gogul: i am a fast player (or at least not slow) in some type of games, but i am slower in other types

a way to determine speed of play would be to take the average time a game, after your opponent has moved, has to wait before you move

of course another reason (and probably more important than the timezone difference) for the wait is my sleeping time
(or any other reason why i am not online) .. this reason should be taken into account in the speed of play stat for sure
suppose i sleep 8 hours, work 9 hours (and cant play at work), take shower, dress, have dinner, etc. for another 3 hours, travel to and from work for 1 hour, then i have 3 hours left to play .. i might be a fast player then and move within the minute .. but i might still not be able to make all my moves as i 'only' have 3 hours

the reason for me to make little moves (although i might be fast) is just because of occupations in real life .. but its not of importance to your opponent why you are not there .. its important that you are not there

take the average waiting time for game while its your turn and you will have a decent speed-of-play-stat i think