This query shows a histogram of hours after offering a bounty and posting the answer which will eventually win the bounty
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-- How quick do I have to be to win a bounty? -- This query shows a histogram of hours after offering a bounty -- and posting the answer which will eventually win the bounty SELECT TOP 100 ROUND(CAST ((a.creationDate - bstart.creationDate) AS FLOAT)*24,0) as [Hours after offering a bounty until bounty-awarded answers is posted], COUNT(*) as [Count (*)], REPLICATE('=', COUNT(*)/10) -- q.id as [Post Link], -- CAST ((a.creationDate - q.creationDate) AS DECIMAL)*24, -- q.creationDate, -- a.creationDate, -- q.OwnerUserid, -- b.UserId FROM posts q, posts a, votes b, votes bstart WHERE q.postTypeId = 1 AND a.postTypeId = 2 AND a.ParentId = q.Id AND b.voteTypeId = 9 -- bounty AND b.postId = a.id AND bstart.voteTypeId = 8 -- bountyEnd AND bstart.postId = q.id AND ROUND(CAST ((a.creationDate - bstart.creationDate) AS FLOAT),0) < 20 -- filtering too late bounties AND bstart.creationDate < a.creationDate GROUP BY ROUND(CAST ((a.creationDate - bstart.creationDate) AS FLOAT)*24,0) ORDER BY 1 ASC