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www.afr.com speed test — 20 Oct 2026

Measured from the wfix.shop server on 20 October 2026 at 15:52 UTC. Grade B (89/100), with the screenshots, the timings and the fixes that matter.

https://www.afr.com/

20 October 2026 at 15:52 UTC · Free test · report pt_9f9b25ca72fa
Grade
B
89/100
Performance85/100
Structure95/100

14 audit(s) passed, 2 need work

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First byte (TTFB)383 msmeasured from this server
Fully loaded4.00 sfirst byte + slowest asset
Requests26document + assets
Page weight446.7 KBcompressed transfer
HTML document241.9 KBgzip
ProtocolHTTP/3server not sent
Third-party191.5 KBother hosts

Where the first byte went

  • DNS lookup 71 ms 19%
  • TCP connect 62 ms 16%
  • Server wait 250 ms 65%

Measured on the connection that fetched the HTML. Every other request on the page waits for the end of this bar before it can start.

How this page compares

First bytefaster than 59% of 4,999 pages tested here383 ms against a median of 449 ms
Page weightlighter than 62% of 4,999 pages tested here446.7 KB against a median of 650.5 KB
Fully loadedslower than 88% of 4,999 pages tested here4.00 s against a median of 1.84 s
Requestssends more requests than 100% of 4,999 pages tested here26 against a median of 26

Every report published here is in this comparison, so it is a reference population of pages tested from one server - not a benchmark of the whole web.

What these numbers mean

  • The first byte arrived in 383 ms. That is workable, and the cheapest win left is caching or a warmer connection.
  • The page transfers 446.7 KB over 26 request(s). Images files are 46% of it, so resize and recompress the largest images before anything else.
  • The HTML itself arrives gzip-compressed.
  • It runs over HTTP/3, so the assets share a connection instead of opening one each.
  • 43% of the weight comes from other hosts (analytics, fonts, embeds), which also means their slow day becomes your slow day.

Fix first: HTML document size - Paginate long listings, move repeated markup into a template, and stop inlining large data URIs into the HTML.

Read on one shared server, not a visitor's phone: use it to compare pages against each other, not as a promise about every connection. We fix what these tests find.

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The headless browser did not capture this page when the test ran, so only the server measurements are shown.

Page weight by type

What the page is made of

Images 13 requests
204.9 KB 46%

Transfer size, compressed as sent. 26 request(s) in total, 446.7 KB across all of them.

Top issues

HTML document size

medium impact

The document transfers 241.9 KB. A bloated document delays every other request, because nothing else can start until it is parsed.

Fix: Paginate long listings, move repeated markup into a template, and stop inlining large data URIs into the HTML.

Avoid extra redirects

medium impact

1 redirect hop(s) before the page load started, each one a full round trip before the first byte.

Fix: Link to the canonical URL (and make sure http, the apex domain and www all point at it) so no visitor pays a redirect first.

Waterfall

Slowest requests

OTHERstatic.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.2731%2C$multiply_3%2C$r…
3.62 s
OTHERstatic.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.5519%2C$multiply_2%2C$r…
3.57 s
OTHERstatic.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.3143%2C$multiply_3%2C$r…
3.54 s
OTHERstatic.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.4149%2C$multiply_2%2C$r…
3.39 s
OTHERstatic.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.42%2C$multiply_2%2C$rat…
3.21 s
OTHERstatic.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.5519%2C$multiply_2%2C$r…
2.41 s
OTHERstatic.ffx.io/images/$width_80%2C$height_80/t_crop_f…
2.38 s
OTHERstatic.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.5295%2C$multiply_2%2C$r…
2.28 s
OTHERstatic.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.1765%2C$multiply_4%2C$r…
2.24 s
OTHERstatic.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.315%2C$multiply_3%2C$ra…
2.23 s

Each bar is one request's own response time, scaled to the slowest. Assets were fetched in parallel, so the bars overlap in real time rather than stacking. first party third party

