Alchemy explosion cooldown

I like the concept but the failure is super punishing. I mean, I was levelling my alchemy and so was my friend. I work in IT he does not work in IT. At work I log in and experiment every 4 hours, he cant. He usually get to play 3-4 hours, meaning he gets in between 1 and 2 failures a day. I get 3-4 - that is a massive difference. If I’m lucky and he’s not - I will easily be 8 days ahead of him increasing.