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Start typing and the clock starts with you. You get your WPM and accuracy, plus the exact words and keys that cost you time.
Pick a length on the options row and start typing. The clock starts on your first keystroke, not when the page loads, so you can read the first line before you begin. Press Tab to restart at any point. Punctuation and numbers are toggles, the word list comes in six languages, and Advanced difficulty swaps in longer, less common words.
Next to the tests sit twenty-five typing games (a 3D space shooter, a rhythm game and more), twenty-five Twists that bend one rule of a timed test, and a Practice group with lessons, dictation and a shortcut trainer.
Net WPM is the headline, and only correctly typed words count towards it. Raw WPM sits beside it and counts every keystroke, so a big gap means mistakes are eating your speed. Accuracy is correct keystrokes divided by all keystrokes. Errors are split into corrected (fixed with Backspace before you moved on) and uncorrected (still wrong when you pressed Space). Consistency measures how steady your pace was across three-second slices of the run. The full formulas are in our guide to how WPM is calculated.
Under the numbers you get your peak burst (your best three seconds), your slowest words, the words you missed and the keys that slipped. Click any of them for a drill. A replay plays your run back at the speed you typed it, so you can see exactly where you hesitated. Over time the Stats panel fills a keyboard heatmap with accuracy, speed and finger views.
Every result gets a label based on net WPM. Treat it as a rough guide.
| Net WPM | Label | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Under 20 | Beginner | Still finding the keys |
| 20 to 29 | Learning | The habit is forming |
| 30 to 39 | Average | Close to typical adult speed |
| 40 to 49 | Capable | Faster than most people |
| 50 to 59 | Proficient | Comfortable for office work |
| 60 to 74 | Fast | Seriously quick |
| 75 to 89 | Advanced | Roughly the top tenth |
| 90 to 109 | Expert | Professional territory |
| 110 to 139 | Elite | Competition class |
| 140 and up | Legend | A tiny fraction of typists |
There are more than 60 colour themes (plus an editor for your own), 22 reading fonts and four caret shapes, or no caret at all. Tape mode turns the text into a single line that slides past a fixed caret. A pace caret can run beside you at your average, your best or a speed you set. For sound, pick from 25 packs recorded from real mechanical keyboards. Stop on error, Confidence and Blind modes make it stricter. Everything runs in your browser, with no account.
Net WPM counts the characters in every word you typed correctly, adds one space per word, divides by five and then by the minutes taken. Raw WPM counts every keystroke, right or wrong. These are the same conventions 10FastFingers, Typeracer and Monkeytype use, so your numbers compare fairly.
The commonly cited adult average is roughly 40 WPM. Around 60 WPM is quick enough for almost any office job, and anything above 90 WPM puts you well ahead of most typists. Accuracy matters as much as speed, so aim for 95% or better.
No. Everything works without signing up, and your history, records, heatmap and settings are stored in your own browser. Sign in only if you want your runs on the leaderboards, a public profile and your progress on every device.
Every mode and game has a board. The Daily and the 15, 30, 60 and 120 second tests are verified: the words come from our server and your keystrokes go back to it, so the server scores the run itself. Every other board (the arcade, the training games, the challenges and the other tests) is checked against how long the run took. Each board shows the best run per person for today, the last seven days and all time.
One minute is the standard benchmark most people quote. Use 15 or 30 seconds for warm-ups and quick checks, and 2 or 5 minutes to find out how well you hold your speed.