RequestTypeStatusTimeSize
https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.2731%2C$multiply_3%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_371%2C$y_365/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_160%2Cq_88%2Cf_auto/f22e89330df16333d68fd46d1837ebbbbf59992d, 3rd partyother4043.62 s0 B
https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.5519%2C$multiply_2%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_140%2Cq_auto:best%2Cfl_any_format/b4cc84c5fb23e100eb2309fba889ca8e999bb2f0625dc164552e7e83543a8d27, 3rd partyother4043.57 s0 B
https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.3143%2C$multiply_3%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_106%2C$y_194/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_192%2Cq_88%2Cf_auto/e2c6a94b69a0a698ea694112497338e951c0dea8, 3rd partyother4043.54 s0 B
https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.4149%2C$multiply_2%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_297%2C$y_80/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_192%2Cq_88%2Cf_auto/4d04cd9681daa3ce42a8cf338e8dfbf4125265aa, 3rd partyother4043.39 s0 B
https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.42%2C$multiply_2%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_502%2Cq_88%2Cf_auto/3aa1be020cc8e536befaf737d8b45e6aa08acba528335bfef26d4421efbcc4a9, 3rd partyother4043.21 s0 B
https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.5519%2C$multiply_2%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_140%2Cq_auto:best%2Cfl_any_format/4a642be457b4244e80858576ff6eda7e683d5311a3ff82fa2efebceca65b4e80, 3rd partyother4042.41 s0 B
https://static.ffx.io/images/$width_80%2C$height_80/t_crop_fill%2Cq_auto:best%2Cfl_any_format/25cc8c74f48b08a60ab02df02ab9d248a21c0ea2, 3rd partyother4042.38 s0 B
https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.5295%2C$multiply_2%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_192%2Cq_88%2Cf_auto/3028edf01bf6949e932e14d014a9515265504b98, 3rd partyother4042.28 s0 B
https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.1765%2C$multiply_4%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_96/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_192%2Cq_88%2Cf_auto/e1cb0c8054b8b2ce36b3bbe243bd0c0402744323, 3rd partyother4042.24 s0 B
https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.315%2C$multiply_3%2C$ratio_1%2C$width_378%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_80%2Cq_88%2Cf_auto/83f624843262e2ca4e4a15052129f7f5a69bfa5e29027030a433a93dbbbf346a, 3rd partyother4042.23 s0 B
https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.3792%2C$multiply_3%2C$ratio_1%2C$width_378%2C$x_869%2C$y_85/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_80%2Cq_88%2Cf_auto/da2dc0ea56c7a711831755e79b9b0b1606d84410, 3rd partyother4042.21 s0 B
https://www.afr.com/afx_prid/2023.10.16.1/auth/ps/p202310161.js?lcsid=D3377D70-045F-4C2C-B07F-C88533E87E67other2001.63 s0 B
https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.2731%2C$multiply_3%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_371%2C$y_365/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_240%2Cq_88%2Cf_auto/f22e89330df16333d68fd46d1837ebbbbf59992d 3rd partyimages2001.35 s15.3 KB
https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.6287%2C$multiply_2%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_31/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_140%2Cq_88%2Cf_auto/83f624843262e2ca4e4a15052129f7f5a69bfa5e29027030a433a93dbbbf346a 3rd partyimages2001.33 s8.7 KB
https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.445%2C$multiply_2%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_884%2C$y_87/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_140%2Cq_88%2Cf_auto/da2dc0ea56c7a711831755e79b9b0b1606d84410 3rd partyimages2001.29 s6.5 KB
https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.3143%2C$multiply_3%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_106%2C$y_194/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_220%2Cq_88%2Cf_auto/e2c6a94b69a0a698ea694112497338e951c0dea8 3rd partyimages2001.24 s13.1 KB
https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.5295%2C$multiply_2%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_220%2Cq_88%2Cf_auto/3028edf01bf6949e932e14d014a9515265504b98 3rd partyimages2001.21 s13.9 KB
https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.4149%2C$multiply_2%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_297%2C$y_80/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_220%2Cq_88%2Cf_auto/4d04cd9681daa3ce42a8cf338e8dfbf4125265aa 3rd partyimages2001.20 s10.0 KB
https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.1765%2C$multiply_4%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_96/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_220%2Cq_88%2Cf_auto/e1cb0c8054b8b2ce36b3bbe243bd0c0402744323 3rd partyimages2001.19 s16.6 KB
https://www.afr.com/google-play.pngimages2001.17 s8.3 KB
https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.5519%2C$multiply_2%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_284%2Cq_auto:best%2Cfl_any_format/b4cc84c5fb23e100eb2309fba889ca8e999bb2f0625dc164552e7e83543a8d27 3rd partyimages2001.15 s20.4 KB
https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.42%2C$multiply_2%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_620%2Cq_88%2Cf_auto/3aa1be020cc8e536befaf737d8b45e6aa08acba528335bfef26d4421efbcc4a9 3rd partyimages2001.15 s61.1 KB
https://static.ffx.io/images/$width_80%2C$height_80/t_crop_fill%2Cq_auto:best%2Cfl_any_format/25cc8c74f48b08a60ab02df02ab9d248a21c0ea2 3rd partyimages2001.14 s3.9 KB
https://www.afr.com/appstore.pngimages2001.13 s5.1 KB
https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.5519%2C$multiply_2%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_284%2Cq_auto:best%2Cfl_any_format/4a642be457b4244e80858576ff6eda7e683d5311a3ff82fa2efebceca65b4e80 3rd partyimages2001.10 s22.0 KB
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