60
seconds
A forty-word race against three pace bots and, once you have a record, your own ghost. The bots are tuned to your best.
Rally is a normal typing test with company. You and three pace bots race over the same forty words, and a track above the text shows where everyone is. The bots start when you do, with a little natural drift so they do not move like a metronome. Once you have a record on the board, your own ghost joins the grid.
The bots are anchored to your personal best, so the race stays close whatever your speed:
| Difficulty | Bot 1 | Bot 2 | Bot 3 | Extra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | 78% of your best | 95% | 112% | None |
| Advanced | 92% | 106% | 124% | Grandmaster at 100 WPM |
On Standard that gives you one bot you should beat, one real fight and one stretch. The Grandmaster does not scale. It runs at 100 WPM for everyone, which makes beating it a fixed milestone you can brag about.
Rally uses the same engine and scoring as a standard test: net WPM from correctly typed words, plus raw WPM, accuracy and errors. Your finishing place sits alongside. The headline is a real WPM figure, so a Rally result is directly comparable with your other tests of a similar length.
Mostly it trains nerves. Watching rivals pull ahead makes people rush, and rushing makes errors. Rally lets you practise staying at your own pace while something beside you is moving. The bot just above your best is also a clear, visible target, and having something to chase is often enough to find a few extra WPM.
For a 3D race against rivals at fixed speeds, try Nitro in the typing games. For a chase that keeps getting faster, play Treadmill. And for a fair contest with real people, everyone gets the same words in the daily challenge.
They are set from your personal best. On Standard, one runs below your best, one close to it and one a little above. On Advanced all three move up and a Grandmaster bot joins at a flat 100 WPM.
Once you have a record on the board, a ghost running at your record pace joins the race. Beat it and you have typed faster than you ever have in Rally.
Yes. It runs on the same typing engine as the standard test, so your result is net WPM with the usual accuracy and error breakdown, plus where you finished.