Test your typing speed in five minutes
Correct typing posture
Before you start typing, be sure to sit properly. Standard correct typing posture on the body body parts of the health has an important protective role, if you sit in front of the computer for a long time every day, then some bad posture will bring great harm to your body, and also have a great impact on the typing speed. The correct sitting posture should be.
1. The screen and keyboard should be in front of you, should not let the neck and wrist is in the oblique state.
2. The center of the screen should be lower than the level of your eyes, the screen should be at least an arm's length from the eyes.
3. To sit straight, do not half suit, half lie down, do not let your body sit in an incorrect position.
4. Thighs should be kept parallel to the front arm as much as possible.
5. Hands, wrists and elbows should be kept in a straight line.
6. Feet easily and smoothly placed on the floor or foot pad.
7. Typing materials or manuscripts on the left side of the keyboard, or with a special clip, clip next to the monitor. Eyes on the manuscript when typing, the body should not follow the tilt.
8. The brightness and contrast of the monitor should be adjusted to the degree of clarity but not harsh to the eyes.
9. Take a break at the right time.
What is a timed typing test?
A timed typing test measures how much text you can type within a fixed time limit. It is designed for clear WPM benchmarking, typing speed comparison, accuracy tracking, and daily keyboard practice. The fixed timer makes results easy to compare between 1 minute, 2 minute, 3 minute, 5 minute, 8 minute, and 10 minute tests.
How to use the timed typing test
Choose a time mode, press Start typing test, click the typing area, and type the displayed words as accurately as possible. The countdown starts when you begin typing. You can restart at any time, enable keyboard sounds, or switch to the advanced custom typing test for more options.
How timed typing test results are calculated
The result page reports WPM, CPM, KPM, accuracy, elapsed time, backspaces, correct characters, incorrect characters, missed characters, and entered characters. WPM is based on correct characters divided by five and normalized per minute. Accuracy is based on correct typed characters compared with entered characters, so both speed and precision affect the final score.