no problem, you are welcome.
... as said, the speed difference with small masks or static left parts of the mask is more or less only noticeable with fast hashes, but the important thing to remember is that this could make a huge difference and even only slightly different masks are different and could result in (huge) "speed drops".
The other important thing you can learn here is that using the forum search function (or your favorite search engine) you will find exactly those forum threads that mention e.g. "don't forget to use -w 3 before you claim it is not as fast as expected"... many questions were already answered (several times), there even is a FAQ, https://hashcat.net/wiki/frequently_asked_questions, which is very worth reading).
cheers
... as said, the speed difference with small masks or static left parts of the mask is more or less only noticeable with fast hashes, but the important thing to remember is that this could make a huge difference and even only slightly different masks are different and could result in (huge) "speed drops".
The other important thing you can learn here is that using the forum search function (or your favorite search engine) you will find exactly those forum threads that mention e.g. "don't forget to use -w 3 before you claim it is not as fast as expected"... many questions were already answered (several times), there even is a FAQ, https://hashcat.net/wiki/frequently_asked_questions, which is very worth reading).
cheers