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Science reveals some people might just be better at Fortnite because they see in a higher FPSWhile others are experiencing life at 35FPS and below

While others are experiencing life at 35FPS and below

Image credit:Epic

Image credit:Epic

A line-up of characters from Fortnite’s Chapter 4 Season 4, including a muscled fish man, an anime girl, that guy from the internet meme and a secret-agent looking fella.

It’s called ‘temporal resolution’ - how fast your brain interprets what your eyes see. If you have high temporal resolution the world seems very slightly slower to you than someone with low temporal resolution, so it may be you can react a tiny bit faster, too. The test carried out (full resultshere) involved sitting people in front of a light and increasing the speed at which said light flickered, until the participants could no longer detect the flickering. Some poorly-optimised rubes thought the light stopped flickering at 35 flashes a second, while others could still see it at above 60. Big variance - although it was only on 80 people, between 18-35, so you’d need a bigger, more detailed study to get a more accurate set. The Guardian says that other research has suggested that your temporal resolution dips as you get older, which makes sense, and also after you’ve done intense exercise. So yoked that you speed up time.