How to Click Faster Selenium vs The World Faster Clicker

Today I discovered that a guy named Jordan Hum is the world record holder for more clicks in 5 seconds, with an amazing score of 14 CPS which means 70 clicks in 5 seconds.

So I went to Click Speed Test and tried my self.

You’re a Rabbit! Well.. You Clicked with the speed of 9.6 CPS (Clicks per seconds). You made 48 Clicks in 5 Seconds.

Automating the clicks

I wondered how fast can selenium click? I am pretty sure that a selenium script can beat this guy, but let's make sure finding some results.

This is the script:

driver = webdriver.Chrome(DRIVER_LOCATION) #driver
driver.get("https://clickspeedtest.com/5-seconds.html")
print('Start clicking')
id = driver.find_element_by_id('clicker')
while True: # click for ever
  try:
    id.click() 
  except Exception as ex: # until it breaks
    print('Time is over')
    break

time.sleep(1) # results are slow
result = driver.find_element_by_css_selector('.times')
print(f'Result: {result.text}\n') 
driver.close()

I executed it several times to find an average value, but basically this was the result:

Start clicking
Time is over
Result: 190 Clicks in 5 Seconds

Let's learn something

I wanted to have a lesson learned out of this post, so I tried and tested a couple of myths:

1) The original script finds the element once and then uses that instance to execute the clicks. But what if we try to find the element inside the loop and click it right away driver.find_element_by_id('clicker').click().

The outcome is way slower clicking as expected:

Result: 137 Clicks in 5 Seconds

2) We can try to use a javascript executor to performs the clicks instead of the click method:

javaScript = "document.getElementById('clicker').click();"
driver.execute_script(javaScript);

My lesson learned for this case is that using javascript not always trigger the click event.

3) What if I use a headless browser? Does it makes any difference:

The result is (surprisingly for me) an average faster clicking:

Result: 216 Clicks in 5 Seconds

I executed this a lot of times and in some cases it went down to ~170, but average was mostly faster.

Final thoughts

Maybe clicking this fast is not a normal use case for selenium, but knowing how to improve tests speed and performance can save some minutes of execution on large amounts of tests.

Suggestions on what else we can test?

cheers :) and remember to keep clicking
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Comments

[Brett Cooper]

The world record of the world's fastest clicker is now updated on clickspersecond.com. The record holder's name is Joseph Garrett from England with an amazing speed of 23 CPS.

You can achieve this speed with some proper practice and correct techniques. I have listed five of the most important tips to help you increase your clicks per second rate.

Let me know what you think in the comments and if you have any questions.

[Aydan Stueart]

My record is 23 CPS and I did 115 clicks in 5 seconds

[Pankaj Kumar]

I tried Selenium code to click on clickspersecond.com but they show auto clicker detected and my score is not added in their leaderboard. How can I use selenium on clickspersecond.com?

[John]

It works with arealme cps test and I just got Falcon. Thanks!

arealme.com/click-speed-test/en/

Would be great if you could develop some script for hand eye coordination test. Link is on the above page.

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[Elsa Smith]

It's fascinating to explore the world of clicking speed and automation. The world record holder's achievement in click tests is truly impressive, showcasing incredible dexterity. Your experiment with Selenium to automate clicks is intriguing.

While Selenium can achieve impressive results in click tests, it's important to consider the practicality and purpose of such high clicking speeds. Nonetheless, understanding ways to enhance test speed and performance is valuable, especially when dealing with large test suites.

[Kallan Ey Ey]

made an account just to say, the website is filled of fake world records. As a member of the minecraft community, there is people such as kahzuk who could get 17 for 5 seconds. Even i beat the claimed 1 second world record as a random

[rick-r-dough]

just beat the record
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[gvrjay]

Actually the website is fake....the information given about the world record is not official at all. There is a wide variety of clickers who even get cps above 20! Plus, it also depends on what mouse you are using. Some mice can double click causing the cps to be twice the number. So there is no official record.

[DualCores]

my fingers hurt
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[ズィシャーン カリミ]

I took the Fastest Mouse Clicks in 5 Seconds Challenge and clicked 72 times in 5 seconds at a rate of 14.4 clicks per second. Here's the video link:
youtu.be/xQHr2i-Y-A4

[youmom]

my not cuz helped autoclickdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/uvhe7hsnvf00njxhapun.ing