Clicks Per Second

about this tool

Click the pad as fast as you can

Pick a length, then click. The clock starts on your first click, so the time you spend deciding to begin is not counted against you, and that first click goes towards the total.

One second is the sprint everyone tries first. Five and ten seconds are the lengths that separate a burst from a rate. Thirty seconds is where it stops being fun and starts being a test of stamina, which is why it is there.

The two rules that make the number mean something

The clock starts on the first click. A countdown measures your reaction to the countdown as well as your clicking, and a slow start reads as slow clicking.

A click exactly on the buzzer does not count. Every borderline case falls the way that cannot flatter the score, because the alternative is a rate measured over a window that quietly stretched past the length on the label.

The breakdown by second is there for the same reason. A high average built from one furious second and four slow ones is a different thing from a steady rate, and the little chart shows which you did.

What it counts

Click events, not fingers. The page cannot tell one finger from two, a mouse from a trackpad, or a person from a script. Anything here is worth exactly as much as your own honesty about how it was produced, which is why there is no leaderboard and no sharing of scores.

Your machine has a say too. A browser fires a click per press and release, so the ceiling is your hardware's ability to register them separately as much as your hand's ability to produce them.

What is kept

Your best at each length stays on screen so you have something to beat. Nothing is stored on your device and nothing is sent anywhere, so a refresh starts from nothing. Copy a run if you want to keep it.

Speed of repetition is not speed of response. The reaction time test measures the other one.

questions

When does the clock start?

On your first click, not on a countdown. That way the time spent getting ready is not scored as slow clicking, and the first click counts towards your total.

What is a good clicks per second score?

One finger on a mouse button is usually somewhere between four and seven a second. Past about seven, technique matters more than speed, and scores in double figures generally involve two fingers, a trackpad tap or a different grip.

Does a click right on the buzzer count?

No. A click landing exactly at the end of the window is left out, so the rate is measured over the length advertised rather than a fraction more.

Could I cheat with an auto-clicker?

Easily, and the page cannot tell. It counts click events, not fingers, so any score here is worth exactly as much as your own honesty. Compare your runs against your own rather than against a leaderboard.

Are my scores saved?

Only while the page is open. Your best at each length is kept in memory so you can beat it, and a refresh clears everything, because this site stores nothing on your device.