I collected Steve's Strava-data from his attempts for a comparative overwiew:
After 95 days (June 6th) the daily average of Steve's 3rd attempt is 222 miles/ day. This puts him about 1580 miles above the "Godwin-line" (i.e. 205,7 miles/ day). Kurt Searvogel rode very similar daily averages in his best HAMR-months 2015 (May till July, November, December).
With daily averages between 220 (April 2017) and 225 miles (March 2017) Steve is cycling a bit longer and a bit faster than during his best months in 2015 (June and September 2015), when he rode around 215 miles/ day. Steve's best month ever so far is his HMMR-attempt in September 2016 when he reached 236 miles/ day, thanks to a slightly higher average speed.
While Steve's average daily speeds 2017 show considerable variation, monthly data leads to pretty homogeneous values of about 16 miles/ hour. The monthly average daily riding time is pretty stable, too, overall average is 13,9 hours/ day.
My impression:
Steve is in better shape than 2015 and he is on a good way to beat Tommy Godwin's 1939-mileage (75075, 205,7 miles/ day) and Kurt Searvogel's 2015 (76076, 208,4 miles/ day). But Kurt's setbacks 2015 and Steve's lower winter miles show that a comfortable lead can quickly vanish. I hope that Steve's anomalous daily routines with several sleepless nights do not overstretch his immune system.
Amanda Coker's 20106/2017-record of 86573 miles (237,2 miles/ day) is out of Steve's reach.
Month hours/ day miles/ h miles/ day
Jun 15 13,3 16,1 215,0
Sep 15 13,8 15,5 214,2
Sep 16 14,0 16,8 235,9
Mrz 17 14,2 15,9 224,7
Apr 17 13,6 16,1 219,7
Mai 17 13,8 16,2 222,7
Jun 17 14,2 15,6 222,4