yeah, I finished mine in 2021. It took me 5 years (had a year off for extenuating circumstances) 3 years of lab work + 1 year off + 1 year writing up.

We didn't get any papers out during my actual time there, I wrote up a bunch of my results after i'd finished my viva and that got published in 2022 after I'd switched career tragecteries from science to software.

I'm incredibly lucky that my partner had a job that could make ends meet while writing up, and to find a company willing to take on a Chemistry PhD as a data engineer with no proven commercial experience.

My experience was a wild ride of high highs and crushing lows, I can't imagine doing that for over 7 years.