Rhythm Tester

Press Start and listen to the first bar. Then tap once on every click — four taps per bar — using Space, any key or a tap on the screen.

After the 4, 3, 2, 1 countdown the music cuts out. Keep tapping at the same tempo through the silence. A dot ring around the orb shows how many silent beats you have covered.

Tap too early, too late, twice or not at all and the run ends. Your result shows how many seconds you held the beat, your rank, your longest combo and whether you tend to rush or drag.

Most rhythm games let you lean on the music. This rhythm tester takes it away. Without a click to follow, you have to rely on your internal sense of tempo, and small errors add up fast. Drift a fraction early on every tap and you will be rushing well before the silence ends.

The tempo is picked at random between 88 and 120 BPM each run, so you cannot just memorize one speed. The game also calibrates to your taps during the music, which helps compensate for audio and screen delay on your device.

Each tap is graded Perfect, Great or Good depending on how close it lands. The timing window narrows a little as rounds go on. Clear a silence and the room flips back to color, a new musical layer joins and the next silence is longer.

Ranks run from Lost in the silence and Finding the pocket to Steady hands, Session drummer, Human metronome and Atomic clock. Your best time is saved in this browser so you can come back and beat it.

The chart plots every tap from your last silence above or below the beat line, with a band showing what counted as on time. The Tendency stat tells you whether you were steady, rushing or dragging on average — useful if you play music, dance or just want to know if you got rhythm.

Tip: tap your foot or nod along, count the beats in your head and keep your taps relaxed. Tension makes most players speed up.