diff --git a/tools/e2e/41-physics.mjs b/tools/e2e/41-physics.mjs
index b7c2e829..9b84d74c 100644
--- a/tools/e2e/41-physics.mjs
+++ b/tools/e2e/41-physics.mjs
@@ -328,7 +328,11 @@ export async function physics(t) {
   const letGo = await evaluate('window.__dragLetGo');
   const log = (await json('__gm.world()'))?.log ?? [];
   await stop();
-  const held = dragSamples.filter((s) => s.t < letGo).map((s) => s.y);
+  const heldSamples = dragSamples.filter((s) => s.t < letGo);
+  const held = heldSamples.map((s) => s.y);
+  // How long the hold was watched, not how many frames that took: a busy runner drew 21 frames
+  // in the second a quiet one draws 50 in, and a count of 30 called that a failure.
+  const heldFor = held.length > 1 ? heldSamples.at(-1).t - heldSamples[0].t : 0;
   const released = dragSamples.filter((s) => s.t >= letGo);
   // 200 ms of free fall from rest is about 25 below the hold, a body let go at speed is not.
   const falling = released.filter((s) => s.t - letGo <= 200).map((s) => s.y);
@@ -336,7 +340,8 @@ export async function physics(t) {
   check(
     'a body dragged while playing hangs where the pointer holds it and is let go at rest',
     arrived &&
-      held.length >= 30 &&
+      held.length >= 5 &&
+      heldFor >= 800 &&
       held.every((y) => Math.abs(y - target) < 1.5) &&
       // Let go it only falls: no jump above the hold, no kick up. How far the first frame after
       // the release has already fallen follows the frame time, so that is not a bound here.
@@ -347,7 +352,7 @@ export async function physics(t) {
     JSON.stringify({
       target,
       arrived,
-      held: { frames: held.length, first: held[0], last: held.at(-1) },
+      held: { frames: held.length, ms: Math.round(heldFor), first: held[0], last: held.at(-1) },
       stamped: typeof letGo === 'number',
       released: released.slice(0, 3).map((s) => [Math.round(s.t - letGo), s.y]),
       fell,