The stat tracks with what we see too. But I'd push it further: it's not just speed to first touch. It's speed to first useful interaction.
An auto-reply saying "someone will reach out" doesn't reset the clock. The buyer is still waiting.
The fix isn't more SDRs or faster SDRs. It's removing the human bottleneck from the first meaningful interaction entirely. Qualify, engage, route. In seconds, not hours.
That's what we're building at Spara. Happy to compare notes on what's working.