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600 Character Typing Test

At 600 characters (~120 words), this test begins to surface consistency issues. Most typists start strong and slow subtly in the second half. Tracking where your speed drops in a 600-character test helps you identify whether your weakness is stamina, concentration, or specific letter patterns.

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How to Get the Most from This Test

Where Does Your Second Half Go?

Treat the 600-character test as a diagnostic instrument rather than a scoreboard. At 120 words — a three-minute effort at 40 WPM, ninety seconds at 80 — it splits naturally into two halves of 60 words each, and the comparison between them tells you exactly what to train next. Mentally mark the midpoint as you type, then ask afterwards which half felt faster and where your mistakes landed.

The patterns sort into three distinct diagnoses:

  • Speed sags after the midpoint but accuracy holds — a stamina problem. Add one longer test to each practice session and the sag fades within weeks.
  • Errors cluster in the final 30 words — a concentration problem. Your fingers aren't tired; your attention is wandering, and accuracy drills rebuild that focus more efficiently than more testing.
  • Slowdowns scattered randomly throughout — a vocabulary problem with specific letter combinations, independent of length entirely.

For scale, 600 characters is about the size of a cover-letter opening or a thorough support reply — exactly the kind of document where a visible quality drop halfway through gets noticed by a reader. Fixing the second-half fade here pays off in text other people actually judge.

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