Frequently Asked Questions

8 Finger Fast is an online typing platform designed to help you test, practice and improve your typing speed and accuracy.

Yes. You can start typing tests and practice sessions without making a payment.

You can take typing tests as a guest when guest testing is enabled. Creating an account is useful when you want to keep your results and track your typing progress.

WPM means Words Per Minute. It is a common measurement used to describe how quickly someone types.

Accuracy represents how much of your typed text matches the provided text. Fewer mistakes generally result in a higher accuracy percentage.

8 Finger Fast can provide different timed test durations. The available durations may vary depending on the typing mode you choose.

When the timer finishes, your typing session ends and your performance can be shown as a result including speed and accuracy.

Practice mode lets you work through selected passages without focusing only on competition. It is designed to help you build consistency, accuracy and typing confidence.

Practice regularly, focus on accuracy before speed, learn proper finger positioning and try to maintain a consistent typing rhythm.

Accuracy is usually the better starting point. Once you can type accurately and consistently, increasing your speed becomes much easier.

An account can help you keep your typing history, view previous results and build a record of your progress.

Registered users can use their account area to view saved typing performance when result history is available for their account.

Typing results can be stored when the platform is configured to save them. Guest and registered-user behavior may differ depending on the platform settings.

The leaderboard displays strong typing performances and allows users to compare their results with other typists.

Competition mode is designed for users who want to challenge themselves and compete against other typists.

Yes. Competitive features can allow users to compare their typing performance and participate in typing challenges.

Custom Test lets you create a typing challenge using your own text and selected test duration.

Yes. Custom Test is designed to let you enter or use your own text and practice with content that is useful to you.