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How about 'deliberate practice'? I'm fairly sure that it implies that you're working on a problem that challenges you and pushes your limits.
I remember an unconference now from the July minicamp on deliberate practice now. IIRC the speaker suggested something similar to beoShaffer's comment.
I forgot to mention that I was basing my info on a keynote speaker that I suspect may have done the minicamp unconference. Was the speaker a female psychology professor who made numerous movie references.
Nope, it was a male. I think it was Mark E, known around LW as Mark E
(I don't recall how to say/spell his last name, I just remember it being somewhat complicated and that it's also part of his LW name)
Nevermind then.
From what I understand deliberate practice would generally favor the small number of hard problems, especially for building overall mathematical competence/your ability to tackle hard problems. However, doing the easy problems in a challenging way, like trying to do them as fast as possible while still maintaining a high standard of accuracy, would also lead to improvement, particularly for you ability to do that specific type of problem quickly and accurately.