I actually just managed to reach 20,000 words on Cycle(it's got 10 chapters right now, so that is 2k words on average, but a lot of the earlier ones are pretty short), at 35.5 pages on Word with 1" margins and 12-pt font, and all I really did so far was background and plot setup. The good stuff hasn't even started yet.
I feel proud of myself, plus, you wanted to know how I was doing, so there's my status update.