Where scores actually land
| CPS | Reading |
|---|---|
| 3 – 5 | Relaxed clicking. Most people start here and it's fine. |
| 6 – 7 | The common average for deliberate fast clicking. |
| 8 – 9 | Quick. Wrist tension is doing some of the work now. |
| 10 – 14 | Jitter territory — very few reach this with a plain finger. |
| 15 – 20 | Butterfly range. Two fingers, one button. |
| 25+ | Drag clicking or software. A finger doesn't sustain this. |
Longer windows score lower — holding 8 CPS for 60 seconds is a different feat from bursting it for 5. Compare like with like; your personal bests here are stored per window and per technique for exactly that reason.
The three speed techniques, honestly described
Jitter clicking — tense the forearm until the hand vibrates, let the shake press the button. 10–14 CPS when it works. Tiring within seconds, and your aim degrades while doing it; that trade-off is the part the tutorials skip.
Butterfly clicking — index and middle finger alternate on the same button. 12–20 CPS. Needs a mouse whose switch resets fast enough; on some models the second finger's click lands during debounce and simply doesn't count. If your butterfly score equals your normal score, that's likely why — not your fingers.
Drag clicking — rolling a fingertip across a grippy button so friction fires dozens of micro-clicks. Numbers get silly (30–100 CPS), several games treat it as cheating, and it wears the switch it depends on. We tag it separately so it doesn't pollute your real bests.
Same clock, different questions
Asked constantly
What's a good CPS?
Six-ish for honest single-finger clicking. Eight to ten is quick. Above ten, a technique is involved — see the table further up. Scores from 1-second bursts run 2–3 CPS higher than 60-second averages; that's arithmetic, not improvement.
Why is my score weirdly low?
Touchpad tap filtering, mouse debounce and some accessibility settings all eat rapid clicks before a web page ever sees them. When your click gaps show that signature, the flag under your result says so. Try a plain mouse on a desktop for your real ceiling.
Do phone taps count the same?
They register just as fast — we listen to the raw pointer event. But two-thumb tapping is mechanically easier than one-finger clicking, so treat phone and desktop as separate leagues. Your bests are stored by device automatically since they live in that browser.
Where does my history go?
Local storage, on your device, per browser. Nothing is sent — there's no server to send it to. Clear site data and it's gone, which is also the reset button if you want a clean slate.
Can I challenge a friend?
The challenge link carries the window and technique tag — not your score — so they run the identical test. Send your score card image alongside if you want to set the bar.