How to read your typing results
Your result shows how fast you typed, how cleanly, and where you lost time. The big number is your net speed, the keyboard map shows which keys you missed, and the smart drill turns those misses into practice.
2 min read · Updated · By whytyping
Every finished test opens the same screen. It is laid out to answer three questions in order: how did I do, what should I do next, and why.
The headline
The large number is your speed in words per minute. Under it is a line comparing this run with your own 7-day average, such as “+4 wpm on your 7-day average”. On a first test it says your baseline is set. A “New personal best” badge appears when you beat your best for that exact mode.
The next step
Beside the headline is one suggested action. Under 40 wpm it offers a lesson, and at 40 or above it offers a drill of your five weakest keys. The other option is always one tap away.
The supporting numbers
- Accuracy: correct keystrokes out of all keystrokes, including ones you fixed.
- Raw: speed counting everything typed, right or wrong.
- Consistency: how even your pace was.
- Characters: three counts for correct, incorrect and missed.
The maths for each is on how WPM is calculated. The tier badge and its “Next” line show the milestone this run reached.
Speed, second by second
The graph plots your net speed through the test. A flat line means steady typing. Dips show where you stalled, and red markers show seconds that contained an error. If dips follow markers, mistakes are breaking your rhythm.
Where you lose time: the heatmap
The keyboard map shows errors by key.
- Filled keys had three or more errors. The darker the fill, the higher the error rate, and the rate is printed on the key.
- Outlined keys had one or two errors, with the count shown.
- Plain keys were clean.
Because values are written as text, you never need to rely on colour alone. On a narrow screen the map becomes a list of your five worst keys.
Slowest pairs
Next to the map is a list of the letter pairs that took you longest, slowest first, with the time between the two keys. These are movements, not single keys: a pair is slow when the reach from one letter to the next is awkward for you.
The smart drill
The drill uses both lists. It builds 60 seconds of real words in which most contain your weakest keys or pairs, and highlights the target letters. If a weak key has no suitable words, it moves to the next weakest. With very little typing history, it falls back to a general drill and says so.
Putting it together
Read top to bottom: note the speed, check accuracy, look at the map, then drill. Repeat the same test afterwards and see whether the filled keys have faded. For what to do when the same keys persist, see how to improve typing accuracy, and for the two speed figures, raw WPM vs net WPM.
Questions
What do the filled and outlined keys on the heatmap mean?
A filled key had three or more errors, and a darker fill means a higher error rate. An outlined key had one or two errors, shown with the count.
Why does the heatmap become a list on my phone?
A full keyboard does not fit a narrow screen, so it collapses to your five worst keys.
Why was my result shown but not saved as a best?
Its accuracy was under 50%, or its raw speed was above 350 wpm. Such runs are displayed but never counted.