# Forever - Impossibly Slow Cycle

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/forever-impossibly-slow-cycle/377362>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [December 21, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/forever-impossibly-slow-cycle/377362 "2019-12-21T17:18:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/forever-impossibly-slow-cycle/377362/1 "2019-12-21T17:18:06Z")

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Recently, a forever block has appeared in blocks. Why is this loop needed if it runs 246 times slower than the slowest for each loop?

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**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 10:01am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/forever-impossibly-slow-cycle/377362/2 "2020-07-16T10:01:17Z")

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A post was merged into an existing topic: [Delays when using function blocks in loops](https://community.thunkable.com/t/delays-when-using-function-blocks-in-loops/671478)

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**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 10:01am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/forever-impossibly-slow-cycle/377362/3 "2020-07-16T10:01:18Z")

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