Hommer Zhao

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Hommer Zhao

Founder & General Manager, CPSKit

Hommer Zhao is the founder and general manager of CPSKit. He runs the site and is responsible for its content: the click and keyboard tests and the guides.

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Articles by Hommer Zhao

What is spam clicking, and why auto-clickers get you banned

Spam clicking means clicking as fast as you can by hand. An auto-clicker is software or hardware that clicks for you, and servers such as Hypixel ban it. Here is the rule text, the cooldown arithmetic and what our own CPS test does with automated clicks.

Hommer ZhaoHommer Zhao · 7 min read

Is a higher CPS actually better for gaming?

A higher CPS helps only when the game converts every extra click into an extra action and your accuracy holds. Here is the arithmetic for when it stops paying off, and what a browser CPS test cannot tell you.

Hommer ZhaoHommer Zhao · 6 min read

How fast can the average person click?

No test page can honestly publish the average person's click speed. Here is why, what the published research on tapping speed does and does not say, and a five-minute way to find your own typical CPS.

Hommer ZhaoHommer Zhao · 6 min read

Spacebar double-typing or missing presses: how to test

Double-typing is spacebar chatter; missing presses are a contact that will not close — and the space key is prone to both because it is the most-hit, off-center, stabilized key. Tap it once and at both ends in the keyboard check, watch for 2 down/2 up or a tap that never registers, and rule out key-repeat and software before blaming the switch.

Hommer ZhaoHommer Zhao · 7 min read

A dead or sticky keyboard key: how to test which key is failing

A dead key sends no event; a sticky key stays down or fires on its own. Press each suspect key once in the keyboard check and read the result — no response means dead, a press that never releases means stuck — then rule out Sticky Keys and software before blaming the switch.

Hommer ZhaoHommer Zhao · 7 min read

Keyboard key that types twice (key chatter): how to check it

A key that types twice is usually switch chatter — one tap that arrives as two presses. Rule out key-repeat and software, then watch a single tap register as 2 down / 2 up in the browser, and see the honest limit of what a keyboard check can measure.

Hommer ZhaoHommer Zhao · 6 min read

What a “DPI analyzer” web page actually measures

“DPI checker” pages promise to read your mouse's DPI in the browser. They can't. We captured every value the browser actually gives a page while the mouse moves — and none of it is DPI. Here's the real data and the reason.

Hommer ZhaoHommer Zhao · 6 min read

The double-click chatter reference

One place for the facts about double-click chatter testing — the threshold math, real three-browser results, and an open dataset you can download, cite, and reproduce. Updated as we capture more.

Hommer ZhaoHommer Zhao · 7 min read

How to increase your click speed

Clicks per second is a trainable rate, not a fixed talent. Here are the grips and techniques that genuinely help, the myths that don't, and how to measure progress without fooling yourself.

Hommer ZhaoHommer Zhao · 6 min read

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