Sprint Mode

Sprint Mode

Sprint Mode is built around a single idea: your eyes should never have to move. One continuous line of words streams right to left past a cursor fixed in the middle of the screen, so instead of tracking your position across a paragraph, you stay locked on one point and let the text come to you.

How it works

Pick a time limit — 15, 30, 60 or 120 seconds — and press Enter to start. Words scroll past the center cursor continuously; type each one and press space to move on. Backspace corrects the word you are currently on.

Because the reading position never changes, Sprint Mode is the most physically demanding of the two modes and the least forgiving of hesitation. It is keyboard-only — there is no tap input here.

Two aids sit above the typing line: an optional finger guide that highlights which finger should press the next key, and a layout switch between US and JIS keyboards so the guide matches the hardware in front of you.

How your score is calculated

WPM follows the international standard of five characters per word: your correctly typed characters are divided by five, then divided by the elapsed minutes. Raw WPM applies the same formula to every keystroke you made, including mistakes, so the gap between raw and WPM is the time your errors cost you.

Accuracy is your correct keystrokes divided by your total keystrokes. Consistency is derived from how much your per-second WPM varied across the session — a steady pace scores closer to 100%, while bursts followed by pauses pull it down.

What the result screen shows

After each run you get a per-second WPM and raw trend chart with your cumulative accuracy overlaid, a ranking of your most-missed and slowest keys, and a keyboard heatmap that colors each key by how reliably you hit it. If you are signed in, the session is also saved to your profile so you can watch the trend over weeks rather than runs.

Tips

• Resist the urge to look at the words queued up on the right — the mode works best when you read only what is near the cursor.
• If your raw WPM is far above your WPM, you are typing faster than you can correct. Slow down about 10% and accuracy usually recovers more speed than it costs.
• Start with 15 seconds to find your ceiling, then move to 60 to see whether you can hold it.
• A low consistency score with a high WPM usually means you are sprinting between pauses; aim for a rhythm you can sustain instead.