Typing Test

How many words per minute can you type?

The summer evenings were long. It was not dark, yet. Presently Tom checked his whistle. A stranger was before him - a boy a shade larger than himself. A newcomer of any age or either gender was an impressive curiosity in the poor little shabby village of St. Petersburg. This boy was well dressed, too well dressed on a weekday. This was simply astounding. His cap was a dainty thing, his close-buttoned blue cloth roundabout was new and natty, and so were his pantaloons.

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About the test

This is a simple test of typing speed, measuring words per minute, or WPM.

The standard measure of WPM is (number of characters / 5) / (time taken). By that measurement, "quick brown fox" is 15 characters, including spaces.

The recorded score is WPM * Accuracy.

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