# How fast can you double-click? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 11, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203 "2014-05-11T17:57:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/1 "2014-05-11T17:57:57Z")
Try this stopwatch link: > **[Online Stopwatch - easy to use](https://www.timeanddate.com/stopwatch/)** > > Online Stopwatch, with start alerts, lap times and sounds. Save details of your timings in a text file. . . . and see what is your fastest double-click time. It took me several tries to get down to 0.124. Using the fingers of two hands, sequentially, I could get 0.049. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/2 "2014-05-12T02:15:17Z")
0.113 after about 10 tries. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/3 "2014-05-12T02:29:05Z")
0.112 in about a dozen tries. Just tried three more times, 0.100. I am really done now. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/4 "2014-05-12T02:33:14Z")
0.097 after about 10 tries. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/5 "2014-05-12T02:35:58Z")
Thats a windows setting isn’t it? I think in control panel. I tried it 10 times. My best was .2. Most times it was .3 or .4 I got one .5 ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/6 "2014-05-12T02:37:56Z")
.109 after several tries, plus moving my hand farther forward on my mouse than usual. (It actuates the switch sooner if clicking from near the end of the button.) I think that’s close to the bounce time of the switch; when I tried to use both hands, going faster resulted in only one click registering. ETA: > [@aceplace57](#): > > Thats a windows setting isn’t it? I think in control panel. The setting controls how fast you have to click for Windows to recognize it as a double-click, not how fast you can click it. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/7 "2014-05-12T02:57:56Z")
I’m only getting results to the nearest tenth. .1, .2,.3 How are you getting .109? ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/8 "2014-05-12T03:37:54Z")
3 goes each on left and right hand. 0.18 on left and 0.15 on right were the best. ---
**Author:** ![elninost0rm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@elninost0rm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elninost0rm)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/9 "2014-05-12T14:35:29Z")
Mine doesn’t even stop when I hit stop. I have to mash the left mouse button to get it to register. Does that mean it’s too fast? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/10 "2014-05-12T15:46:20Z")
There’s something off about this, maybe. When I think I really, really got a good pair of clicks in, the number was higher than average (around .18-.19). But if I took it easy, then average or better (\<.16). Psychology? Rounding issues in code? Task switching oddities? ??? ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/11 "2014-05-12T16:01:11Z")
.103 , cookie clicker training to the rescue! ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/12 "2014-05-12T16:36:41Z")
0.098 was my best of ten tries. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/13 "2014-05-12T16:50:58Z")
.113 in about ten tries. I got 0.075 with my graphics tablet on my first try, but that must have been a fluke, as after that the typical range was 0.125-0.175. ETA: Oh, I didn’t realize you can constantly click. Doing that, I got my mouse click to 0.087, but the “typical” range is 0.110-0.125 ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/14 "2014-05-12T16:58:40Z")
After several tries I was able to get it down to .057. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/15 "2014-05-12T17:02:07Z")
Trying it out on a laptop where I can just double tap the pad for double click, I could get down to 0.046 with one hand (but two fingers, like playing a trill on a piano). Actually, trying it again, I got a fluke outlier of 0.029. The more typical range for the “trill” method is 0.60-0.75 for me, with about one in twenty hitting the 40s. ---
**Author:** ![Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/16 "2014-05-12T17:11:30Z")
got .130 after about 10 or so tries. Basic logitech mouse. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/17 "2014-05-12T17:15:33Z")
Standard ordinary-everyday doubleclick speed seems to be 0.169 or thereabouts. I don’t get much faster when deliberately trying for fast, though: 0.151 Cheating and holding mouse stationary with right hand and coming at it with middle finger of the left, 0.115 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/18 "2014-05-12T17:16:19Z")
.130 range. My mouse is wireless though, so I’m blaming it on that. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/19 "2014-05-14T02:28:16Z")
Depends what I’m viewing… ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/20 "2014-05-14T03:45:40Z")
Tried it about 8 times before I got bored. Best time was 0.088. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203.md?page=2)