Story submitted 11:32 AM, Saturday, May 21, 2016 (all times have been converted from the present writer’s Mountain Daylight Time to Arizona’s Mountain Standard Time)
At 11:34 AM position in queue: 91
1:34 PM position in queue: 77 (7 stories/hr)
3:06 position: 76 (0.65 stories/hr)
4:30 position 69 (5 stories/hr)
6:41 position 61 (3.7 stories/hr)
8:55 still position 61 (0 stories/hr)
12:13 AM May 22 position 48 (3.9 stories/hr)
3:30 AM position 42 (1.8 stories/hr)
6:43 AM still position 42 (0 stories/hr)
9:54 AM still position 42 (no screenshot of actual submissions page; only one of browser history indicating I checked it at that time; it was unchanged from previous viewing)
10:16 AM Sunday May 22:
Conclusion:
Response time: 23 hours, 44 minutes (3.8 stories per hour, or 5.8 per waking hour assuming 8 hours of sleep)
Slowest period: 3:30 to 9:54 AM May 22, 0 stories disposed of.
Fastest period: 9:54 to 10:16 AM May 22, 42 stories disposed of (114 stories/hr, or 1.9 stories per minute, or 31.4 seconds per story)