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LCP Largest Contentful Paint: how long until the biggest thing on the screen, usually the hero image or headline, has appeared. This is the number the club rule uses.

2.6s

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Not even close. Real users wait 2.6 s.

Real-user data from the Chrome UX Report, 75th percentile, mobile. Measured on https://www.nytimes.com. Checked 2026-09-03.

FCP First Contentful Paint: how long until the first text or image shows up. The moment the page stops being blank.1.9 s
TTFB Time to First Byte: how long the server takes to start sending the page. Slow TTFB means slow hosting or heavy server work.603 ms
INP Interaction to Next Paint: how quickly the page reacts when you tap or click. Under 200 ms feels instant.190 ms
CLS Cumulative Layout Shift: how much the page jumps around while loading. 0 is perfect, under 0.1 is good.0.05
Desktop LCP The same Largest Contentful Paint, measured for real visitors on desktop browsers. The club rule uses the phone number.2.0 s

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Weekly p75, phone 75th percentile: three quarters of real visits were at least this fast that week.

Fastest week 2.1 s · slowest 2.6 sDashed line: the 1.5 s rule

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