Drag clicking
Drag clicking drags a slightly tacky fingertip across the button so micro-vibrations of friction actuate the switch dozens of times in one pass. Huge numbers, huge asterisks.
Drag clicking doesn't press the button at all — it rolls a fingertip across it. Friction between skin and shell makes the button flutter against the switch, registering a burst of clicks from a single motion. Scores of 25–50 CPS are routine; the world-record tier lives here.
How it works (and why your mouse says no)
Success is mostly hardware: the technique needs a mouse shell with the right texture and a switch with minimal debounce. Famous drag-clicking mice exist precisely because most mice — especially office mice with aggressive debounce firmware — register one click per pass instead of thirty.
Technique itself is simple: slightly moist or tacky fingertip, light downward pressure, drag from button hinge toward the edge. The sound is unmistakable — a grinding buzz rather than discrete clicks.
The catch
Drag clicking is banned on most competitive Minecraft servers — the click pattern is indistinguishable from autoclicker output to anticheat, and the gameplay advantage in PvP is real. It also does nothing for aim, since your hand is busy grinding across the shell.
Treat drag CPS as its own category. Comparing a 40 CPS drag burst to a regular 8 CPS is comparing a slide whistle to a violin — same instrument family, different instrument.
Where the real contest is
Since drag clicking is gated by hardware, the honest contest is back in regular and butterfly territory — which is what a 3-second Smash duel on blocks.pw measures: your fingers, an opponent's fingers, no shell friction in between.