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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.
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Real-user data from the Chrome UX Report, 75th percentile, mobile. Measured on https://www.theguardian.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.0.8 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.349 ms
INP Interaction to Next Paint: how quickly the page reacts when you tap or click. Under 200 ms feels instant.113 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.0.8 s
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Weekly p75, phone 75th percentile: three quarters of real visits were at least this fast that week.Fastest week 0.9 s · slowest 0.9 sDashed line: the 1.5 s rule
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