The Golden Retriever

Portrait of a Golden Retriever

Retrievers were bred to fetch, and they will fetch with joy until the sun goes down. Speed is not really the point; the point is that they are absolutely thrilled to be playing. Your 275-319 millisecond average is a very normal online score once you add the few tens of milliseconds that screens, browsers and mice quietly steal.

Your reflexes are fine. Your attention, however, may have wandered off to sniff something. Many people in this tier are faster in real life than on a test, especially once they are warmed up and not reading the instructions for the third time. The roast: you clicked, then thought "wait, was that it?", and the clock kept running.

Strengths

• Normal, healthy reaction speed
• Great attitude about trying again
• Accurate rather than jumpy: few false starts
• Improves quickly with a little practice

Blind spots

• Starts slowly and warms up late
• Loses focus between rounds
• Happily blames lag, and is sometimes right

Where it shows up

You are the friend people want on their team because you make everything more fun, even when you lose the quick-draw round. At work you are dependable rather than twitchy, which is honestly the better trait. A good night of sleep and a few practice runs could move you up a whole tier.

Your neighbors on the speed chart

Vibes

• enthusiastic
• team player
• warming up
• good boy energy
• one more round