How to type faster

1. Take a baseline

Run the typing test for 30 or 60 seconds with fresh words. Note your correct WPM and text accuracy. That is the number to beat, on this device and keyboard.

2. Practise the keys you miss

After each run the result shades a small keyboard with the keys you missed and lists the most-missed ones. Choose Practice words with these keys to get a round of words that use them. A capital counts on its letter, so a missed shift shows up on that key.

3. Replay your missed words

Choose Practice these words for a round made of the words you got wrong, including the ones you fixed with backspace. Practice scores stay separate from fresh-word scores, so your baseline stays honest.

4. Build up to longer runs

Short runs show your top speed; 2, 5 and 10 minute runs show how well it holds. The result lists your speed and accuracy second by second, so you can see where it drops.

5. Add capitals, punctuation and numbers

Real text has capitals, commas and numbers. Choose Capitals, punctuation and numbers for a harder set, or paste your own text: it stays in the tab and is never saved or sent.

6. Compare fairly

Use the same device, keyboard and settings when you compare runs. A phone keyboard with suggestions and a desk keyboard are different tasks.

What WPM is good?

On our guide, correct WPM is Casual from 25, Solid from 40, Sweaty from 60 and Cracked from 80. The bands grade correct WPM, so mistakes do not move you up. They are our own guide, not an average of other typists.

Our own guide, not a scientific scale.

Want a break?

Build a word combo in the typing game, or check a key that repeats in the keyboard chatter test. See how WPM and accuracy are worked out.