

But you won’t play usual racing games on Ztype. What better way to improve your typing speed than by playing games. You can compete for a place on the leaderboards and challenge your friends to races, too.

It’s visually basic, but you’ll be amazed at how engaging it is (and frustrating when you make a typo and need to backspace all the way to it). The races only take about a minute, providing each racer with a block of text they need to type as quickly as possible. Type Racer is a speed-typing test site that lets you practice your touch-typing before jumping into a race against other people in real time! There’s no better way to motivate yourself to type faster than with a bit of healthy competition. With that said, there’s nothing “official” about this test, despite the name, so the certificate doesn’t necessarily have any universal value.

Once you’ve completed the tests, you can buy a certificate showing your results to prospective employers. There’s a fairly comprehensive tips section, too, so you can shore up your typing skills. Official Typing Test offers a range of typing tests, such as 1-, 3- and 5-minute tests, as well as 10-key tests and zip-code tests to see how well you fare when typing numbers.
