Typing · 60 s
Typing Test
Start typing. Sixty seconds, and the timer starts on your first key.
Start typing. The timer starts on your first keystroke.
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What this measures
This test reports net words per minute, which is the number that means something. A word is defined as five characters, the standard used in typing research since the 1920s, and net WPM subtracts your uncorrected errors from the total. Raw WPM — what many sites show — counts every keystroke whether or not it was right, which is why those numbers run high.
The timer starts on your first keystroke, not on a button. You can restart at any moment with the tab key without touching the mouse, which matters when you are running twenty attempts in a row.
Afterwards you get four numbers: net WPM, raw WPM, accuracy, and consistency. Consistency is the one people ignore and should not — it is the variation in your speed from second to second, and a low figure means your good runs are luck rather than skill.
The error map shows which keys and which fingers cost you. Most people discover their problem is one hand or one row rather than general slowness, and that is something you can actually practise.
What is a good typing test score
| Band | Score | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Top 1% | ≥ 120 WPM | 99th |
| Top 5% | ≥ 95 WPM | 95th |
| Top 15% | ≥ 80 WPM | 85th |
| Top 30% | ≥ 65 WPM | 70th |
| Median | ≥ 52 WPM | 50th |
| Bottom 25% | ≥ 40 WPM | 25th |
| Bottom 10% | ≥ 30 WPM | 10th |
Bands follow Dhakal et al., CHI 2018 — 136 million keystrokes from 168,000 typists, mean 51.56 WPM.
Full typing test statistics, by age and device →
Questions
What is a good typing speed?
The average across a large research sample is about 52 WPM. Above 65 is faster than 70% of typists, above 80 is top 15%, and above 95 is top 5%. Professional transcriptionists work at 90 to 120.
What is the difference between net and raw WPM?
Raw WPM counts every keystroke you made. Net WPM subtracts the errors you left uncorrected. Net is the honest figure, and it is what employers mean when they ask for a typing speed.
How is a word counted?
As five characters including spaces, the standard used in typing research for a century. It makes results comparable across languages and across texts of different word lengths.
What is consistency?
How much your speed varied from second to second during the test. A high figure means you held a steady pace; a low one means you had bursts and stalls, which usually points to specific keys giving you trouble.
Does the keyboard layout matter?
Less than people claim. Alternative layouts such as Dvorak and Colemak show small gains in controlled studies, and most of the speed difference between typists comes from practice and technique rather than layout.
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