JAXA Arctic Extent as at 7 Feb 2018 13,250,852 km2 100k less than 2017 on that date.
The last two days have seen a 36 k (6 Feb) and 43 k (7 Feb) km2 extent loss, due to extent losses due to the cyclone. The cyclone is more or less over, but how long will its effect last? NO doubt a topic for the 2017-18 Freezing Season.
With 36 days (range 23 to 52), 0.59 million km2, and 7% of average extent gain to go, a new record low is still very possible.
ps The last table suggests ( think) that loss of winter sea ice is gradually accelerating, as does the NSIDC January graph? A little more work required, methinks.
ps: And the answer so far is - maybe a little bit faster