Typing leaderboards

How the boards work

Each person appears once per board, with their best validated result. You can look at today, this week or all time, pick a timed test or a fixed number of words, choose 15, 30, 60 or 120 seconds for timed tests, and switch language by typing its name and pressing Enter.

The weekly board resets every Monday. The all-time board is open once you've put 30 minutes of typing into your account, which keeps it from filling up with one lucky run from a brand-new account.

What it takes to get on

Your run needs at least 90% accuracy. Then it goes through the same checks as every result on the site. We recompute the score from the keystroke log, check that nothing was changed on the way to our server, and look at the timing between your keys. Very fast timed results, above 130 WPM, that also show unusual timing are held back until you pass a short re-test. You always see your own result straight away; only the public board waits.

It sounds strict. It's the only way a leaderboard means anything. The full list of checks, and how to appeal if we got one wrong, is on the anti-cheat page.

Seeing your own rank

Sign in and your rank shows up on every board you qualify for. Signing in is an email link, with no password to remember. If you'd rather not appear publicly at all, you can opt out of leaderboards in settings and keep your results private.

Other boards

• The daily challenge has its own board for the day's text. It's the fairest race on the site, because everyone types the same text.
• Every passage in the quotes library has its own records, shown when you pick it on the quotes page.

Want to get on a board? Start with the 1-minute typing test, the length most people compare.