CPS Test — Clicks per Second
How fast can you click? Live CPS, a click-timing chart and your best scores.
Test settings
Click test
The clock starts with your first press, which counts. A button or key held down counts once.
Your result
Click timing
Show the numbers
| Time | Presses | Rate (CPS) |
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Your best scores
Best CPS for each test, saved only in this browser.
| Test | Left click or tap | Right click | Space bar |
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Recent tests
About the CPS Test — Clicks per Second
Click, tap or press the space bar as fast as you can. The test starts with your first press and stops exactly when the time is up — after 1, 5, 10, 30 or 60 seconds — while your clicks, the seconds left and your CPS update as you go.
At the end you get your clicks per second (presses ÷ seconds), your best 1-second burst, the average gap between presses and whether you slowed down in the second half, with a chart of your speed through the test. Best scores for every test length and input are kept in this browser, so you can see whether practice pays off.
How to use it
- Choose the test length and what to click with: left click or tap, right click, or the space bar.
- Press the big pad to start — that first press counts — and keep going until the clock reaches 0.0. With Space bar, press Space while the pad is selected.
- Read your CPS, burst, gaps and timing chart. Try again starts a new run; Copy result and Download clicks (CSV) keep the details.
- Compare runs in Your best scores, which lists your best for every test length and input; Clear scores removes them from this browser.
Examples
87 presses in 10 seconds
8.7 CPS
87 ÷ 10 = 8.7.
The fastest stretch had 11 presses between 3.20 s and 4.19 s
Burst: 11
The burst is the most presses inside any one second, so it is usually higher than the average CPS.
First half 9.2 CPS, second half 7.8 CPS
−15% in the second half
(7.8 − 9.2) ÷ 9.2 = −15%.
Common uses
- Practising clicking techniques for PvP games, such as jitter or butterfly clicking, and seeing whether they help.
- Comparing two mice, a mouse and a trackpad, or a new keyboard’s space bar.
- Timing yourself on the same test every day to track your speed.
- Testing how fast you can tap on a phone or tablet.
How the result is worked out
- CPS = presses ÷ the test length in seconds. The clock starts at your first press, which counts, and runs for exactly the chosen time.
- Best 1-second burst = the most presses inside any one second of the test.
- Average gap = the mean time between two presses in a row. Steadiness is how much the gaps vary (their standard deviation): the smaller it is, the more even your rhythm.
- First vs second half compares the CPS of the two halves of tests of 5 seconds or more, to show whether you slowed down.
Each press is timed with the time stamp the browser gives the mouse, touch or key event, so a busy screen does not cost you clicks. A button or key held down counts once: keyboard auto-repeat is ignored.
Clicking techniques
- Normal clicking: one finger, pressing as fast as it comfortably can.
- Jitter clicking: tensing the forearm so the finger vibrates on the button.
- Butterfly clicking: two fingers taking turns on the same button; each press counts.
- Drag clicking: sliding a finger along the button so that friction makes it bounce several times; it works only on some mice.
Stop if your hand, wrist or forearm hurts, and take breaks: very fast, repetitive clicking is a strain. If you play on a game server, check its rules on clicking techniques, macros and modified mice.
Getting a fair score
- Compare scores of the same test length and input: a 1-second burst is always faster than a 60-second average, because nobody keeps their top speed for a minute.
- On a touch screen every finger’s tap counts, so two fingers landing together count twice.
- A gap under 20 ms is 50 presses a second — faster than one finger can click. The result shows how many such gaps there were: several of them usually mean two fingers pressed almost together, or a mouse switch that registers one click as two (the familiar “double-click” fault of a worn mouse).
- A laptop trackpad may count a light tap as a click; press it fully to compare it fairly with a mouse.
Limitations
- Only presses on the pad count (and the space bar, in Space bar mode); clicks elsewhere on the page do not.
- Right click needs a mouse or a trackpad (on a Mac trackpad, a two-finger click is a right click); touch screens have no right click.
- There is no official average or record CPS that this page could check, so it compares you only with your own scores.
- Auto-clickers and macros are not detected.
- Scores are kept only in this browser and are lost when you clear its site data.
Privacy
Everything happens in your browser. What you enter or open here is not uploaded or stored by MySmartCoPilot.
Frequently asked questions
What is a good CPS?
There is no official scale. The fairest comparison is your own best for the same test length and input: run the same test a few times and watch your best score. Short tests give higher numbers than long ones.
Does the first click count?
Yes. The first press starts the clock and counts as press 1; the test then runs for exactly the chosen time, and presses after the end are ignored.
Why does holding the space bar down not count?
A key held down repeats automatically. Only real presses count, so the repeats are ignored — just as a mouse button held down counts once.
How do I test my right-click speed?
Choose Right click and right-click the pad. The menu that a right click normally opens is blocked on the pad, so you can click freely.
Can I take the test on a phone?
Yes: choose Left click or tap and tap the pad. Each finger’s tap counts, so you can tap with two fingers or both thumbs.
Are my scores uploaded anywhere?
No. The test runs in your browser, and your best scores and recent tests are stored only on this device.