces the cognitive work that can be scheduled.
Maximum combined load: 5500 unitsWhen this limit is reached:
  • No more academic tasks are scheduled
  • Remaining tasks are skipped
  • Or task durations are reduced to fit
This prevents burnout and overcommitment.

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Task Fragmentation

When a task doesn’t fit completely in a free slot:
  1. The engine calculates how much can fit
  2. Creates a partial task labeled “(Parte 1)”
  3. Schedules that fragment in the current slot
  4. Pushes the remainder “(Parte 2)” back to the queue
  5. Continues with the next slot
Fragmentation ensures no time goes to waste, even with irregularly sized gaps in your schedule.

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Customizing Your Routine

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Change Focus Strategy

Update your focus preferences in Settings:
  • Pomodoro - Short, frequent breaks (25/5)
  • 50-10 - Medium sessions for steady flow
  • 90-15 - Long deep work sessions (advanced)
  • Custom - Define your own focus/break durations
Your focus strategy affects how study blocks are expanded. Changing strategies will regenerate your routine.

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Adjust Subject Difficulty

In your profile settings:
  1. Navigate to Subjects
  2. Edit a subject’s difficulty rating
  3. Save changes
  4. Routine regenerates with new allocations
Impact:
  • Higher difficulty = More study time allocated
  • Higher difficulty = More energy consumed
  • Higher priority in task queue

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Update Commitments

Modify your schedules in Settings:
  • Class Schedule - Add/remove school hours
  • Training Schedule - Adjust activity times
  • Events - Add upcoming exams or matches
Routines auto-regenerate when you save changes.

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Routine Generation Triggers

Your routine is automatically regenerated when:
  • ✅ You complete onboarding
  • ✅ You update your profile in Settings
  • ✅ You add/edit/delete calendar events
  • ✅ You change your focus strategy
  • ✅ A new day begins (daily refresh)
Regenerations are instant and happen in the background. The dashboard updates automatically.

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Working with Generated Routines

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Viewing Your Routine

The daily routine appears on your dashboard:
  • Timeline View - Chronological list of blocks
  • Progress Bars - Cognitive and physical load visualization
  • Completion Status - Mark tasks as done

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Marking Tasks Complete

Click the checkbox on flexible blocks to mark them complete:
  • Visual confirmation with strikethrough
  • Progress tracking
  • XP rewards (if achievements enabled)

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Handling Conflicts

If your schedule changes mid-day:
  1. Update your profile or calendar
  2. The routine will regenerate
  3. Review the new schedule
  4. Adjust as needed
The engine is designed to be flexible. Don’t worry about perfection - iterate and adjust as you learn what works for you.

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Understanding Solver Behavior

Possible reasons:
  • Daily energy budget reached (5500 units)
  • Not enough free time slots
  • High physical load from sports reducing cognitive capacity
  • Very high difficulty subjects consuming all energy
Solution: Reduce subject difficulty ratings or add more free time.
Fragmentation happens when continuous blocks don’t fit in available gaps.Example: You have a 90-minute study task but only two 50-minute gaps. The engine creates:
  • Part 1: 50 minutes in first gap
  • Part 2: 40 minutes in second gap
This maximizes time utilization.
Not directly. The routine is auto-generated. However, you can:
  • Adjust the inputs (profile, schedule, difficulty)
  • Change focus strategies
  • Mark blocks complete to skip them
The engine regenerates based on your preferences.
Estudio Three is designed for automated optimization. If you prefer manual control:
  • Use the Calendar feature for events
  • Use the Pomodoro timer standalone
  • Set very low difficulty ratings to minimize auto-scheduling

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Best Practices

  1. Start with accurate data - Garbage in, garbage out
  2. Review daily - Check your routine each morning
  3. Track completion - Mark tasks done for accurate progress
  4. Adjust gradually - Fine-tune difficulty ratings over time
  5. Respect energy limits - Don’t override the 5500 unit cap mentally
  6. Use focus mode - Activate Zen mode during study blocks
  7. Sync events - Keep calendar up to date with exams/matches

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Next Steps

Focus Mode

Activate Zen mode during study sessions

Calendar Events

Manage exams, matches, and important dates