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Performance

“A single uncompressed JPEG at 4200x2800 loads before anything renders. On a mid-range phone over 4G the page shows nothing for roughly 6 seconds.”

1 findingPriority weight 5%1 recommendation
Points Lost Here

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Strong · top band

025 pts

This score reflects the canonical issue impact allocated to this category. Resolving the highest-impact issue could move it to 100.

Findings and Observations

1 finding in this category.

01Confirmed issueHIGHHero section
Up to +3 category points

The hero image is 4.2 MB and blocks the first paint

A single uncompressed JPEG at 4200x2800 loads before anything renders. On a mid-range phone over 4G the page shows nothing for roughly 6 seconds.

hero-marble.jpg transfers 4.2 MB as a render-blocking resource.

The Prime SignalMed effort+3 pts when fixed

Modern formats, correct dimensions per viewport, explicit width and height.

Remediation Guidance

Export the hero at the sizes actually used, serve WebP or AVIF with a JPEG fallback, and add width and height so layout does not shift.

Done Looks Like

  • The hero image transfers under 400 KB at desktop width.
  • Smaller viewports receive appropriately sized files.