Statistics · CPS Test
CPS Test statistics
The whole distribution, where the numbers come from, and a calculator that places your own score inside it.
Where your score falls
Type a number to place it in the distribution below.
The percentile bands
| Band | Score | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Top 1% | ≥ 14 clicks / sec | 99th |
| Top 5% | ≥ 11 clicks / sec | 95th |
| Top 15% | ≥ 9 clicks / sec | 85th |
| Top 30% | ≥ 8 clicks / sec | 70th |
| Median | ≥ 6.9 clicks / sec | 50th |
| Bottom 25% | ≥ 5.5 clicks / sec | 25th |
| Bottom 10% | ≥ 4.2 clicks / sec | 10th |
Bands follow arealme’s published figures from more than 37 million recorded tests, whose 10-second mean sits at 6.95 CPS.
Clicks per second by technique
| Technique | Typical range | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Normal clicking | 5–7 CPS | One finger moving from the knuckle |
| Fast normal clicking | 7–10 CPS | Light contact, wrist resting, near the single-finger limit |
| Jitter clicking | 10–14 CPS | Forearm tension producing a controlled tremor; fades fast |
| Butterfly clicking | 15–25 CPS | Two fingers alternating on one button; holds up over long tests |
| Drag clicking | 25+ CPS | Friction across the button; banned on most competitive servers |
Ranges are the figures the Minecraft PvP community consistently reports and moderates against; the 6.95 CPS ten-second mean comes from arealme’s 37M+ recorded tests.
Technique ceilings are community measurements rather than laboratory ones, and they depend heavily on the mouse switch.
Why your device matters
- Mouse switches vary more than hands do. A light optical switch registers a press that a heavier mechanical switch would miss at speed.
- Trackpads cap out far below a mouse, because a tap has to be recognised as a tap before it counts.
- Touchscreens do better here than on reaction tests, since two thumbs can alternate the way butterfly clicking does.
How we will replace these numbers
The bands above come from other people’s published datasets, named under each table. They are the honest option while this site is new: quoting a percentile from a handful of our own samples would be worse than quoting someone else’s from millions.
Once a test holds more than a thousand clean samples of its own, the percentile switches to our data and starts showing the sample size next to it. Runs that lost focus or looked automated never enter that pool — see how we measure.
Questions
What is the average cps test score?
The median is 6.9 clicks / sec. Half of players score better than that and half score worse.
What is a good CPS score?
The median 10-second score is about 6.9 clicks per second. Above 8 CPS puts you in the top 30%, above 9 in the top 15%, and above 11 in the top 5%. Sustained scores above 14 CPS usually involve jitter or butterfly clicking rather than normal clicking.
How do I click faster?
For normal clicking, rest your wrist and use only the finger, keep contact light so the switch actuates without bottoming out, and use a mouse with a low actuation force. Beyond about 8 CPS, further gains come from technique — jitter or butterfly clicking — rather than from practice.
Is 10 CPS good for Minecraft?
It is well above average, and it matters less than people think. Since Java Edition 1.9 a sword has an attack speed of 1.6 per second and damage scales with the cooldown, so clicking faster than that actively reduces your damage. Clicking speed only decides fights in 1.8-style combat, which is what most PvP servers still run.