Bragging about your average words per minute (WPM) rates is impressive, but explaining how you calculated that number is tricky. We’ve designed our tests to give you the details about Words Per Minute, Characters Per Minute, and Accuracy. This is the formula to calculate Words Per Minute with our tests: Words Per Minute (WPM): (Correct Characters / 5) / Time Taken (in minutes) The test checks for a total number of correctly typed characters divided by 5 (Average word length), then divides the number further by the time taken (test selected – 1, 3, or 5 minutes). For example, if you type 800 correct characters in 5 minutes, your WPM comes to 32. Characters Per Minute (CPM): Correct Characters / Time Taken (in minutes) The tests check the number of correct characters typed in a specific test duration—1, 3, or 5 minutes. For example, if you’ve typed 800 correct characters in 5 minutes, then your CPM is 160 (characters per minute) Accuracy: (Correct Characters / Total Characters Typed) * 100 The tests determine your typing accuracy after dividing the number of correct characters by the total characters and multiplying it by 100. For example, if you’ve typed 800 correct characters out of 1000, your Accuracy will be 80%. Net Speed: WPM * (Accuracy / 100) Our tests calculate your Net Speed after multiplying your Words Per Minute average rate with the number obtained after the Accuracy rate is divided by 100.