Changelog
What changed on TypeBurst, and when. Entries marked affects measurement changed how a score is calculated or recorded, and those are the ones tied to the version number on the methodology page, currently 1.0.0.
Measurement methodology published, version 1.0.0
Every scoring rule the test follows is now written down on the methodology page: which WPM variant is reported, how accuracy and errors are counted, when the clock starts, what backspace does. The rules were already the rules; what changed is that they are public and versioned.
Pasting into the test is blocked
A typing test that accepts a paste measures the clipboard. Pasting is now refused outright, with a visible notice explaining why.
The clock now reads from a monotonic source
Timing moved from the system clock to performance.now(), which cannot jump when the machine's clock is corrected. Elapsed times are exact from here on.
Results screen shows gross WPM, net WPM and keystrokes per hour
The same run, scored the three ways other sites and employers score it, so a visitor can quote the figure they were asked for instead of guessing which one their score is.
Three practice drills with their own word lists
The home row drill never leaves a s d f g h j k l, the accuracy drill refuses a wrong key instead of counting it, and the numbers and symbols drill types digits, dates and codes. Each uses a different list from the standard test.
Data entry test rebuilt on record fields
It now types names, street lines, order references, amounts, dates and postcodes rather than prose, and reports keystrokes per hour first, because that is the unit job adverts are written in.
Local progress history, with export and import
Finished tests are recorded in your own browser and shown as a chart and a table on the progress page. Export to JSON or CSV, import on another device, or delete the lot. No account, no server copy.
Shareable results and a printable result record
A finished test can be turned into a link that carries its own score, or into a printable record that names the measurement version it was produced under. Neither stores anything.
Embeddable widget
The test can now be put on any site with one line of HTML, free and without a key. The credit link sits in the widget's own HTML rather than being injected by script.
The test is now visible without JavaScript
Every test page renders a real sample passage from its own word list in the HTML, plus a noscript explanation, so a crawler that runs no JavaScript sees the tool instead of an empty box.
Author, dates and sources on every content page
Each page carries a visible byline with its publication and last-updated date, matching the Article structured data and the sitemap's lastmod, and the research pages state what was measured by others and what was measured here.
Average typing speed rebuilt on cited research
The benchmark figures were traced back to their sources, the age finding was corrected to the mobile study it actually comes from, and the finger-count and typing-course claims were rewritten to match what the 2018 paper reports.
Duration pages, data entry and beginners pages added
The 10 second, 30 second and 2 minute tests, the data entry test and the beginners page were added alongside the original four tests and three guides.
TypeBurst launched
A free typing speed test that runs entirely in the browser, with live WPM, accuracy and CPM, personal bests stored on the device, and no account.