How is keystrokes per hour worked out?

Every character is one keystroke, and the Enter or space between numbers counts as one too, the way 10-key tests count Enter. Net keystrokes per hour counts only the characters you typed right; gross counts every character key you pressed, including ones you later backspaced, but not Backspace itself. Both are the count divided by the time the run was scored over, scaled to an hour, so 150 correct keystrokes in one minute is 9,000 net kph. Scoring is by position, so a skipped or extra digit puts every character after it out of line, and those count as errors until you backspace and fix it.

Do I have to press Enter or space between numbers?

Either. On the number passage Enter types the space, so your right hand can stay on the keypad with the little finger on Enter. The space bar still works for anyone using the number row on a laptop without a keypad.

What is on the passage?

Fifty digit groups and decimals, such as 1024, 3.14 and 250.75, drawn in a shuffled order so nothing repeats until all fifty have been used. Every character is a digit or a decimal point, so all of it can be typed on a numeric keypad.

Is one minute long enough?

For practice, yes. A pre-employment 10-key test often runs for three to five minutes, and a longer run gives a steadier figure, so for a number closer to that switch the Duration control to five minutes. Run it two or three times and look at the net figure rather than your best gross.

What is a good 10-key speed?

Data entry job listings commonly ask for somewhere from 8,000 to 12,000 keystrokes per hour on a 10-key pad, with high accuracy. Requirements vary by employer, and they usually count net keystrokes, so compare your net kph and accuracy rather than gross.

Is this an official certification test?

No. It is a practice test that measures your keypad speed and accuracy in your browser, with nothing uploaded and no account. It does not reproduce any employer's or agency's test and gives no certificate.

10-Key Typing Test

A 10-key typing test that opens on the number passage: digit groups and decimals, every one typeable on a numeric keypad, with Enter moving you to the next number the way a keypad test works. The clock is set to one minute and starts on your first keystroke. When it stops you get keystrokes per hour, the figure 10-key and data entry tests quote, with accuracy and words a minute beside it.

60 snumbers1:00 left0 net wpm100% accclick anywhere here to start typingcaps lock is off

The clock starts on your first keystroke and runs for the duration shown. Backspace corrects. Press Escape to restart.

Run

Duration

Passage

Working

Show the wpm arithmetic

Net wpm

Accuracy

100%

Digit groups and decimals, typeable on the number row or a 10-key pad. Enter works as the space between numbers.

A clock counts down from the duration you pick and the score appears when it reaches zero.

Net and gross are both real, and they differ. Gross counts every character you typed at five characters a word, mistakes included. Net takes off one word for every mistake still standing when the run ends, which is the convention employment typing tests use. Both are shown here, so a number from this page will not surprise you when somebody else tests you.

Common questions

How is keystrokes per hour worked out?: Every character is one keystroke, and the Enter or space between numbers counts as one too, the way 10-key tests count Enter. Net keystrokes per hour counts only the characters you typed right; gross counts every character key you pressed, including ones you later backspaced, but not Backspace itself. Both are the count divided by the time the run was scored over, scaled to an hour, so 150 correct keystrokes in one minute is 9,000 net kph. Scoring is by position, so a skipped or extra digit puts every character after it out of line, and those count as errors until you backspace and fix it.
Do I have to press Enter or space between numbers?: Either. On the number passage Enter types the space, so your right hand can stay on the keypad with the little finger on Enter. The space bar still works for anyone using the number row on a laptop without a keypad.
What is on the passage?: Fifty digit groups and decimals, such as 1024, 3.14 and 250.75, drawn in a shuffled order so nothing repeats until all fifty have been used. Every character is a digit or a decimal point, so all of it can be typed on a numeric keypad.
Is one minute long enough?: For practice, yes. A pre-employment 10-key test often runs for three to five minutes, and a longer run gives a steadier figure, so for a number closer to that switch the Duration control to five minutes. Run it two or three times and look at the net figure rather than your best gross.
What is a good 10-key speed?: Data entry job listings commonly ask for somewhere from 8,000 to 12,000 keystrokes per hour on a 10-key pad, with high accuracy. Requirements vary by employer, and they usually count net keystrokes, so compare your net kph and accuracy rather than gross.
Is this an official certification test?: No. It is a practice test that measures your keypad speed and accuracy in your browser, with nothing uploaded and no account. It does not reproduce any employer's or agency's test and gives no certificate.

Net WPM subtracts one word for every uncorrected error, the convention used by employer tests; gross WPM counts everything typed at five characters a word. Keystrokes per hour counts every character, and the space or Enter between entries, scaled from the scored time to an hour. Timing uses the browser clock and starts on your first keystroke, so the first second is never lost.