Fact · Typing and writing speed
14.0seconds
At 51.56 words per minute, 60 characters (12 words of five characters) take about 14.0 seconds to type on a keyboard.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
- What it measures
- Time to type 60 characters at the average online typing test speed, with five characters per word.
- How it is calculated
- 60 characters / 5 = 12 words; 12 / 51.56 words per minute x 60 seconds = 13.96 seconds
Calculated from
- In a study of 136 million keystrokes from an online typing test, the average participant typed 51.56 words per minute, with a standard deviation of 20.2.
- The blind-user study defines words per minute by counting five characters as one word, which is the convention used for typing speeds in this guide.