The first batch was a pure joke.....about 5,000mAh (out of supposedly 10,000)
The second batch was "slightly" better at around 7500mAh, but still short of the advertised 10,000
All 8 were returned for a refund not only because of the capacity shortage, but also too many reports of short life.
Perhaps those I received were not authentic? Who knows.
Most batteries that die early are tortured to death: run down too far in series and forced to undergo reverse charging, allowed to sit too low at low charge levels, etc.
I'm familiar with the cycling requirements. In practice, it is not common for a NiMh to gain more than roughly 15-20% of it's advertised capacity through cycling. That was more the case in the early days of NiMh.
When you get an NiMh cell that checks in at 50% of it's rated capacity after a 2nd cycle, odds are you are never going to get to full advertised capacity.