Actions Per Minute Test

What is an APM Test?

Actions per minute describes how frequently this browser page receives and formally accepts eligible physical-keyboard and primary mouse actions during a configured period.

Raw APM vs Valid APM

Raw APM counts every accepted action. Valid APM Challenge presents one target and counts only correct target completions toward Valid APM, while all judged actions remain part of Raw APM.

How Raw APM is calculated

Raw APM equals counted actions × 60 ÷ configured seconds. The configured 30, 60, or 120 seconds remains the formal denominator.

How Valid APM is calculated

Valid APM equals correct actions × 60 ÷ configured seconds. Incorrect actions do not advance the current target.

How Accuracy is calculated

Accuracy is correct ÷ (correct + incorrect) × 100. With no judged actions it is not calculable and displays as a dash, not 0%.

Why the first Valid gesture is not scored

The first eligible action starts the clock and presents the first target. Excluding that gesture prevents time spent waiting before the start from contaminating the first target response.

How the target challenge works

The first target is A, S, D, F, G, J, K, or L. Target families then alternate strictly between keyboard and primary mouse. A wrong action keeps both the target and its original response-time origin.

Average Response Time

Average Response Time uses correct targets only, from presentation until the matching accepted action. A 0 ms response is valid; no correct actions produces no calculable average.

Peak 10s APM

Peak 10s APM is the maximum metric-action count in any sliding half-open 10-second window, multiplied by 6. Raw uses all actions; Valid uses correct actions.

Consistency

Consistency uses intervals between all Raw actions or between correct Valid actions. Too few timestamps or a zero mean interval produces no calculable value.

What this browser test can measure

It can measure accepted page-local action counts, source counts, target correctness, timing intervals, and correct-target response times during this session.

What it cannot verify

It cannot verify skill, professional level, competitive standing, technique, game legality, cheating, macros, scripts, automation, network/server behavior, complete device latency, or hardware faults. It provides no reaction, nerve, muscle, or medical assessment.

Physical keyboard, mouse, and focus requirements

Formal input must occur inside the focused capture region using an eligible physical key or primary-button mouse. Touch, pen, other buttons, synthetic input, and actions elsewhere do not count.

Safety and comfort

Stop if you feel pain or noticeable discomfort. Do not continue high-intensity input through pain. ClickMetrik offers no diagnosis, treatment, or claim that a particular technique is safe.

Privacy

Compact results stay in this browser. Saved data excludes raw actions, timestamps, key codes, targets, response arrays, coordinates, DOM events, game/server identifiers, and identity.

Related tools

• CPS Test — primary click and touch speed.
• Keyboard CPS Test — dedicated physical-keyboard speed modes.