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300 Character Typing Test

Type exactly 300 characters and see your WPM and accuracy the moment you finish. At around 60 words, this is long enough to settle into a rhythm but short enough for multiple focused attempts in a single session. Perfect for tracking daily micro-improvements.

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Live Results on This Test

37
median WPM
77
WPM — top 10%
97.6%
average accuracy
25
tests — last 90 days

Computed from real completed tests on this exact format over the last 90 days. Score above 37 WPM and you're faster than half the people who take this test.

How to Get the Most from This Test

Why a Fixed Finish Line Beats the Stopwatch for Daily Reps

Three hundred characters works out to about 60 words — roughly the length of a long text message or a two-sentence Slack reply with context. At 40 WPM that's a 90-second effort; at 80 WPM you're done in 45 seconds. The defining feature isn't the length itself, though — it's that you can see the finish line. A 30-second timed test simply cuts you off mid-word, but a 300-character test ends when you complete the text, which trains a skill timed tests never touch: closing out a passage at full speed instead of fading as the clock runs down.

Structure your sessions like interval training. A simple protocol that fits into ten minutes:

  • One throwaway run to wake your fingers up — don't record it.
  • Five scored runs with about 30 seconds of rest between each.
  • Log the median, not the best — the middle number is the one that trends honestly.

Because each rep is so short, the last 15 characters carry real weight in your final score. Practice accelerating into the finish rather than coasting. Typists who treat the final two lines as the sprint segment routinely pick up 2–3 WPM on this length without any change in underlying technique — it's purely a pacing habit.

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