Typing speed test
Click the passage and start typing. The clock starts on your first keystroke. You will get net WPM and accuracy at the end, scored the same way the duels are: correct characters ÷ 5 ÷ minutes. The run finishes when every character is right, so mistakes have to be fixed rather than left behind.
Click the passage (or tab to it) and start typing. The clock starts on your first keystroke.
What this test does differently
It uses ordinary prose. Most typing tests draw from a list of the two hundred most common English words, in lowercase, with no punctuation — which is a fine way to practise finger speed and a poor way to find out how fast you type. Capitals need a modifier key. Punctuation lives under your weakest fingers. Unfamiliar words break the rhythm that common-word lists let you build. Expect a number a little below your Monkeytype score, for the same reason your score differs between typing sites generally.
It also requires correction. Some tests let you type past a mistake and simply deduct for it; this one does not consider the passage complete until every character matches, which is the rule a TypeBag duel uses. It makes the score harder to inflate and closer to how fast you actually produce finished text.
Nothing is stored
The test runs in your browser and keeps no record. No account, no cookie set for it, no result written to a database, nothing sent to us. That is also its limitation: a score you generate on your own machine, on a passage you can retry, is a claim rather than a measurement. The page cannot see whether you had already read the text, or how many attempts came before the one you kept.
What the number means
The commonly cited adult average is around 40 WPM. Roughly 60 is comfortably above average, 80 is about double the average, 100 is the speed most people are aiming at when they start practising, and 150 is elite. Accuracy matters at least as much as the headline figure: below about 95%, the time spent correcting quietly eats the speed you gained.
Questions
Do I need an account to take the test?
No. The test runs entirely in your browser. There is no sign-up, no login and no result saved anywhere, on our side or yours.
How is the score calculated?
Correct characters divided by five, divided by the time in minutes. A word is scored as five characters including the space, which is the convention every typing test uses. Only characters you got right are counted, so the score falls as accuracy falls.
Why does the test use full sentences instead of word lists?
Because a list of short common words in lowercase flatters everyone, and flatters fast typists most. Real prose with capitals, punctuation and the occasional awkward transition produces a lower number and a more honest one.
Can I take the test on a phone?
The page works on a phone, but the test needs a physical keyboard to produce a meaningful result. Touch-screen typing is measuring something different.
Is this the same as playing on TypeBag?
No. This is a solo test you can retry as often as you like. A TypeBag duel puts you against another person on a passage you have not seen, where you cannot restart, which is a substantially harder thing to score well at.
The harder version of this test
A solo test is a rehearsal. You choose when to start, you can restart whenever a run goes badly, and the only pressure is the one you bring. The number that actually tells you something is the one you produce on a passage you have never seen, at the same moment somebody else is typing it, with no option to try again.
That is what TypeBag is. The free tier needs no account and no deposit, so it costs you nothing to find out what your test score does under pressure — race someone now, or read how a duel works first.