Field notes on clicks per minute: what the rate measures, the hardware between a finger and a number, and which techniques survive a long interval.https://clicksperminute.com/enMon, 12 Oct 2026 15:04:43 GMThttps://clicksperminute.com/blog/choosing-a-cm-360/https://clicksperminute.com/blog/choosing-a-cm-360/Turn distance is a physical measurement, so the right one is decided by your desk and your grip before it is decided by your game.Thu, 24 Sep 2026 20:00:00 GMTInstrumentsThe Clicks Per Minute benchhttps://clicksperminute.com/blog/pointer-acceleration-and-measurement/https://clicksperminute.com/blog/pointer-acceleration-and-measurement/Windows and macOS both ship it on. It makes the same physical movement produce different counts, which is fatal to a DPI reading and to any sensitivity you convert.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTMethodThe Clicks Per Minute benchhttps://clicksperminute.com/blog/click-speed-and-your-hands/https://clicksperminute.com/blog/click-speed-and-your-hands/Rapid clicking is a physical activity with a real injury profile. The fatigue threshold arrives inside twenty seconds — information, not an obstacle.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTPracticeThe Clicks Per Minute benchhttps://clicksperminute.com/blog/clicker-games-and-click-rate/https://clicksperminute.com/blog/clicker-games-and-click-rate/Idle games are built on the assumption that clicking is cheap. Measure your real rate first and most of them turn out to be about upgrades, not fingers.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTGamingThe Clicks Per Minute benchhttps://clicksperminute.com/blog/apm-and-clicks-per-minute/https://clicksperminute.com/blog/apm-and-clicks-per-minute/Actions per minute counts everything you do. Clicks per minute counts one thing you do. Conflating them is how 300 APM gets mistaken for slow hands.Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTInstrumentsThe Clicks Per Minute benchhttps://clicksperminute.com/blog/typing-speed-and-click-speed/https://clicksperminute.com/blog/typing-speed-and-click-speed/WPM and CPM look like the same kind of number and are not. One measures a sequence you must get right, the other a repetition you cannot get wrong.Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTInstrumentsThe Clicks Per Minute benchhttps://clicksperminute.com/blog/scroll-wheel-speed/https://clicksperminute.com/blog/scroll-wheel-speed/A wheel is a switch with detents. Counting notches per minute exposes something a click test cannot — whether your wheel is dropping input.Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTInstrumentsThe Clicks Per Minute benchhttps://clicksperminute.com/blog/auto-clickers-and-why-we-do-not-count-them/https://clicksperminute.com/blog/auto-clickers-and-why-we-do-not-count-them/A script firing 50 clicks a second reads as 3,000 CPM. The chronometer counts it, says so, and explains why filtering would be worse.Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTMethodThe Clicks Per Minute benchhttps://clicksperminute.com/blog/trackpad-vs-mouse-click-speed/https://clicksperminute.com/blog/trackpad-vs-mouse-click-speed/A trackpad confirms a gesture before it reports a click. That confirmation, not your hand, is what sets the ceiling.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTHardwareThe Clicks Per Minute benchhttps://clicksperminute.com/blog/two-week-click-speed-training-plan/https://clicksperminute.com/blog/two-week-click-speed-training-plan/Train the gap between presses, not the total. Four steps, twelve minutes a day, and a realistic number to expect at the end of it.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTPracticeThe Clicks Per Minute benchhttps://clicksperminute.com/blog/minecraft-cps-and-attack-cooldown/https://clicksperminute.com/blog/minecraft-cps-and-attack-cooldown/Minecraft 1.9 capped useful hits near 200 CPM. The click rate that wins a 1.8 fight is worse than useless in 1.9 — here is the arithmetic.Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTGamingThe Clicks Per Minute benchhttps://clicksperminute.com/blog/kohi-click-test-history/https://clicksperminute.com/blog/kohi-click-test-history/A Minecraft factions server gave the click speed test its standard interval. Why ten seconds survived when nothing else about the server did.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTHistoryThe Clicks Per Minute benchhttps://clicksperminute.com/blog/switch-debounce-explained/https://clicksperminute.com/blog/switch-debounce-explained/Every mouse ignores its own switch for a few milliseconds after each press. When that guard fails your click rate rises — and your mouse is dying.Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTHardwareThe Clicks Per Minute benchhttps://clicksperminute.com/blog/mouse-polling-rate-and-click-speed/https://clicksperminute.com/blog/mouse-polling-rate-and-click-speed/A 1000 Hz mouse reports a click up to one millisecond after the switch closes. Here is where that sits against everything else in the chain.Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTHardwareThe Clicks Per Minute benchhttps://clicksperminute.com/blog/drag-clicking-and-why-it-reads-high/https://clicksperminute.com/blog/drag-clicking-and-why-it-reads-high/Drag clicking passes 1,200 CPM by making the switch chatter. The chronometer counts those presses, but the number describes the mouse, not the hand.Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTTechniqueThe Clicks Per Minute benchhttps://clicksperminute.com/blog/butterfly-clicking-guide/https://clicksperminute.com/blog/butterfly-clicking-guide/Butterfly clicking reaches 600 to 950 CPM by alternating two fingers on one button, so each press gets a full cycle to reset. What it costs in rhythm.Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTTechniqueThe Clicks Per Minute benchhttps://clicksperminute.com/blog/jitter-clicking-guide/https://clicksperminute.com/blog/jitter-clicking-guide/Jitter clicking reaches 450 to 700 CPM by tensing the arm until the tremor works the switch. What the per-second profile shows, and what it costs.Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTTechniqueThe Clicks Per Minute benchhttps://clicksperminute.com/blog/average-clicks-per-minute/https://clicksperminute.com/blog/average-clicks-per-minute/The honest average on a ten-second interval is 300 to 450 CPM. Where that range comes from, and why any higher figure needs its interval attached.Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTBenchmarksThe Clicks Per Minute bench