So I started a miner a couple of days ago, and have got to mid 20s. I actually find it quite relaxing to run around mining some of the time My question is regarding the time between mines in a node.

When standing at a node with someone else, even of the same or lower level, they mine significantly faster. The pause between taps on the node is a lot less and they're away and on the next node while I'm still on the second try.

I can't do it any faster, my interface doesn't allow it? Is there something I'm missing or is it just the fact that I live in Aus and am on a Japanese server giving some lag between the mining command and actual mining?