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1-Minute Typing Test

One minute is the length most people mean by "typing speed". It is the standard for online tests and the figure most job listings have in mind, which makes it the most comparable number you can produce.

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WPM0
Accuracy0.0%
Time left1:00
Raw0
Consistency0%
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Click here to start — the clock starts on your first keystroke

Pasting is disabled during a test.

What a 1 minute test does and does not tell you

A minute is not long enough to show whether you can sustain a pace. Plenty of people who test well at one minute slow noticeably by minute three.

  • This is the number to quote if someone asks how fast you type.
  • Take it at a pace you can hold, not a sprint: the score counts only correct characters, so errors cost you twice.

What one mistake and one pause cost in 1 minute

A typing score is an average over a sample, and the length of the test is the size of that sample. At 50 WPM, 1 minute is about 250 characters. One wrong keystroke therefore moves your accuracy by 0.40 points, and a single one-second hesitation removes 0.83 WPM from the result. Over five minutes the same slip costs 0.08 points and the same pause 0.17 WPM, which is why longer tests are steadier and harder to get lucky on.

Sample size and the cost of one error or pause at 1 minute
Your speedCharacters typedOne error costsA 1-second pause costs
30 WPM1500.67 accuracy points0.50 WPM
50 WPM2500.40 accuracy points0.83 WPM
70 WPM3500.29 accuracy points1.2 WPM

Calculated with the formulas on the methodology page: WPM counts correct characters divided by five per minute, and accuracy counts every keystroke, so a corrected error still counts against it.

How to practise with a 1 minute test

  1. Take it three times a week at the same time of day and record the median. That is the number to watch.
  2. Read your accuracy before your speed. Below 95%, slow down until it rises; the WPM figure will follow, because each error removes characters from the count and costs time to correct.
  3. After each run, look at the weakest keys in your results and drill those two in the lessons rather than taking another test straight away.

Other test lengths

Once you know your speed, the useful next step is finding out which keys are costing you time.

Turn the score into progress

A timed result is only useful if something changes afterwards.