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It took me a while to find the test that I liked the best, but I sometimes like to retest my 10-key ability and see if I can hit 20k KPH, because it's one of those stupid tricks that I enjoy doing.
This test was the best of the 5 or so that I checked out for a couple of reasons, all of which have an effect on your score.
1) You can already see the next upcoming number (one test only displayed the current number and did not display the next number until after hitting enter, or immediately if you turned that feature off, but then you didn't have a chance to make a correction if you didn't have to hit enter before the next number appears, which is bullshit, because a good 10-key typist will need to be able to make corrections as they go before hitting enter)
2) The numbers vary between 3-4 digits, instead of always being of a certain length (although usually people taking a 10-key test will prefer it be consistent so that they can get into a typing rhythm, I just really prefer a little variation)
3) The test timer does not start until you start typing
4) The test auto-stops instead of you having to click when you're done (one test required both a mouse click to start the timer and a mouse click to stop it as part of the required actions for scoring, which is bullshit, since that adds a valuable couple of seconds)
The only negative about this test is that clicking Retry does not clear the input field, so I had to be sure to clear that before clicking Retry again.
KPH: 20700
Accuracy: 100%
Characters Typed: 342
That speed and accuracy also happens to include <5 error corrections made. I didn't exactly count how many I had, but I know I had at least a couple. I don't think I'm capable of doing 10-key without self-correcting, as years of doing 10-key job duties has always included a 100% accuracy requirement.
Booyah!
(which is also a stew, fyi)
PS. I ran it again the next morning and hit 21000 exactly with 347 keystrokes! :)
This test was the best of the 5 or so that I checked out for a couple of reasons, all of which have an effect on your score.
1) You can already see the next upcoming number (one test only displayed the current number and did not display the next number until after hitting enter, or immediately if you turned that feature off, but then you didn't have a chance to make a correction if you didn't have to hit enter before the next number appears, which is bullshit, because a good 10-key typist will need to be able to make corrections as they go before hitting enter)
2) The numbers vary between 3-4 digits, instead of always being of a certain length (although usually people taking a 10-key test will prefer it be consistent so that they can get into a typing rhythm, I just really prefer a little variation)
3) The test timer does not start until you start typing
4) The test auto-stops instead of you having to click when you're done (one test required both a mouse click to start the timer and a mouse click to stop it as part of the required actions for scoring, which is bullshit, since that adds a valuable couple of seconds)
The only negative about this test is that clicking Retry does not clear the input field, so I had to be sure to clear that before clicking Retry again.
KPH: 20700
Accuracy: 100%
Characters Typed: 342
That speed and accuracy also happens to include <5 error corrections made. I didn't exactly count how many I had, but I know I had at least a couple. I don't think I'm capable of doing 10-key without self-correcting, as years of doing 10-key job duties has always included a 100% accuracy requirement.
Booyah!
(which is also a stew, fyi)
PS. I ran it again the next morning and hit 21000 exactly with 347 keystrokes! :)
