What's the average CPS?
Most people land between 6 and 7 clicks per second on the standard 5-second test with regular clicking. Everything else — duration, technique, hardware — moves the number from there.
The most-quoted figure: on a 5-second click test, the average untrained person manages about 6.2 CPS — roughly 31 clicks. It's a number with fine print, though, because CPS depends on the window you measure and the technique you allow.
Average by duration
Click rate decays as windows grow. Modelled from the 5-second baseline: ~7.6 CPS for a 1-second burst, ~5.7 over 10 seconds (the Kohi window), ~4.9 over 30, and ~4.5 over a full minute. Each duration has its own page with full score bands — start at the 5-second test.
Average by technique
Regular clicking: 6–9 CPS. Jitter: 10–14. Butterfly: 15–25. Drag: 25+ in bursts. When someone quotes a scary CPS, the first question is always "which technique?" — the second is "which duration?"
Hardware skews everything: mice with heavy debounce eat fast clicks, old touchscreens smear taps together. Same fingers, different devices, 3+ CPS of difference.
Where do you land?
Test under pressure — it's more honest than a lonely counter. A Smash duel on blocks.pw is 3 seconds of clicking against a real person. Then get your verdict: is 6 CPS good?, is 9 CPS good?, or up the ladder from there.