Endurance · stability

5-Minute Typing Test

Hold accurate, relaxed output for five full minutes. The result compares opening and closing pace and contributes to Typing DNA endurance once enough comparable history exists.

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Endurance is more than a final WPM

The headline result can hide a fast opening and a difficult finish. KeyVelocity therefore shows opening pace, closing pace, percentage speed change, overall accuracy, and consistency after a valid five-minute run.

Accuracy stability under fatigue

As hands and attention tire, corrections may become more frequent. Keep your shoulders and wrists relaxed, avoid gripping the keys, and choose a pace you can sustain. Stop if practice becomes uncomfortable.

How the run affects Typing DNA

Endurance remains in a collecting-data state until there are at least two comparable short results and two long results. The ratio between average long-run and short-run WPM then becomes a gamified endurance signalnot a medical or scientific assessment.

Endurance is more than a final WPM

Accuracy stability under fatigue

How the run affects Typing DNA

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