Keyboard Clicker

Keys per second — KPS — is the raw rate at which you register key presses: every fresh press of any key counts as one. It's the keyboard cousin of CPS (clicks per second) and a different skill from typing speed, which rewards accuracy and familiar word patterns. KPS is pure mechanical output — the finger speed behind ability spam in MOBAs, build orders in RTS games, and note streams in rhythm games like osu!mania.

Pick a duration first: 1 or 5 seconds reward a fast burst, while 30, 60, and 100 seconds test stamina as your fingers tire. Click the pad once so it has keyboard focus, then press any key — the clock starts on that first press, so no countdown wastes your reaction time. The counter registers every fresh keydown and ignores auto-repeat, so holding a key scores nothing. At the end we divide total presses by the duration to get your keys per second, and the chart breaks the run down over time so you can see whether you opened fast and faded or held a steady pace.

A typical one- or two-finger rate is around 5–8 KPS. Crossing 8 is fast, and a sustained 10+ KPSusually means you're alternating several fingers or drumming with both hands. Burst and endurance are different skills, so a 1-second score always looks far higher than a 100-second one — compare against the same test length, and expect long runs to settle a couple of KPS below your opening pace. To go faster, alternate two or three fingers or drum with both hands — every key counts the same — and a light-actuation keyboard shaves effort off every press on long runs.

Common KPS scores