Speed Building

Level 3 of the path: start with a baseline, make frequent words and letter patterns automatic, drill your own difficult keys and slow pairs, then build speed on real messages, figures, paragraphs and mixed content. Nine milestones rise from 25 to 34 WPM along the way, and the course ends with a two-minute test at 40 WPM and 95% accuracy.

10 lessons60 steps1 checkpointsPro

Start here

Lesson 1 · Baseline and Frequent Words · step 1Your Starting SpeedTimed test · ▷ 37 s intro

Start

AdvertisementRemove ads

The Typing Cat Pro: unlock all 23 courses. No ads, certificates, AI insights. See Pro.

All 23 courses, and none of these advertsPro opens the whole library and clears the page. $5.99 a month.See Pro

1Your Starting SpeedOne minute of plain text, with no target. The result is the point every later milestone is measured from.Timed testStart hereTimed testStart here▷ 37 sStart
2The 100 Most Common WordsA small set of words turns up in almost everything you write. Type them until each one is a single movement.WordsWords▷ 20 s
3Common PairsTwo- and three-word combinations that real sentences use all the time.WordsWords▷ 15 s
4Sentences from Frequent WordsShort sentences built almost entirely from the most common words.SentencesSentences▷ 13 s
5Speed Burst: Short WordsOptional: thirty seconds of short words at your fastest clean pace. Not graded.Timed testTimed test▷ 16 s
6Milestone: Frequent WordsOne minute of text made of frequent words. Milestone: 25 WPM at 95% accuracy.Timed testTimed test▷ 20 s

Mastery assessment3-minute test · Bronze 40, Silver 60, Gold 80 wpm

The Typing Cat is rated 4.1 out of 5 from 97,343 ratings

1Lesson 1Baseline and Frequent WordsMeasure where you start, then make the words you type most often automatic.6 steps

2Lesson 2Rhythm and FlowAn even beat, hands that take turns, word endings as single motions, and calm recovery from mistakes.6 steps

3Lesson 3Words by RowCommon words from one row of your own layout at a time, then all three, then the keys your results show are hardest for you.6 steps

4Lesson 4Letter PatternsThe letter pairs and chunks inside English words, practiced in whole words, then the pairs that are slowest for you.6 steps

5Lesson 5Messages and EmailThe phrases, replies and updates that fill a working day, typed as whole units.6 steps

6Lesson 6Speed PhrasesLinking, professional and everyday phrases, first in sentences, then at full speed.6 steps

7Lesson 7Numbers and Symbols in ContextDates, prices, figures and technical strings as they appear in real work. The milestone here is set lower, because figures take longer to type.6 steps

8Lesson 8Speed ParagraphsWhole paragraphs on everyday subjects, for speed you can hold from the first line to the last.6 steps

9Lesson 9Mixed-Content ChallengeLetters, numbers, punctuation and symbols together, as in real orders, reports and support replies, then a longer rehearsal.6 steps

10Lesson 10Passages and the Final TestLong passages to build stamina, a two-minute rehearsal, then the two-minute test that completes Level 3.6 steps