| Time to
crack (in years) assuming 1 Trillion tests/sec (144 Billion/Sec is the speed the current contest {2000} is seeing) | ||||||||
| Number of Char. | Letters Upper or Lower Case | Letters U and L Case | All Keyboard | All 256 | ||||
| 26 | 52 | 94 | 256 | |||||
| Number of Combinations | Crack Time (Years) | Number of Combinations | Crack Time (Years) | Number of Combinations | Crack Time (Years) | Number of Combinations | Crack Time (Years) | |
| 3 | 17576 | 5.573E-16 | 140608 | 4.459E-15 | 830584 | 2.634E-14 | 16777216 | 5.320E-13 |
| 4 | 4.570E+05 | 1.449E-14 | 7.312E+06 | 2.318E-13 | 7.807E+07 | 2.476E-12 | 4.295E+09 | 1.362E-10 |
| 5 | 1.188E+07 | 3.768E-13 | 3.802E+08 | 1.206E-11 | 7.339E+09 | 2.327E-10 | 1.100E+12 | 3.487E-08 |
| 6 | 3.089E+08 | 9.796E-12 | 1.977E+10 | 6.269E-10 | 6.899E+11 | 2.188E-08 | 2.815E+14 | 8.926E-06 |
| 7 | 8.032E+09 | 2.547E-10 | 1.028E+12 | 3.260E-08 | 6.485E+13 | 2.056E-06 | 7.206E+16 | 2.285E-03 |
| 8 | 2.088E+11 | 6.622E-09 | 5.346E+13 | 1.695E-06 | 6.096E+15 | 1.933E-04 | 1.845E+19 | 5.849E-01 |
| 9 | 5.430E+12 | 1.722E-07 | 2.780E+15 | 8.815E-05 | 5.730E+17 | 1.817E-02 | 4.722E+21 | 1.497E+02 |
| 10 | 1.412E+14 | 4.476E-06 | 1.446E+17 | 4.584E-03 | 5.386E+19 | 1.708E+00 | 1.209E+24 | 3.833E+04 |
| 11 | 3.670E+15 | 1.164E-04 | 7.517E+18 | 2.384E-01 | 5.063E+21 | 1.605E+02 | 3.095E+26 | 9.814E+06 |
| 12 | 9.543E+16 | 3.026E-03 | 3.909E+20 | 1.239E+01 | 4.759E+23 | 1.509E+04 | 7.923E+28 | 2.512E+09 |
| 13 | 2.481E+18 | 7.868E-02 | 2.033E+22 | 6.445E+02 | 4.474E+25 | 1.419E+06 | 2.028E+31 | 6.432E+11 |
| 14 | 6.451E+19 | 2.046E+00 | 1.057E+24 | 3.352E+04 | 4.205E+27 | 1.333E+08 | 5.192E+33 | 1.646E+14 |
| 15 | 1.677E+21 | 5.319E+01 | 5.496E+25 | 1.743E+06 | 3.953E+29 | 1.253E+10 | 1.329E+36 | 4.215E+16 |
| 16 | 4.361E+22 | 1.383E+03 | 2.858E+27 | 9.062E+07 | 3.716E+31 | 1.178E+12 | 3.403E+38 | 1.079E+19 |
| 17 | 1.134E+24 | 3.595E+04 | 1.486E+29 | 4.712E+09 | 3.493E+33 | 1.108E+14 | 8.711E+40 | 2.762E+21 |
| 18 | 2.948E+25 | 9.348E+05 | 7.728E+30 | 2.450E+11 | 3.283E+35 | 1.041E+16 | 2.230E+43 | 7.072E+23 |
| 19 | 7.665E+26 | 2.430E+07 | 4.018E+32 | 1.274E+13 | 3.086E+37 | 9.786E+17 | 5.709E+45 | 1.810E+26 |
| 20 | 1.993E+28 | 6.319E+08 | 2.090E+34 | 6.626E+14 | 2.901E+39 | 9.199E+19 | 1.462E+48 | 4.634E+28 |