Measure your typing speed and accuracy
This typing test gives you a short passage, times you while you copy it, and reports your speed and accuracy. It is useful for checking a baseline before practising, tracking progress over a few weeks, warming up before a long writing session, or getting used to a new keyboard layout. You can practise on English passages (scored in words per minute, WPM) or on Chinese passages typed with your own input method (scored in characters per minute, CPM).
How to take the test
- Choose English or Chinese text, then a time limit of 30s, 60s or 120s. Changing either option loads a new passage.
- Click the box under the passage and start typing. The clock does not run until your first keystroke, so take a moment to read the first line.
- Correct characters turn green and mistakes turn red; the underlined character is the next one to type. Backspace works, and fixing a mistake removes it from the error count.
- The stats bar updates about ten times a second: speed, accuracy, seconds left and characters typed.
- The test ends when the timer reaches zero or when you finish the passage, whichever comes first. A results card shows speed, accuracy, characters and errors. Try Again or New Test starts over with a randomly chosen passage.
How the score is calculated
Every time the input changes, the page compares your text with the passage position by position. A character counts as correct only if it matches the character at the same position exactly, including capital letters and punctuation. Speed uses correct characters only:
- English: WPM = (correct characters ÷ 5) ÷ minutes elapsed. Five characters, spaces included, is the usual "standard word", so results are comparable across passages with long or short words.
- Chinese: CPM = correct characters ÷ minutes elapsed, with no division by five.
- Accuracy = correct characters ÷ characters currently in the box. Because it looks at what is in the box now, errors you correct with Backspace no longer count against you; the Errors figure likewise shows mistakes still left in the text at the end.
Time is measured from your first keystroke with the browser clock. If you finish the passage early, your speed is based on the time you actually took, not the full limit.
Passages and limits
The page ships with 12 English passages of roughly 280–315 characters and 12 Chinese passages of about 90–100 characters, and one is picked at random for each test. That means a fast typist can finish an English passage before a 60- or 120-second timer runs out; the result is still valid, just based on a shorter sample. Pasting into the box is blocked so the result reflects real typing. For Chinese, the page waits until your input method finishes composing a character before checking it, so pinyin letters in progress are not marked wrong. Short tests are noisy: take several and look at the typical result rather than your single best one.
Frequently asked questions
Why does a single typo lower my score so much?
Checking is strictly positional. If you skip or add a character, everything after it is shifted and shows as wrong until you backspace to the mistake and fix it. Correcting early keeps both speed and accuracy up.
Is this the same as the "net WPM" on other sites?
It is close but not identical. Many sites use gross WPM (all keystrokes ÷ 5) minus a penalty per uncorrected error. This page counts only correct characters, which usually gives a similar or slightly lower number. Compare results from the same site rather than across sites.
Are my results saved or uploaded?
No. The passage, your typing and the scores exist only in the page while it is open. Nothing is sent to a server or written to browser storage, so reloading clears everything. Note your result if you want to track progress.
Can I use my own text?
Not currently. The test uses the built-in passages so that scores stay comparable from one attempt to the next.