Bot race

Race a typing bot

A bot race puts a pacer next to you. Pick a bot at 40, 60, 80 or 100 words per minute, or take on the 120 boss, type the first key, and both of you set off through the same text: a minute's worth of common words for that bot. Two lanes above the text show how far each of you has got. Finish the last word before the bot does and you win; if the clock reaches zero first, the bot got there.

The speeds are round numbers, so they make clear goals, and they sit close to the typing tiers. The 40 bot types at the Silver line and the 60 bot at the Gold line; the 80 bot sits between Gold and Platinum, and beating the 100 bot means typing above the Platinum band of 90. The 120 bot is the boss level: it types at the Diamond line, the top tier. A good choice is the bot just above your own average, which the setup screen picks for you once you have taken a few tests.

Bots that type like people

A bot that hit every key at the same interval would be easy to read and dull to race. These ones speed up and slow down from word to word and hesitate now and then, the way real typists do, yet each is tuned so that over the whole minute it averages exactly its label. The pacing comes from the race number, so race #4821 at 80 wpm always plays the same way: replay it to see whether you can beat your own margin, or share the number with a friend.

Records

Your result shows your speed, accuracy and finishing time against the bot's, and the fastest bot you have beaten appears on the games page. A race counts toward your daily streak, but it never changes the personal bests from typing tests. For steady improvement between races, the touch typing lessons and the drill after each test do the groundwork.