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Light Board

A random dot lights up. Hit it before the light goes out.

Difficulty
Beginner
Time
25 seconds
Measures
Hits · Reaction time · Wrong clicks
Input
Mouse, trackpad or touch
You control
Easy, Normal or Hard, plus target size, colour, speed, duration, play area, background and sound

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What this measures

This task records hits on a fixed, repeatable version of the task. Your result is comparable to your own previous attempts on the same device.

It does not diagnose anything, and it does not claim to improve anything beyond performance on this task. Reported times include display and input latency from your own hardware.

Stop if you feel dizzy, nauseous or strained.

How it works

A set of dots stays in place. One at a time, a random dot lights up. Click or tap it before its light goes out. Clicking a dot that isn't lit counts as a wrong click.

Your result

Hits. Higher is better. Each difficulty (Easy, Normal, Hard) keeps its own personal best, and custom settings are saved but not ranked, so your bests stay comparable.

Read this before you compare

Reaction times include roughly 10–50 ms of screen and input delay from your own device. Not medical advice.

The science, briefly

A reaction time is several things added together: seeing the change, deciding what to do, and moving. On a computer it also includes your screen and mouse or touchscreen, which add roughly 10 to 50 milliseconds depending on the device.

More choices take longer (Hick's law), and holding back a response has its own timing. We use the median of several trials and ignore anticipations under 100 ms, because those are guesses.

Tips

  • Compare results on the same device and input.
  • Do a couple of warm-up trials first.
  • Sleep, time of day and tiredness change reaction times more than people expect.

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