The longest word-count preset
A hundred words is roughly a solid paragraph. In this test you type all of it, the clock counts up, and the run ends when the last word is done. Nothing is cut off mid-thought by a timer.
That makes it the word-count test for people who want a proper effort without watching seconds drain away.
Pacing over a fixed distance
The first twenty words are easy to rush. Try not to. Over a hundred words, an even tempo almost always beats a quick opening followed by a slump.
A simple plan works well:
- Words 1 to 20: settle in. Type slightly below your top speed.
- Words 20 to 80: hold. Keep your eyes one word ahead and your hands loose.
- Words 80 to 100: finish cleanly. This is where concentration slips and errors creep in.
The progress label on the card shows where you are, so you can check your position at a glance without breaking rhythm.
What a longer distance reveals
With a hundred words there is enough data for the result screen to say something reliable. The consistency figure shows how even your pace was. The second-by-second graph shows where you sped up or stalled. The keyboard map has enough keystrokes behind it to pick out real weak keys instead of one-off slips.
Keys with three or more errors are filled in, darker for more. Keys with one or two errors get an outline and a count. If the same letters appear here and on your other results, they are worth a drill.
Compared with the timed tests
Your speed is worked out from correct characters and the time you took, exactly as in a timed run, so the figure can sit beside your 2-minute typing test result. Bests are stored per preset, though, so the two never overwrite each other.
If accuracy is your main goal, the typing accuracy test uses the same hundred-word distance on full sentences with punctuation.
Short of time?
Halve the distance with the 50-word typing test. The format is identical.
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