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Test your clicks per second in 1 to 60 second rounds - with jitter and butterfly friendly counting.
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A CPS test measures how many times you can click your mouse (or tap your screen) per second. CPS stands for clicks per second: total clicks divided by the length of the round. It became a standard benchmark in the Minecraft PvP community - where faster clicking means more hits per second - and spread from there into a general reflex-and-dexterity challenge.
This test counts every press the moment your button goes down, so rapid-fire techniques register fully: regular clicking (~4–7 CPS), jitter clicking (~9–14 CPS, vibrating your forearm), butterfly clicking (~15–25 CPS, alternating two fingers on one button), and drag clicking on suitable mice. On a phone or tablet, taps count the same way.
Pick a round length that matches what you want to measure: 1 and 5 second rounds reward burst speed, 10 seconds is the classic benchmark most CPS scores refer to, and 30 or 60 seconds test endurance - almost everyone's rate drops sharply after the first ten seconds. Everything runs in your browser and your score never leaves the page.
1 or 5 seconds for burst speed, 10 seconds for the standard benchmark, 30 or 60 seconds for endurance. Scores from different durations aren't comparable.
The timer starts on your first click, not before - so you lose nothing to reaction time. Every subsequent press adds to your count.
Watch the live counter and the seconds ticking down. On mobile, tap with as many fingers as you like - every touch registers.
Your CPS is total clicks divided by the round length. The animal rank gives you a quick verdict - turtle to cheetah - and your session best is tracked so you have a number to beat.
Typical clicks-per-second ranges over a 10-second round.
| CPS | Level | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | Turtle | Casual clicking - one finger, no technique |
| 4–6 | Average | Where most people land with normal clicking |
| 7–8 | Fast | Quick normal clicking - the ceiling without special technique |
| 9–12 | Jitter zone | Usually requires jitter clicking or very practiced fingers |
| 13–20 | Butterfly zone | Two-finger butterfly clicking territory |
| 20+ | Drag clicking | Usually drag clicking on a mouse with a suitable switch and surface |
Tense your forearm so your hand vibrates, and let that tremor press the button. It feels strange at first and takes practice to aim while doing it - typical results are 9–14 CPS.
The speed comes from a muscle tremor, not individual finger presses - which is why it beats deliberate clicking. Take breaks: it's genuinely tiring for the forearm.
Rest two fingers (usually index and middle) on the same button and alternate them. Each finger only needs half the pace, so the combined rate roughly doubles - 15–25 CPS is common with practice.
Alternating fingers halves each finger's workload. Note that some game servers ban butterfly clicking because it can trigger double-click detection.
Before learning a technique: keep your wrist relaxed, hover your finger close to the button, and click from the finger joint rather than lifting the whole finger high between presses.
Most people lose CPS to travel distance - the finger moving up and down further than it needs to. Shorter travel is free speed with zero technique.
