I have a reaction time 10x faster than pro gamers. Don't believe me? The Human Benchmark just told me

A chart showing the distribution of testers' click latency on the Human Benchmark website. (Image credit: Human Benchmark, humanbenchmark.com)

I have a reaction time 10x faster than pro gamers. Don't believe me? The Human Benchmark just told me... I've been spending an unreasonable amount of time clicking things as fast as I can, this morning. I'm testing whether the Logitech G Pro X3 Superstrike's inductive clicks really help me react quicker compared to a regular switch click. Anyway, the usual range for reaction time on the Human Benchmark site is 100–300 ms. We might expect pro gamers to get towards 150 or 160 ms. Well I just got 16 ms. So which esports team is gonna pick me up? My inbox is open. (And no, I absolutely, definitely didn't just accidentally click at the exact right moment before I even registered the colour change. Nope. Just don't ask me to do it again.)

Jacob Fox gets 16 ms on the Human Benchmark reaction time test. — (Image credit: Human Benchmark, humanbenchmark.com)

Jacob got his hands on a gaming PC for the first time when he was about 12 years old. He swiftly realised the local PC repair store had ripped him off with his build and vowed never to let another soul build his rig again. With this vow, Jacob the hardware junkie was born. Since then, Jacob's led a double-life as part-hardware geek, part-philosophy nerd, first working as a Hardware Writer for PCGamesN in 2020, then working towards a PhD in Philosophy for a few years while freelancing on the side for sites such as TechRadar, Pocket-lint, and yours truly, PC Gamer. Eventually, he gave up the ruthless mercenary life to join the world's #1 PC Gaming site full-time. It's definitely not an ego thing, he assures us.