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Your typing problem is 10 words wide - Introducing DRILL MODE
May 17, 2026 · By DanielHey, fellow keyboard warrior. Quick question: when you blow a race, where did you actually lose the time? Be honest. You don't know. Nobody knows. The race ends, you get a number, you move on. 150 WPM. 87 WPM. Whatever. The wreckage scrolls off the screen and your brain remembers "I was fast" or "I was slow" — not "I tripped on the word through for the fourth race in a row." Here's the thing I noticed after looking at a few hundred million keystrokes of TyprX race data: Most racers don't have...
Read more →What WPM actually means (and why your number is probably lying to you)
May 1, 2026 · By DanielHey, fellow keyboard warrior. You've seen the number a thousand times. Big bold digits at the end of every race: 87 WPM. 112 WPM. 153 WPM. It feels like a score. It feels objective. It isn't — not until you understand what's actually being measured. So let's break it down. No fluff, no marketing. Just the math. WPM = Words Per Minute. But what's a "word"? Here's the trick that trips up almost everyone: in typing tests, a "word" is not an English word. A word is 5 characters, including spaces....
Read more →Stop practicing, start type racing
April 16, 2026 · By DanielHey, fellow keyboard warrior. If you’re reading this, you probably feel like you "practice" your typing. You sit down at the keyboard, you run a lesson module, and you finish feeling... vaguely better, but not better. It’s the difference between doing homework and actually mastering the material. We all know the drill: aim for 100 WPM, hit the green dots on the accuracy tracker, and feel accomplished. But honestly? That’s just logging time. It’s not skill. True typing speed isn't achieved by...
Read more →TyprX is the official app used for the Ultimate Typing Championship. Made at Das Keyboard and Metadot by people who care about typing.