Typing test guide
Starting, pausing, and focus
The first committed character starts the clock. Pause and resume are explicit controls. Switching tabs or moving focus away pauses a running test, so background timer throttling does not inflate the result. Return and choose Resume when ready.
WPM and accuracy
Raw WPM equals typed characters divided by five and by elapsed minutes. Effective WPM uses correct characters. Accuracy is correct characters divided by evaluated positions; when time expires, remaining target characters count as omissions.
Mistakes and backspaces
Characters are checked by position. A wrong character is a mistake, an unfinished target character is an omission, and each Backspace key is counted even when it repairs an error. The result review shows the expected and typed character at each mismatch.
IME, paste, and touch keyboards
IME composition is accepted only after the composition is committed. Paste and drop are blocked because they would not measure typing. The text area uses ordinary browser input so hardware and touch keyboards can enter English, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese course text.
Focused practice
After a test, TypingCove ranks the expected keys that caused the most mistakes or omissions. A focused accuracy drill is generated from those keys, and its best accuracy is saved on this device. The drill does not create a public score or ranking.
Accuracy lessons
Four independent courses provide 20 original lessons each in English, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese. Each lesson needs 90% accuracy to unlock the next in that language. English lesson mistakes contribute aggregate expected-key counts to the weak-key profile; non-English course text and typed lesson responses are not stored.
Key Rally
Key Rally is a 45-second typing game with eight English targets and three chances. Targets that contain weak keys appear first. Each round stores only its score and updates aggregate expected-key attempts and errors on this device; there is no account or public ranking.
Input effects and reduced motion
The compact Input effects setting offers Off, Letter pop, Power Mode, RGB snap, Typewriter ink, Character wave, and Rhythm pulse across tests, lessons, drills, and Key Rally. The choice stays on this device and never changes scoring. Effects wait for IME composition to commit and stop when Reduce motion is enabled or the browser requests reduced motion.
Refresh recovery and history
An unfinished response is kept in this tab's session storage so a refresh can restore it in a paused state; restarting or completing the test clears that response. Up to 100 completed summaries and an aggregate weak-key training profile are stored in this browser. Typed text and keystroke timelines are not stored. Clear history removes both the result summaries and training profile.