Typing accuracy drill — strict mode typing practiceTypeRush

Strict mode: the cursor does not move until you get it right

On an ordinary typing test you can bulldoze straight through your mistakes. The wrong character turns red, the cursor moves on regardless, and you finish with an accuracy figure you never actually felt. That is a perfectly fair way to measure typing, and a poor way to practise it, because the error costs you a percentage point at the end instead of costing you anything in the moment.

This drill closes that gap. A wrong keystroke is counted as an error, and then nothing happens: the character you missed turns solid red and the cursor stays exactly where it was until you produce the right one. You cannot outrun a mistake here, which turns every error into an immediate stop — and an immediate stop is the feedback that retrains muscle memory. It is the same reason musicians practise slowly through the bar they keep fluffing rather than playing the whole piece faster.

The results lead with accuracy for the same reason, and your WPM will look low next to your score on the standard test — being blocked costs you real seconds. That is the trade. Run this for a few minutes, then go back to a normal test and see whether the accuracy holds; the point of the drill is what happens afterwards. More on why accuracy-first practice wins in how to type faster.