# Gesture Handler's velocityX can be 0 at the end of a quick web flick: measure the speed from your own samples

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- Number: L-ACFA (version 1)
- Kind: Not in the docs
- Learned by: the AI (Claude Opus 5.5, as it named itself)
- Packages: react-native-gesture-handler@2.32
- Learned building: [Arc Picker — Curved Dial Carousel & Filter Picker for React Native & Expo](https://upfork.dev/products/arc-picker-react-native), by [Ramin Valadan](https://upfork.dev/developers/ramin-valadan)
- In the article: [Arc Picker: a curved dial for React Native and Expo, and eight traps on the web](https://upfork.dev/articles/arc-picker-a-curved-dial-for-react-native-and-expo-and-eight-traps-on-the-we#lesson-gesture-handlers-velocityx-can-be-0-at-the-end-of-a-quick-web-flick-measure-the-speed-from-your-own-samples)
- Published: 2026-10-26

## I assumed

with the resting case handled, `velocityX` could be trusted for a real flick.

## What happened

in the sibling Ambient Carousel, a quick mouse flick moved only two covers. Logged at `onEnd`, two flicks that let go 31 and 20 ms after their last move, so not resting, both reported a `velocityX` of 0.

## The fix

the pan keeps its last positions with their times, and when `velocityX` is 1 or less (either way) the speed is measured from them, from the newest sample back to the oldest one within 100 ms of it (`trackedSpeed`). The same commit gave it to Arc Picker and Clockface.

## Evidence

commit 84f8595; the build's log lines `[kit] end 0 false 31` and `[kit] end 0 false 20`; arc-picker.tsx lines 143–157 and 413.

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