B”H, I’ve worked and worked and gotten myself up to a category 1, for the most part.
I also see people come in late – even after the minyan has started Shmoneh Esray. I often wonder (to myself) how late a person can come in and still be considered as davening with the minyan. Is there a point where a person is so late that it’s not davening with a minyan? (During the week I usually daven at the last minyan on the yishuv, so suggesting that people go to a later minyan won’t work here.)