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Live Results on This Test

median WPM

WPM — top 10%

97.7%

average accuracy

644

tests — last 90 days

Computed from real completed tests on this exact format over the last 90 days. Score above 44 WPM and you're faster than half the people who take this test.

How to Get the Most from This Test

Think of it as a long email. 500 characters is roughly one paragraph of professional writing. If your WPM here feels comfortable, that's your realistic document-editing speed.

Don't rush the opening. With 100 words ahead of you, there's no benefit to sprinting the first 20. Find a sustainable rhythm quickly and hold it through to the end.

Use this to benchmark real-world typing speed. Unlike 15-second sprint tests, 500 characters reflects how fast you actually compose messages, reports, and documents. This number is more practically relevant than your burst WPM.

Target 98% accuracy. At 100 words, even 3–4 errors noticeably reduces net WPM. Accuracy discipline here transfers directly to cleaner typing in real work.

Repeat 3 times and take the middle score. Your best run is sometimes a fluke; your worst is sometimes a bad moment. The middle score of three attempts is your most reliable benchmark.

From Test Score to Inbox Throughput

Here's a calculation worth doing once: a typical knowledge worker sends 15–25 substantial email replies a day, and at roughly 500 characters each that's 8,000–12,000 keystrokes of composed prose. At 40 WPM, the typing alone consumes around 50 minutes; at 80 WPM, it's 25. Your score on this test is the variable in that equation — every 10 WPM you add returns several minutes to every working day, which is why the 500-character distance (100 words, 2.5 minutes at 40 WPM, 75 seconds at 80) is the most directly monetizable benchmark on the site.

It also measures something timed tests can't: completing whole thought-units. An email has an opening, a body, and a sign-off, and your fingers behave differently across those phases — most people start deliberately, accelerate through the middle, and stumble on the closing pleasantries they type on autopilot. Run this test a few times and notice where your rhythm shifts; that's a map of how you actually compose.

To put the number in context, compare it against your 1-minute test score. If the fixed-length result is more than a few WPM lower, the difference is composition overhead — and shrinking that gap is a more realistic goal than chasing raw speed.

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