diff --git a/implementations/main.cpp b/implementations/main.cpp
index 474d0ac..36285c1 100644
--- a/implementations/main.cpp
+++ b/implementations/main.cpp
@@ -1378,6 +1378,10 @@ public:
         // spend a verdict on. A press made only of these is a "try again", not
         // a rejection.
         int skippedUnsettled = 0;
+        // Split the latency: everything before contact is the user placing a
+        // finger, everything after is this daemon.
+        int msToContact = 0;
+        int msFromContact = 0;
     };
 
     // `accept` is the set of fids that count as a match for THIS request. The
@@ -1412,6 +1416,12 @@ public:
         int pressFrames = 0, rescans = 0, skipped = 0;
         std::uint32_t pressFid = 0;
         auto t0 = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+        // When contact first appeared. The wall clock a client sees starts when
+        // the REQUEST starts, so it is dominated by how long the user takes to
+        // get a finger onto the sensor -- measured at 2 s and more, against a
+        // match that lands on the first contact frame. Timing from contact is
+        // the only figure that says anything about the daemon.
+        std::optional<std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point> tContact;
         auto msSince = [&](auto t) {
             return std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(
                 std::chrono::steady_clock::now() - t).count();
@@ -1431,6 +1441,7 @@ public:
             bool finger = baseline_.IsFinger(c.metric);
             // A press begins only once contact is settled; see TouchTracker.
             bool settled = baseline_.IsSettled(c.metric);
+            if (finger && !tContact) tContact = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
             fingerPresent_.store(finger);
             out.frames++;
             if (finger && !settled && !tracker.FingerDown()) skipped++;
@@ -1533,6 +1544,12 @@ public:
                      out.frames, msSince(t0),
                      out.frames ? msSince(t0) / out.frames : 0, g_frameGapMs,
                      skipped ? std::format(", {} unsettled frame(s) skipped", skipped) : "");
+        if (tContact) {
+            out.msToContact = static_cast<int>(msSince(t0) - msSince(*tContact));
+            out.msFromContact = static_cast<int>(msSince(*tContact));
+            std::println("  timing: {} ms waiting for a finger, {} ms deciding once it was there",
+                         out.msToContact, out.msFromContact);
+        }
         out.skippedUnsettled = skipped;
         if (cancel) {
             SendCommand(app_, ta::Cmd::Cancel, {});