# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/21 "2014-05-14T06:06:29Z")
3.14159265 When come back, bring, well, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/22 "2014-05-14T13:45:02Z")
.155. Not bad for someone who turned 67 yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/23 "2014-05-14T14:12:46Z")
Lost track of how many tries but I’ve managed: One-fingered tap on trackpad: .039 Trackpad left-click button: .096 Mouse: .090 ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/24 "2014-05-14T21:01:44Z")
I cannot possibly think of a bigger waste of time, which is why I was determined to win this. 0.012, guys. You can give me my prize now. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/25 "2014-05-14T21:16:28Z")
Best I got out of a dozen or so tries was 0.128. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/26 "2014-05-14T21:18:47Z")
For some reason, I’ve got Seymour Skinner’s voice in my head … “I made a game of it. Seeing how many times I could bounce the ball in a day, then trying to break that record.” ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/27 "2014-05-14T21:54:50Z")
Seven seconds was my quickest, but I wasn’t trying very hard. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/28 "2014-05-14T22:26:43Z")
0.059 with the touchpad. 0.109 with an actual mouse ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/29 "2014-05-14T23:26:29Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I’m only getting results to the nearest tenth. .1, .2,.3 > > How are you getting .109? Same thing here. There’s a time given that gives that much precision, but it only tells me when I started, not when I stopped. The actual counter only gives tenths of a second. [This link](http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/124331/) seems to work better, but it uses Flash. First try was 0.075, and I got it down to 0.042. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/30 "2014-05-14T23:31:23Z")
Link gives me “Bad Gateway” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/31 "2014-05-14T23:33:26Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I’m only getting results to the nearest tenth. .1, .2,.3 > [@BigT](#): > > Same thing here. There’s a time given that gives that much precision, but it only tells me when I started, not when I stopped. The actual counter only gives tenths of a second. On the screen I get, it looks like this: 00:00:00.123 Are y’all not seeing the “23”? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/32 "2014-05-15T01:52:58Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > .109 after several tries, plus moving my hand farther forward on my mouse than usual. Thanks for the advice-I went from .136 to .106 using your method. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/33 "2014-05-15T01:59:27Z")
.087. …of course, I’m cheating - my mouse has a button I’ve set for double-click. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/34 "2014-05-15T02:43:29Z")
In 10 tries, my fastest was .096. Using my touchpad on my laptop instead of a mouse, I was consistently between .168 and .170. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203/35 "2014-05-15T19:58:17Z")
I broke it. I took a laptop into my time machine, opened the site and clicked. Then I jumped back in time to one second prior to that click and clicked again. The app developer didn’t allow for negative time values and the result crashed the page. It will probably be a few days before they get it up and running again. I would say “I’m sorry”, but I actually enjoy doing that kind of crap. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-double-click/688203.md?page=1)