Type Race
Beat the pace car — or your own ghost
About Type Race
Race a car down a track by typing. A pace car runs at whatever speed you set, and once you have a personal best your own ghost races alongside you.
Ankhdase tracks 4 distinct skills in Type Race, including Speed & endurance, Whole words, Sentences & punctuation and Accuracy. Because mastery is estimated per skill rather than per game, the questions shift toward whatever a student is getting wrong — and away from what they have already proved they know.
How to play
- Type the passage. Your car moves as you type; the pace car runs at a fixed speed.
- Mistakes slow you down, so accuracy is genuinely faster than hammering keys.
- Once you have a best time, your own ghost car races alongside you.
- Beat the pace car to win the race.
Skills Type Race practices
- Speed & endurance
- Whole words
- Sentences & punctuation
- Accuracy
Mastery is estimated separately for each of these, which is what lets the difficulty move independently — a student can be fluent on one and still be fed easier questions on another.
Questions about Type Race
- Is Type Race free to play?
- Yes. Type Race is free, runs in any modern browser, and needs no download or plugin. You can play straight away without an account; signing in is only needed if you want progress, streaks and badges saved.
- What age is Type Race for?
- Type Race suits ages 7–adult — roughly Grade 2 to Adult. The difficulty adapts as you play, so it stays useful across that whole range rather than being pitched at one year group.
- What does Type Race teach?
- It practices Speed & endurance, Whole words, Sentences & punctuation and Accuracy. Every question is tagged with the skill it exercises, so progress is tracked skill by skill rather than as one overall score.
- Does Type Race work on a tablet or phone?
- Type Race needs a physical keyboard, so it is best on a laptop or a tablet with a keyboard attached.
- Can teachers assign Type Race?
- Yes. Teachers can create a class, add students in bulk without email addresses, and set Type Race as an assignment with a goal — a score, a number of minutes, stars or a typing speed. Progress updates automatically as students play.