What you type
Each round is one complete record from a library of 44, written for this site with invented names and figures: an office supplies invoice, a grocery receipt, a shipping label, bank statement lines, a weekly timesheet, a flight itinerary, a warehouse pick list, a lab report and more (the full list is below). They mix everything a data-entry form throws at you: prices with cents, percentages, dates in several formats, times, phone numbers, ZIP codes, order numbers and units. Every character is on a standard US keyboard, so nothing needs a special code.
When you finish a record, the result appears straight away; press Enter for the next one. Records you’ve already typed are skipped until you’ve worked through all 44.
Reading your result
Keystrokes per hour (KPH) sits next to WPM and accuracy, because data-entry postings usually state their requirement in KPH. It counts only what you typed correctly: a record with mistakes left in scores lower than the raw number of keys you pressed. The keyboard under the result shows where the mistakes were. If they sit on the number row or the Shift symbols, the Numbers and Symbols drills in the Practice tab target exactly those keys.
Requirements in job postings
| Employer | Job | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| County of Orange, California (2018) | Data Entry Technician | 5,000 corrected keystrokes per hour, at least 85% accuracy |
| State of Hawaii (2017) | Data Entry Operator I | 7,000 keystrokes per hour, no more than 10% errors |
| US federal government (OPM) | Data Transcriber | 20 WPM at GS-2, 25 WPM at GS-3 and GS-4, on a 5-minute sample |
In WPM terms, 5,000 KPH is about 17 WPM and 7,000 KPH about 23 WPM. Both postings also set an accuracy floor, so turn on Stop on errors for a few rounds: a wrong key is refused until you type the right one, which makes exact typing a habit.
If the job also tests plain typing, take the 5-minute typing test, which is scored the civil-service way. For number columns on the keypad there’s the 10-key test, and the standard typing test gives you a quick one-minute check.
The 44 records on this page
- Office supplies invoice
- Grocery store receipt
- Shipping label details
- Online order confirmation
- Morning train timetable
- Buttermilk pancake recipe
- Basketball box score
- Bank statement lines
- Imperial to metric conversions
- Office phone extension list
- Warehouse cycle count
- Thursday meeting schedule
- Customer survey percentages
- Bookshelf cut list
- Warehouse pick list
- Contract dates in three formats
- Weekend weather forecast
- Trailhead coordinates
- Quarterly budget summary
- Water sample lab results
- Flight itinerary
- Hotel reservation
- Car fuel log
- Weekly timesheet
- Home loan quote
- Soccer league table
- 10K race results
- Splitting a dinner bill
- Team contact sheet
- Guest Wi-Fi setup card
- Stock market close
- Garden fertilizer mix
- Paint for a bedroom
- Spreadsheet sales row
- Webinar across time zones
- Parcel dimensional weight
- Fall term grade report
- Monthly electric bill
- Laptop asset record
- Scientific notation facts
- Sourdough baker's percentages
- Board election tally
- Gym workout log
- Rental car agreement