We often read about extent and area drops. A lot of times this involves ice transport, compaction, surface wetness, satellite artifacts and what have you. But sometimes ice just melts out and disappears, the 3D process finally manifesting in 2D.
Click to animate this recent 3-day GIF of the western Chukchi, with Wrangel Island at the bottom right corner. The ice streamers are a strong indication of continuing melt, about half of this whole patch should disappear in a few more days.
Based anecdotally on looking at similar ice in past years, the top part of the image has about 5-7 days, the bottom/right part has 10-14 days.
Going back through the years looking at over-all ice quality, 2020 has a lot in common with 2012, except 2020 has more melt ponds.
2013 & 14 actually were far more broken up and dispersed, but didn't have the albedo drop, and were protected by cloudiness. Those years, 2020's weather would have had a good chance of giving us a BOE.
Given continued high insolation, there are large swaths of the Chukchi and near-peripheral CAB that are about 3 weeks from mostly melting out, based on appearances and similar ice states in the past.
Also to emphasize, one thing that generally appears to be setting 2020 apart from previous years, even 2012, is the almost universal coverage of ice by melt ponds. As other posters have mentioned, with full unimpeded insolation, that can lead to as much as 10cm/day of top melt.
We desperately need cool cloudy conditions.