How well do you recognise faces? Take the test.

[Witterquick]

Take the test here:

http://www.faceblind.org/facetests/ff/ff_intro.php

The average score is 85 but I only got 71. So I accurately guessed that I'm somewhat below average. I'm interested to know how everyone does, so post your results here.

 

[blablover5]

I got 100%. Though I am much better with voices.

 

[John Clark]

I'd have said I'm hopeless, but I got 29 out of 30 right. The missing one, I knew the face, but couldn't remember his name.

Spoiler

"Turns out it was Jerry Seinfeld."

 

[Rÿcher]

Out of 30 faces, you correctly identified 29.
You were familiar with 30 of the people in this test.

If we exclude the ones you were unfamiliar with, you got 97% correct.

On our previous version of this test, the average person with normal face recognition was able to recognize about 85% of the faces they were familiar with. If you missed more than half of the faces you were familiar with, this may indicate face recognition difficulties.


I slipped up on

Spoiler: this person

Tony Blair

 

[An Officer]

100%

The only faces I didn't recognise were those I wasn't familiar with - Nixon and Seinfeld.

And here I thought I would have a below average face recognition... as I often fail to recognise even people I've worked with in the past. I guess there's a difference between a face recognition problem, and a selective memory.

 

[Rÿcher]

100%

The only faces I didn't recognise were those I wasn't familiar with - Nixon and Seinfeld.

And here I thought I would have a below average face recognition... as I often fail to recognise even people I've worked with in the past. I guess there's a difference between a face recognition problem, and a selective memory.

then, how'd you get 100%?

 

[An Officer]

^ "If we exclude the ones you were unfamiliar with, you got 100% correct."

 

[Cicero]

100 percent, though I almost missed

Spoiler:

Thatcher, whom I've never seen before. I guessed she might be who she was, though, since she came right after Blair (which made me think of British PMs) and looked not unlike I've heard Thatcher described.

 

[Kestra]

That was a lot easier that I thought it would be. Then again I do much better on tests when I'm not timed.

 

[propita]

28 out of 30, but I wasn't familiar with Blair or Atkinson--can you tell I'm American?

So, for the ones I was familiar with, 100%

 

[archeryguy1701]

I got a 68%, and there was only one or two people I was unfamiliar with.

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

I got 87%. Still above average.
I got a few politicians wrong that were before my time.

 

[CheapTrick]

I got 100%, 30 out of 30. I might have missed Tony Blair if I hadn't read this thread first, but now I'm not sure.

 

[JimCasy]

I missed Tony Blair, Thatcher, and DeNiro.

And I could've sworn I knew what Tony Blair looks like...is that an uncommonly bad picture of him?

 

[Cicero]

^ Yes, it is.

 

[Arthur Frelling Dent]

Knew them all. Recognized them all. 100%

 

[JimCasy]

^ Yes, it is.

Good, I don't feel quite so bad about missing it now...

 

[Chris3123]

I only got one wrong, but I was familiar with the person. The only reason I got it wrong was because I confused his face with another actor's.

Spoiler:

the face was Brad Pitt, but I said it was Matt Damon

 

[WillsBabe]

I got 86%. I'm amazed given that I consider myself to be utterly appalling with face recognition. Someone I hadn't seen for a year stopped my in the supermarket yesterday for a chat and I had no idea who they were until they kindly dropped a rather large hint!

 

[John Clark]

I got 86%. I'm amazed given that I consider myself to be utterly appalling with face recognition. Someone I hadn't seen for a year stopped my in the supermarket yesterday for a chat and I had no idea who they were until they kindly dropped a rather large hint!

Been there. I usually just bluff my way through it until they either hint or I figure it out