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For example, we can't compare ourselves to a 100m sprinter by measuring ourselves running downhill. The differences are mostly surrounding how errors and corrections are taken into account with some websites even resulting in a negative speed in some scenarios which is nonsensical.Īside from the mathematical discrepancies, there's also the notion of testing using representative text. I used to think that there's an agreed upon formula that defines your speed but after a week of research I ended up creating my own custom approach that tries to most accurately represent the essence of typing speed.

As someone that's currently developing my own typing trainer, I can say that the state of affairs is less than desirable.
