1-minute typing test
60
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Type the words shown. Press Control or Command with Enter to restart, and Escape to stop a test or open settings.
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Type the words shown. Press Control or Command with Enter to restart, and Escape to stop a test or open settings.
ctrl/⌘ + enter restart esc stop or settings
60-second typing test
Sixty seconds, two common words at a time, and nothing else on screen. This one-minute typing test turns every correct keystroke into words per minute and tells you how accurate you were, so you get a dependable number without committing to a long session.
Short tests are fun, but they are fragile. In a fifteen-second run, a single one-second hesitation takes away a fifteenth of your time; across a full minute, the same pause costs a sixtieth. Your score stops swinging with every stumble and starts reflecting how you normally type.
A minute is also short enough to repeat. Two or three runs back to back show whether a result was typical or a lucky streak, and together they take about three minutes of typing.
The clock starts on your first keystroke, not when the page loads, so take a breath and place your fingers first. When the minute ends, TypeMe counts the characters of every word you typed correctly, with the space after each, and divides by five to get words. Because the test lasts exactly one minute, that count of five-character words is your net WPM, with no further arithmetic.
Raw WPM is worked out the same way from every key you pressed, wrong ones included. Accuracy is the share of keystrokes that matched the prompt. A prompt only moves on once it is typed exactly right, so each mistake costs you twice: once in accuracy, and again in the seconds spent pressing Backspace.
A few habits make a single minute far more representative of your real speed.
TypeMe keeps a personal best for each setup, so your one-minute record is separate from your thirty-second record and never mixed with paragraph or punctuation runs. Every finished session is also saved to the Progress page in this browser, with a trend line that shows whether your minute is getting faster from week to week.
One number on its own says little. Five one-minute results taken over a fortnight say a lot, because the trend is what tells you whether your practice is working.
For most people, yes. A minute is long enough that one hesitation or one lucky stretch barely moves the score, and short enough to repeat. For the most reliable picture, average two or three runs rather than keeping only your best.
The ranges do not change with test length. Below 30 WPM counts as beginner and 30 to 45 as average; 45 WPM or more is fast, 65 or more is professional, and 90 or more is exceptional, assuming accuracy of 95% or better.
As many as your speed allows: prompts keep arriving until the minute is up. At 40 WPM you will have typed about 200 correct characters, which is 40 five-character words.
You have to: a prompt moves on only when it matches exactly. Fixing an error quickly is part of the skill the minute measures, and a wrong key still counts against your accuracy even after you correct it.
Want a routine? Read The Quiet Practice, a short guide to typing faster, or browse the typing guide.