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SPRINTTypeTrance Sprint leaderboard · 15-second typing test

The fastest verified 15-second runs. Every entry is re-scored on our server from its keystroke timing, and anything that would reach the top 100 is checked by a person first.

  • 15 seconds
  • 1,000 common words
  • Ranked
  • Times in UTC
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SPRINT

15 seconds · English · ranked

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The SPRINT board

The fastest verified 15-second runs, today, this week, this season and all-time. A run gets here in three steps:

  1. Race it ranked. Signed in, on a text from a server-chosen seed.
  2. Re-scored. Our server replays every keystroke and must reach your result exactly.
  3. Reviewed. A person checks every run that would reach the top 100.

Race it now

SprintThe official 15-second format

Race it now as practice: no account needed, and the run is saved on this device.

  • Standard
  • 1,000 common words
  • Unranked
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The SPRINT rules

What Sprint measures

Sprint measures burst speed: the pace you can hold for fifteen seconds while fresh, before endurance and rhythm start to matter.

Short runs swing more from one attempt to the next, so the leaderboard keeps your best run of each period, never an average.

Both ranked formats draw plain words from the 1,000 most common in English, a larger list than the 200-word lists common in typing tests: less repetition to lean on, so speeds here run a little lower than on a short list. Compare runs under the same rules.

The rules

The same for every player, on Free and Plus alike. The full scoring rules are in how WPM is calculated.

  • The clock

    A timed run of 15 seconds from your first keystroke. The clock never pauses, and a run is scored over its full 15 seconds.

  • The words

    Plain English words from the 1,000 most common, with no punctuation, numbers or capitals. Every run gets its own sequence from a server-chosen seed, so no one can rehearse the text.

  • The score

    Corrected words per minute: only words typed exactly right earn credit, five characters to a word. Accuracy counts every key you pressed, including errors you fixed.

  • The keys

    Backspace is allowed. Paste is rejected. Ten seconds without a key makes a run ineligible.

  • The input

    Hardware keyboards and touch or assisted input have separate leaderboards. You declare which you use; automated checks compare it with what the device reports.

  • The flag

    Players choose their own country, and it is never looked up from where they are. NATIONS ranks countries by the mean of their five fastest players here.

How a run reaches the leaderboard

Four sectors, from the start line to the leaderboard.

  1. Challenge

    Before you start, the server issues a signed, single-use challenge with the seed for your text.

  2. Run

    You type locally; nothing is sent while you type.

  3. Re-score

    Your browser sends the keystroke timing (never anything you pasted). The server regenerates the text, re-scores every key with the same engine and must reach exactly your result.

  4. Review

    Automated checks look at the rhythm of the run. Anything unusual, and anything that would reach the top 100, waits for a person.

How positions are decided

Each player holds one place per leaderboard, with their best run of the period.

  1. Higher corrected speed, compared exactly rather than by the rounded number you see.
  2. On a tie, higher accuracy.
  3. Then whoever was accepted first.

Today follows the UTC date, the week starts on Monday at 00:00 UTC, a season is a calendar quarter in UTC, and a run counts in the periods in which it began.

Frequently asked questions

Why is my Sprint result faster than my Grand Prix result?

Fifteen seconds ends before fatigue, re-reading and lost rhythm add up, so almost everyone is faster over a sprint. The two formats are ranked separately and never compared.

Does one slip ruin a 15-second run?

It costs more than in a longer run: a mistyped word earns no credit and every wrong key counts against accuracy, and there is little time left to make it up. Backspace is allowed; corrected errors still count against accuracy.

Why is my run not on the leaderboard yet?

Leaderboards refresh within about a minute. Anything that would enter the top 100 waits for a moderator (we aim for 72 hours), and a run the automated checks flagged waits too — you see "pending review" in your own position. New accounts appear on the daily and weekly leaderboards; season and all-time open after 10 accepted ranked runs on 3 different days.

Is every name on the leaderboard a verified human?

No one can promise that from a browser, and we do not claim it. We raise the cost of cheating — signed one-time challenges, server re-scoring, automated timing checks and human review of the top 100 — and we remove results that do not hold up, with the reasons given to the player.

What does "Top x %" mean?

Your share among the players on this leaderboard, under these rules — not among everyone who types. It is computed from a histogram in one-WPM steps, so players with the same whole WPM count as tied.

What do the arrows next to a position mean?

Places gained or lost since you last looked at this leaderboard on this device. Your browser remembers the positions it showed you; the leaderboard itself keeps no history of moves.

Do Plus subscribers get anything here?

No. Ranking is identical on Free and Plus: same formats, same rules, same review.

Keep going

  • Sprint · Practice

    Race Sprint now

    The official 15-second format on the 1,000 most common English words. No account needed: the run is saved on this device.

    • Standard
    • Unranked
  • Standings · Grand Prix

    Grand Prix leaderboard

    The other ranked format: the classic one-minute test.

  • Standings · World

    All leaderboards

    Both ranked formats side by side, and what keeps them fair.

  • Academy · Methodology

    How TypeTrance calculates WPM

    The scoring rules every run here is re-scored with.

By ColsonUpdated Draft pending editorial review