Using TypingTest.com

It's as easy as pressing your keys on the keyboard! In the Practice menu, there will be provided sample text. All you have to do is click it and type! Once you've completed your first test, your results will be displayed at the top. As you complete more tests, the results at the top will show you how you've improved.

If you want to change settings, you can do so with the settings button on the practice menu.

If you would like to submit a passage, you can do so in the future. Currently the feature is in developement.

How Do I Know I'm Improving?

After each test, your results will sent to a database and analyzed. Currently, I am still in the process of setting up FuanaDB to actually store those results, but in the meantime, you can see the Speed, Accuracy, and Score of your previous test to see how the differences in speed. The way these values are calculated are as follows:

Speed

Speed is calculated in Words Per Minute. The average word length in English is about four letters with every word having a space in between. Scoring a higher speed is ultimately the goal, but you can't have speed without accuracy!

Accuracy

Accuracy is calculated based on the amount of characters correctly typed. Typing several characters incorrectly will lower your accuracy. You are only penalized up to once per letter.

Score

You will gain points for every letter typed in correctly on the first try. Letters you miss will not be counted against you. Currently speed does not affect score, but that will change in the future.

Other Helpful Information

Here are a list of my tips:

• Make sure that you are in a comfortable position when typing. If you are not, over time you may feel pain in your wrists.
• Keep your fingers on the center of the keyboard as much as you can
  • If your hands drift around too much, you may type slower
• Slow but steady wins the race!
  • Practice the movements before you try to speed through a test. Just because your keyboard is making more noise, doesn't mean you are going any faster 😂
• Don't look down!
  • As much as you may want to look down, searching for a key is much slower than having the muscle memory to know where it is.
  • Practice as much as you can without looking down to type even faster!
• Try a different keyboard layout (if you have patience and are a little crazy)
  • Different keyboard layouts provide ways to type without moving around your hands as much
  • Some layouts also have the added bonus of being better for posture and long amounts of typing
• Finally, have fun! Typing fast isn't something that comes without practice. Take your time and get a feel for the world of speed typing!