# Firebase retrieval speed test

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/firebase-retrieval-speed-test/1296904>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** firebase\
**Created:** [May 21, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/firebase-retrieval-speed-test/1296904 "2021-05-21T01:34:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 4:15am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/firebase-retrieval-speed-test/1296904/7 "2021-05-21T04:15:44Z")

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You’re right! I’m getting **0.15 seconds** with this:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/2/8/2858390ddb7239a25e9ce16aa60a159b7b59e4d8.png)

So it really is the cloud variables that are causing all the slowdowns. And yes, thank you for pointing out the synchronous nature of them that’s really the issue.

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