Words per minute

**Words per minute**, or **WPM**, is the measure of the number of words typed in a minute. A "word" is defined as five characters, and the space counts as a character, meaning that "of it" and "nitro" each count as one word because they each have five characters in them. WPM is calculated by dividing the total number of words by the fractional amount of minutes typed. However, WPM does not increase by using a nitro, and it can even decrease a player's speed by 1-3 WPM due to how data is transferred when a nitro is inputted and the last packets of the race are registered.

## Methodology

WPM increases as words are typed, but decreases if a word is mistyped. Practice is recommended so that you mistype words fewer and fewer times.

For example, if one types for exactly 2 minutes and types 810 characters, 810 characters divided by 5 characters per word is 161, meaning that they typed 161 words in that time period. 161 words divided by 2 minutes is 80.5, meaning that their speed was 80.5 WPM.

WPM can also be measured over a shorter period of time, such as 20 seconds. If one typed for 20 seconds and typed 185 characters (37 words), then dividing 37 words by 1/3 minutes results in a 111 WPM calculation. Here is the simple formula to calculate WPM:

(*characters typed* / 5) / (*seconds typed* / 60) = Words per Minute, or WPM.

## WPM Zones

While racing, players are put into WPM zones depending on their speeds. In each WPM zone, each player can use one nitro per race. The zones are as follows:

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1-10 WPM zone

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11-20 WPM zone

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21-25 WPM zone

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26-30 WPM zone

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31-35 WPM zone

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36-40 WPM zone

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41-45 WPM zone

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46-50 WPM zone

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51-55 WPM zone

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56-60 WPM zone

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61-65 WPM zone

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66-70 WPM zone

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71-80 WPM zone

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81-90 WPM zone - Bot loading times speed up from this point on.

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91-100 WPM zone

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101-110 WPM zone - From this WPM zone up, it's 1 second per bot.

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111-120 WPM zone

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121-140 WPM zone - This is the first of 3 wpm zones that go by divisions of 20.

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141-160 WPM zone

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161-180 WPM zone

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181+ WPM zone - Highest WPM zone possible.

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## Trivia

* The highest WPM anyone has ever obtained without cheating is joshuu with a high speed of 247 WPM. [1]
	+ Previous high speed records include:
		- Rrraptor with a high speed of 242 WPM.
		- chakk with 240 WPM. [2] Chakk had previously set records of 228, 233, and 236 before getting 240.
		- Rrraptor with 221 WPM.
		- Sean Wrona with 212 WPM.
	+ The highest WPM that was obtained without cheating on any layout other than QWERTY is John! with a high speed of 200 WPM. John obtained this high speed using the Dvorak keyboard layout, being the first person to do so with this layout. [3]
	+ The highest verified WPM obtained with the use of only two fingers (referred to as the pecking method) belongs to PenguinTyper, with a high of 166 WPM. The previous two finger high speed belonged to ayeyuhskuh (now banned), at 162 WPM.
* The world's average typing speed is 38-40 WPM.
* With NT's shortened races, it's technically easier to get a high speed. Racers have less time to type, which means they can keep up a fast speed and not have to worry about pacing themselves for a full 40 seconds.
* The average WPM of a racer is based on their last 10 races; however, a guest racer's average speed is only based on their last race.