TypeRacer Skill Levels: WPM for Each Rank in 2026

What Are the TypeRacer Skill Levels?

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What I Checked

On 26 October 2026, I read TypeRacer's Wikipedia page, including its table of skill levels and its section on cheat checks. TypeRacer's own pages refused my script that day, so its rules here come from that page.

Then I went to TypeRacer Data, a third party stats site for TypeRacer. Its About page says it holds 760,413 accounts and 221,978,812 races.

I filtered its leaderboard to accounts with at least 10 races, which left 444,302. Then I looked up the career average at points down that ranked list to find where each level starts. Every share in this post comes from that count.

The Six Levels at a Glance

Here's every level, with its WPM range and the share of those 444,302 accounts whose career average falls inside it.

The shares are rounded, so they add up to just over 100%.

The biggest group is Typemaster, not Average. That surprises most people. It says more about who keeps racing than about typists in general, and a later section explains why.

Beginner and Intermediate

Beginner covers everyone below 25 WPM. That's where you start if you're new to touch typing or still look at the keys. Only 2.6% of the active accounts sat here.

Intermediate is a narrow band, from 25 to 30 WPM. It held 3.8% of accounts. Many players pass through it quickly once they stop hunting for keys.

Both levels are about the basics. Keep your fingers on the home row and learn where every key lives. Speed comes later.

Errors hurt most at this stage. TypeRacer makes you fix every mistake before the race lets you continue. So a slow, clean race often beats a fast, messy one.

Average and Pro

Average runs from 31 to 41 WPM, and Pro from 42 to 54. Together they held 29% of the accounts I counted, with 10.3% in Average and 18.7% in Pro.

The name Average can mislead. In the Aalto University study of 168,960 volunteers, the mean speed was 51.56 WPM. By that measure, a typical person on a plain test would land in Pro, near its top.

TypeRacer's text is harder, though. Its quotes come with capitals, commas and names, so the same person often scores lower there than on a simple word test.

If you sit in either band, accuracy is your fastest route up. Cutting errors saves the time you'd lose fixing them.

Typemaster

Typemaster covers 55 to 79 WPM. It's the widest band on the ladder, and it held the most accounts by far: 155,982, or 35.1%.

That probably reflects how people improve. Racers who stick with TypeRacer for months tend to pass 55, then find that each extra 5 WPM takes longer to earn.

At this level, your fingers know the keyboard. What holds you back now is reading. You'll go faster when you read a word or two ahead of the one you're typing.

Long quotes test Typemasters the most. A strong start means little if you fade in the last third. Steady pacing matters as much as raw speed here.

Megaracer

Megaracer is the top level, for an average of 80 WPM or more. In my count, 131,359 accounts reached it. That's 29.6% of the active list.

The share sounds big, but there's no level above it. A racer at 80 and a racer at 200 wear the same badge.

The top end really is far away. TypeRacer Data also ranks racers by their best result on each text, averaged together. Among racers with at least 1,500 races, the leader on that board sat at 232.65 WPM when I checked.

Expect a speed check on the way up. TypeRacer asks players who pass 100 WPM in a race to complete a typing CAPTCHA. A later section covers how it works.

Why So Many Racers Are Fast

Those shares don't describe typists in general. They describe accounts that TypeRacer Data holds.

Two things push the numbers up. First, I only counted accounts with at least 10 races, so one time visitors dropped out. Second, keen racers are more likely to use a stats site like this, so its list probably leans fast.

Practice matters too. TypeRacer Data works out to 292 races per account on average. People who race hundreds of times get faster, and they stay on the list.

So read the table as a map of regular racers. If you're in the Average band there, you aren't slow. You're just early on the ladder.

Why TypeRacer Levels Feel Harder

A TypeRacer level is earned on real text. Wikipedia says the passages come from songs, films, TV shows, video games and books. They run from about 20 to 930 characters.

That means capital letters, punctuation and odd words in nearly every race. A simple word test has far fewer of those.

The error rule adds more pressure. Any error in spelling, capitals or punctuation must be fixed before you can go on.

That's why a TypeRacer average usually sits below a Monkeytype score for the same person. Our TypeRacer vs Monkeytype comparison shows exactly how the two tests differ.

Which Average Sets Your Level?

Wikipedia says TypeRacer tracks both your all time average and the average of your last ten races. It then places you in a level based on your average.

The page doesn't say which of the two sets the badge. So watch both numbers on your profile.

Your profile shows a lot more too. It lists your last 10 races, your all time average, your last race, your best race, races played and races won. It also shows points, your skill level and a speed percentile compared with other players.

There's an experience level as well. That one counts races completed, not speed, so it climbs even on slow days.

The 100 WPM Speed Check

TypeRacer works hard to keep fake scores out. Wikipedia says any player who passes 100 WPM in a race must complete a typing CAPTCHA. It's a short test that checks a real person is typing.

Passing it once doesn't end things. If you later score 25% above your recorded CAPTCHA speed, another check switches on.

The site also keeps keystroke replays. They make it much harder to pass off a script as a real race.

For honest racers, this is a small speed bump. Expect it the first time you break 100. Then type the check as carefully as you'd type a real race.

How to Move Up a Level

Climbing a level means raising your average. Steady races count for more than one lucky run.

1. 1Fix accuracy first. Every error costs time on TypeRacer, because you must correct it.
2. 2Read ahead. Look at the next word while your fingers finish the current one.
3. 3Warm up with a few easy races before you push.
4. 4Race long texts sometimes. They show where your pace fades.
5. 5Stop when you're tired. Sloppy races drag your average down.

You'll find more habits in our TypeRacer tips guide. For drills between races, our practice mode lets you work on speed without a crowd.

What Level Is Good?

It depends on what you type for. For school work and emails, Pro is plenty. At 42 to 54 WPM, you're close to the 51.56 average from the Aalto study.

For jobs that test typing, Typemaster is a strong target. Wikipedia's words per minute page puts professional typists at 43 to 80 WPM. That runs from Pro to the edge of Megaracer.

Megaracer is where serious racers aim. Only 29.6% of the active accounts I counted got there, and those were already keen racers.

Whatever your level, compare yourself with your own last 10 races. That's the number that moves, and it's the one you control.