I've never considered compact, because with a 53/39 and an 11spd 11-25, I run the full spread of the cassette on a typical ride over my local, rolling terrain, off the 53 chainring. Cruising usually finds me about in the middle of the cassette, probably literally the 15t often (or one either way) which I can power comfortably across a wide RPM range. There are a couple of short, steep climbs that are best handled in the 39 chainring, but for the common 5-7% average grade half-milers, the big ring and the 23t and 25t work fine.

I don't consider gearing often, so am I thinking right that the standard is a good fit for me? I mean, if I wasn't eating up the whole cassette off the 53 ring, and had a couple of smaller cogs to spare, that might suggest compact right? And certainly I'd like one if I had more climbing to do, no doubt about that. As a clyde, I go through some pretty wild speed swings; slow goin' up, fast comin' down!