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Reaction Time Percentiles: Where You Rank

Where does your reaction time actually rank? Here is the full percentile curve for an online click test — the share of people you beat at each millisecond — built on 81 million-plus recorded results and read honestly, after device lag.

Updated 2026 · sources listed below

A 273 ms reaction time is the 50th percentile online — dead average. Under 250 ms puts you in roughly the top third, under 200 ms in the top ~10%, and under 180 ms in the top 1–2%. These are for a browser click test; on lab hardware the same reflex ranks higher because screen and mouse lag are removed.

Reaction time percentile table

Read it straight: find the row nearest your millisecond score and the middle column is your percentile — the share of people on the same online test you are faster than. The curve is interpolated from published aggregate statistics (81M+ recorded clicks), so it reflects real results, not a made-up scale.

Reaction timeFaster thanYou are in theTier
140 ms 99.9% of people top 0.1% Elite
160 ms 99.2% of people top 0.8% Elite
180 ms 96.5% of people top 3.5% Elite
195 ms 92% of people top 8% Exceptional
210 ms 84% of people top 16% Exceptional
225 ms 75% of people top 25% Fast
240 ms 65% of people top 35% Fast
255 ms 57% of people top 43% Above average
273 ms 50% of people top 50% Above average · median
290 ms 43% of people top 57% Average
310 ms 34% of people top 66% Average
330 ms 26% of people top 74% Below average
355 ms 18% of people top 82% Below average
385 ms 11% of people top 89% Below average
420 ms 6.5% of people top 93.5% Take another go
470 ms 3.2% of people top 96.8% Take another go

Percentiles interpolated from the Human Benchmark public reaction-time aggregate (81M+ clicks; 273 ms median, 284 ms mean). Want your exact figure? The is my reaction time good? checker places any number instantly, and the main reaction time test gives you a corrected score to look up.

What the distribution looks like

Online reaction times are not a neat bell curve — they are right-skewed. Most people bunch just left of the 273 ms median, then a long tail of slow, distracted clicks stretches out to the right and drags the mean up to 284 ms. That skew is exactly why a percentile (your rank) tells you more than the raw average does.

200300400500 median 273 mean 284 online reaction time (ms)
The online reaction-time distribution. Your percentile is the share of this curve to the right of your score. The median sits at 273 ms; the long slow tail pulls the mean to 284 ms. Source: Human Benchmark public reaction-time dataset (81M+ clicks).

Why our percentile is the honest one

Here is the catch every other percentile chart ignores: the number you feed it is already wrong. A browser adds 10 to 50 ms of display and input lag that has nothing to do with your reflexes, so a raw online score ranks you lower than you really are. ReactScore measures that lag on your device and corrects for it, so the percentile you read off this table comes from your true reaction time — not one inflated by a 60 Hz screen or a wireless mouse. The full method is on the methodology page.

Percentile changes with age

One number is not "good" or "bad" in a vacuum — it depends who you are compared against. Reaction time peaks in the early twenties and slows each decade after, so a 290 ms score is mid-pack for a 20-year-old but genuinely quick for someone in their sixties. To rank against your own age group, see the average reaction time by age table or take the reaction age test.

Frequently asked questions

What percentile is a good reaction time?
On an online click test, the median (273 ms) is the 50th percentile — dead average. Beating it puts you in the faster half. Under 250 ms is roughly the top third, under 200 ms the top ~10%, and under 180 ms the top 1–2% — trained-gamer territory.
What percentile is a 200 ms reaction time?
About the 88th–90th percentile online: a 200 ms click is faster than roughly nine in ten people. It is genuinely fast, close to where trained FPS players and sprinters sit.
What percentile is a 250 ms reaction time?
Around the 60th percentile — a little faster than average, so you beat a bit more than half of people on the same online test.
Why is the average online reaction time 273 ms?
Across the largest public dataset (81M+ recorded clicks (Human Benchmark public statistics)) the median is 273 ms and the mean 284 ms. The two differ because the data is right-skewed: a few very slow clicks pull the mean up, so the median is the honest "typical" figure.
Are these percentiles the same as Human Benchmark?
They are anchored to the same public distribution (a ~273 ms median over 81M+ samples), so the shape matches. The difference is that ReactScore corrects for the 10–50 ms of screen and input lag a browser adds, so the percentile you get here is read from your true time, not an inflated one. See the methodology.
How do you calculate a reaction time percentile?
We map your millisecond score onto the cumulative distribution of online results: the percentile is simply the share of people with a slower time. The curve below is interpolated from published aggregate statistics, not invented.

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