Silver / low Gold. 5. Tier 3: The Amateur Racer (60–85 WPM) Profile: Deliberate practice — knows common n-grams (th, ing, tion, etc.) as finger macros. Rarely looks at keyboard.
5–18 3. Tier 1: The Casual Typer (20–40 WPM) Profile: Has basic touch-typing or home-row familiarity but inconsistent. Can type without looking half the time. type racer skill levels
Practice punctuation and capitals deliberately. Use Type Racer’s “practice mode” on same quote repeatedly. Silver / low Gold
Scripted typists can hit 500+ WPM, but those are instantly flagged. Some advanced human players are falsely accused of botting at 160–170 WPM. Rarely looks at keyboard
Train look-ahead — force yourself to read one full word ahead while typing. Use slower tempo to build habit, then speed up.
Motor patterns not fully chunked. Types letter-by-letter, not word-by-word.
98.5–99.2% — below 98% is considered a bad race.