Mental speed is high until age 60

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I play counterstrike and I frequently is at the top spot in death match games, beating second place with twice their score sometimes.

I'm 47. My reaction time hasn't slowed at all. My memory have a little bit though.

Try this reaction time test: https://humanbenchmark.com/tests/reactiontime

200 is the mean, 273 is the median. I'm 21 and I average anywhere between 160-180ms depending on the time and day, but I have a low-latency setup. The best of the best can get down to 140-150 average.

I'm 61 and average 211. I don't think my reaction time is bad, but my memory isn't as good as it once was.

I have 398 so not very fast. Still I do great in CS :)

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