Typing Race
Race against ghost opponents at different skill levels.
Tap or click here, then start typing to begin the race
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Ghost Difficulty Levels
| Level | Ghost WPM | Faster than about |
|---|---|---|
| Casual | 40 | 30% of typists |
| Average | 60 | 69% of typists |
| Fast | 80 | 91% of typists |
| Pro | 100 | 98% of typists |
| Expert | 120 | more than 99% of typists |
How the Race Works
You and the ghost start at the same time. The ghost types at a constant speed based on the selected difficulty level. Your goal is to finish the passage before the ghost does. Focus on accuracy — correcting mistakes costs valuable time.
Improve Your Race Performance
- Start with a difficulty close to your current WPM and work up
- Focus on accuracy first — backspacing wastes time
- Keep your eyes on the upcoming text, not what you just typed
- Maintain a steady rhythm rather than bursting and pausing
- Practice with our WPM Test to establish your baseline speed
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When to Use This
Nothing pushes your typing speed like a visible opponent pulling ahead of you. The Typing Race puts a ghost racer on screen that types at a fixed WPM, and your job is simple: finish the passage before they do. It turns a solo practice session into a head-to-head competition, which is exactly the kind of pressure that forces breakthroughs in speed.
Use the race when you feel stuck at a plateau. Typing drills build accuracy, but racing builds urgency — the combination is what pushes you past the WPM ceiling you have been bumping against. It is also a great warm-up before a typing test, pair programming session, or a long writing sprint. Pick the difficulty one level above your comfort zone and chase the ghost.
The five ghosts type at fixed speeds — Casual (40 WPM), Average (60 WPM), Fast (80 WPM), Pro (100 WPM), and Expert (120 WPM). Measured against a published study of 168,960 keyboard typists (Dhakal et al., CHI 2018), beating the Average ghost means typing faster than roughly 69% of them, beating Pro roughly 98%, and Expert more than 99%.
Good to Know
Accuracy wins races, not raw speed. Every backspace costs you roughly half a second. At 80 WPM, a single corrected error wipes out the time you saved typing three words fast. Keep your error rate below 3% and your speed will climb naturally.
Read ahead, not behind. Train your eyes to stay two or three words ahead of where your fingers are. This gives your brain processing time and lets your fingers flow instead of stopping at each word boundary.
Rhythm beats bursting. Trying to sprint through easy words and then stumbling on hard ones produces a worse average WPM than maintaining a steady, consistent pace throughout the passage. Think metronome, not drag race.
Level up when you win 3 in a row. If you consistently beat a ghost by a wide margin, the difficulty is too low to push growth. Move up a bracket as soon as you can win three consecutive races at your current level.
Quick Reference
| Ghost Speed | Difficulty | Faster than about (if you win) |
|---|---|---|
| 40 WPM | Casual | 30% of typists |
| 60 WPM | Average | 69% of typists |
| 80 WPM | Fast | 91% of typists |
| 100 WPM | Pro | 98% of typists |
| 120 WPM | Expert | more than 99% of typists |