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Typing race

Race to type a passage from a classic book. Your racer moves with every letter you get right and speeds up as you do, from tiptoeing to a rocket. The first across the line wins. It’s free, with no ads, and you can race your friends with a link.

Up to five racers type the same passage. Best with a keyboard. To race your friends, sign in and share the link to a private race: they can join without an account.

How a typing race works

  1. Join a race

    Press Start. The race waits a few seconds while racers line up, up to five in a race.

  2. Get ready

    A three-second countdown, and the passage appears: a few lines from a book like Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland or The Wind in the Willows.

  3. Type it

    Your racer moves with each letter you type right, and speeds up as you do. A wrong key turns red and the text waits for the right one, so fix it and keep going.

  4. Cross the line

    See your place, speed and accuracy, then race again. Every finished race counts toward your daily goal.

Your speed counts from Go to your last letter, so it is usually a little below your speed in practice, where the clock starts at your first key. To see what holds your speed back, look at your habits after a few races, or take a typing test for a speed to compare with other typists.

Your racer

Your racer shows how fast you are typing, and changes as you speed up or slow down: it tiptoes under 10 WPM and flies a rocket from 150. Everyone in the race changes the same way, so you can see who is speeding up.

  1. Tiptoeingunder 10 wpm
  2. Walking10+ wpm
  3. Jogging30+ wpm
  4. Running50+ wpm
  5. Skateboard70+ wpm
  6. Bicycle90+ wpm
  7. Motorbike110+ wpm
  8. Car130+ wpm
  9. Rocket150+ wpm

Race your friends

Choose Race your friends above the track to start a private race, then send your friends its link or its six-character code. Up to ten can race at once. You sign in with Google to host; your friends can sign in too, or join as guests under a name they type.

The host starts each race when everyone is in, and Race again starts the next one, as often as you like. A clock above the passage keeps each race moving: once the first racer crosses the line, the others have up to a minute to finish.

Tips to win a typing race

  • Keep your eyes on the text

    Every look down at the keys costs a moment. Touch typists keep their eyes on the passage and read a word or two ahead. How to stop looking at the keyboard

  • Get it right the first time

    A wrong key stops your racer until you type the right one, so a steady, accurate pace beats a fast one full of mistakes. How to improve your typing accuracy

  • Read the start before Go

    The passage appears during the three-second countdown. Read its first words, so your fingers are moving the moment the race starts.

  • Practice your slow keys between races

    Races count as practice, and Your habits shows the keys and key pairs that slow you down. Practice rounds aim straight at them. Your habits

  • Build speed a step at a time

    Speed comes from many short, accurate sessions more than from rushing. A race a day on top of a few minutes of practice adds up. How to type faster

Questions about typing races

Is the typing race free?

Yes. Racing is free, with no ads and nothing to install. Press Start to race at once, with no account. Hosting a private race with friends needs a free sign-in with Google, and your friends can join it without one.

How is my speed measured in a race?

Your speed is words per minute from Go to your last letter, counting a word as five characters, spaces included. Because the clock starts at Go, a slow start costs time, as in any race. Accuracy is the share of your keystrokes that were right.

What is a good speed in a typing race?

In a study of 168,960 typists, the average was about 52 words per minute, so a race at 50 WPM or more is a good one. At 80 WPM you’re in about the top 10%, and 100 WPM or more is rare: fewer than 2 typists in 100 reach it. Race speeds run a little below test speeds, because the clock starts at Go. To see where you stand, take a typing test or read what a good typing speed is.

Source: Dhakal, Feit, Kristensson and Oulasvirta: Observations on Typing from 136 Million Keystrokes (CHI 2018)

How long does a race last?

Each race has a clock above the passage. It starts with enough time to type the passage at half your usual speed (in a private race, half the slowest racer’s), from one to five minutes. Once the first racer crosses the line, the others have as long again as the winner took, from 30 seconds to a minute, so nobody waits long for the next race. Anyone who hasn’t finished when the clock runs out is out of time.

What happens when I press a wrong key?

The letter turns red and the text waits until you type the right one, so there is nothing to delete. The wrong key still counts against your accuracy, and your racer waits with you.

Why does my racer change?

Your racer shows your speed as you type. Under 10 WPM it tiptoes; from 10 it walks, from 30 it jogs, from 50 it runs, from 70 it rides a skateboard, from 90 a bicycle, from 110 a motorbike, from 130 it drives a car, and from 150 it flies a rocket. It follows your speed over the last few seconds, so a fast stretch can put you on a bicycle and a slow one can bring you back to a run. The number at the end of your lane is your average since Go, which is your speed at the line.

Where do the passages come from?

They come from books old enough to be in the public domain, such as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and The Wind in the Willows. Each is a few sentences in everyday punctuation, like a message or an email: commas, periods and apostrophes, and only now and then a question, an exclamation or a short quotation. Each race shows the book, its author and the year it came out.

Can a class or a club race together?

Yes, up to ten at a time. One of you signs in, starts a private race and shares its link or code; each racer joins under their Google first name or, without an account, a name they type, and names with rude words are refused. The host can remove anyone from the race. The passages come from classic books chosen for every age, and there is no chat, so races stay friendly for kids.

What name do I race under?

You race under a name made up for this browser, like BraveOtter42, and it stays the same when you come back. In a private race with friends, you race under your first name from your Google account, or as a guest under a name you type, so your friends know who is who. Names with rude words are refused, the host can remove anyone, and there is no chat, so races stay friendly for kids.

Can I race my friends?

Yes. Choose Race your friends, sign in with Google, and send your friends the link to your private race, or its six-character code. They open it, type a name or sign in, and wait on the track while you start the race, up to 10 racers. Only people with the link can join, and you can race again as often as you like.

How is this different from TypeRacer?

It’s the same idea: everyone types the same passage, and the first across the line wins. Here the passages come from public-domain classics chosen for every age, your racer changes with your speed, from tiptoeing to a rocket, a private race takes up to ten racers by link or code, and every race counts toward your practice, so your habits show which keys hold you back. It’s free, with no ads.

Do races count as typing practice?

Yes: a finished race is saved with your practice rounds in this browser, so it counts toward your daily goal and streak and shows up in your habits. Signed in, it is saved to your account like any round.

Can I race on a phone or tablet?

You can, with the on-screen keyboard, but races are made for a real keyboard, where your fingers can find the keys without looking. A keyboard plugged into a tablet works like one on a computer.