3 Minute Typing Test

Type for three minutes and see the speed you can hold, not just a sprint. The average in a 2018 Aalto University study of 168,000 volunteers was about 52 WPM.

Short tests reward a fast start. Three minutes shows your sustained typing speed, closer to how you type in real work. The timer starts with your first keystroke and the test ends after 180 seconds.

Your result

You get gross WPM, net WPM, and accuracy. Net WPM subtracts one word per minute for each uncorrected error. Signed-in runs count toward the 3 minute leaderboard.

The "faster than about N% of typists" line after each run is an estimate. It places your net WPM on a bell curve with the average (51.56 WPM) and spread (standard deviation 20.2 WPM) measured from 168,000 volunteers in a 2018 Aalto University study, "Observations on Typing from 136 Million Keystrokes" by Dhakal et al. Real typing speeds have a longer fast tail than a bell curve, so read it as accurate to within a few points.

Other tests

Switch to 15, 30, or 60 seconds for a shorter test, or Classic mode to type a full passage.