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It said I'm 36. It guessed 30.
What?
Despite being about 10 years off my actual age, I think this is pretty cool. I wonder if there's any other information they're taking apart from speed between clicks? Geo-location might help to narrow down the range of possible ages.
I wonder if the duration of a "quick break" is taken into account for their calculations?
right on the number for me. 33.
Spot on for me too. Wow.
Not accurate for me. I'm 51 and it guessed 32. I'd be interested in what the key factors are.
Not even close. Said I was 29 and I am 48.
It said 33, I am 40.
It told me I was 33 also and I'm 25.

The survey at the end was fairly short. I wonder what factors they might be missing. I type most of the day in a terminal and rarely use my touchpad except for scrolling and occasional clicks on websites. I also don't play video games often. It seems like both of those facts could have affected my speed.

It was off by a good decade for me.
Off by a year. Not bad.
Most of the numbers are around 30~ I don't think there is anything accurate about it.
said 31, I'm 41. yay?
I'm almost 35, it said 32. Close enough. I wonder if it just uses time to click or if there's something involving extraneous clicks or noticing the patterns. Interesting in any case.
Not very close. Said 32. I'm 47. From the other comments, seems like a pretty narrow range of guesses.
Not far off, but not amazing - 29 vs 33.
Does that thing just throw random numbers between 28 and 33 ? Looks like that if I read the comments :D .
Probably has more to do with the age of your average HN reader.
It even says 33 for over 50 year old folks here
For me it also said 30 although I'm few years younger actually.
For a friend that's 29, it said he was 10.
We need some volunteers to grab their kids and have them try it.
It said 29 and I don't turn 30 for a few more weeks.
I also got 29, but I'm 33. You click like a 33 year old! ;)
Said 40, I'm 21, really off!
I click like a younger model.
Not even close - guessed 44 and I'm 25.
Thank god I'm not the only person that it guessed older.