Rules
What a faster page has to clear to count.
There is no entry form. If you want to be faster, build something that clears these rules and let the numbers speak. The Rank board is a lab snapshot under this contract — not a signup contest.
- Public homepageA real URL anyone can open. No login walls, no localhost, no demo that only runs on your machine.
- Same lab rulerClaims use the same tool and profile as Rank: PageSpeed Insights mobile lab, sorted by LCP. Field data (CrUX) and “this visit” RUM are useful stories; they do not replace the lab floor.
- Worldwide floorSpeed has to hold up from more than one region. If one place is fast and another is slow, the slower reading is your score. You do not get to advertise the best PoP.
- No best-of-N cherry-pickingPublish a dated run. Do not keep the luckiest single lab hit. Prefer a pass others can re-open in PageSpeed Insights with the same URL and profile.
- The HTML is the productThe document you claim is the page people land on — not an empty shell that bounces into a heavier app, and not a zero-byte trick that is not a site.
- Weight stays on the boardTransfer size and request count matter. A blank “gotcha” page does not win the product claim.
- Disclose how it is servedEnough hosting or edge detail that someone can judge fairness — for example Workers or Pages at the edge versus a single-origin toy.
- Reproducible by strangersAnyone should be able to paste your URL into PageSpeed Insights and land in the same ballpark. If only you can reproduce it, it does not count.
Build first. Argue with the rules later if you must — but bring a URL.