About this exercise
Simple reaction time is the fastest possible response to a single stimulus — a pure measure of neural conduction plus motor execution.
Elite human averages fall around 200 ms. Average adults land near 270-300 ms. Fatigue, caffeine, and even posture shift the number meaningfully.
We discard early button-presses as false starts because they reflect anticipation, not reaction.
Tracking your RT over weeks is a surprisingly sensitive marker of sleep and training load.