In 1 year, geth performs a fast sync in half the time!

1 year ago an Ethereum fast sync using geth, took me 2 days 18 hours. Today a fresh sync using geth version 1.10.1, on the same hardware, same internet connection completed in just 1 day 9 hours.

Here is my write-up from last year:
http://www.blockchainthings.io/article.aspx?i=1&t=1

It’s time to refresh the data if I manage to find the time…