Ahhh, in the "gun games" competitions, folks can do it really fast because they have all their "stuff" in the right places and they are ready for the "performance."
I'm not talking about the various gungames, as they don't apply at all to this thread.
In real life we are all not ready at all times to perform like this. Typically, we may just be carrying what would normally be called a "backup gun" (BUG), such as a S&W snubbie, and our reload might be buried in a tight jean pocket. Shtuff happens.
In real life, you don't get to plan your emergencies, either. As John Farnam says, "When it's least expected, you're elected." And, "There is no time to
get ready, you must
be ready." etc, etc. So if you usually carry a snubby or magazine stuffed into your tight jeans pocket, that's how you should practice for the "real life" stuff.
Making it worse, there's no guarantee when you might be attacked, and no guarantee that you might even still have use of both arms/hands after the assailant's initial attack.
Totally irrelevant for the purposes of this thread. We presume you DID survive the initial encounter unscathed and need to reload.
Thus, one must practice for all scenarios (strong and weak hand shooting, one-handed reloads, jammed weapons, non-dominant eye shooting, etc.)
Also totally irrelevant to the purposes of this thread.
ALSO . . . there's no way to know how slow/fast you are with various techniques without lots of recorded practices with a random start electronic timer.
A shot timer would be best, yes. Someone with a fast finger on a stopwatch will give you a good guess, which is better than nothing. I recommend a shot timer to develop and track gun skills in general.
I'm fast from the holster, compared to most I shoot with . . . but the electronic timer tells me that even .70 of a second's draw from the surrender position to an "A" zone hit on an IPSC target at (six feet) is NOT fast enough . . . when the BG has an entire .70 second to squeeze his trigger three times if he's already got the drop on you.
Funny, your draw was only .78 in the other thread........
But how fast is it when you start with your hand already on the gun? In another thread, someone is sharing the experience where an armed robber was herding he and several friends (about 5?) into a building. I bet he could've drawn in 1/2 second or so and put an end to it while the badguy was distracted for only a second.