TypeDash
Malaysia typing challenge: can you beat the pace?
Race a simulated runner at the estimated average pace. Keyboard and phone have separate targets.
Published platform pace
- Keyboard40.44 WPMFrom a published figure
- Phone31.5 WPMModeled estimate
The opponent is a simulation at a constant pace, not a recorded person, and these estimates are not measurements of TypeDash players.
This pace comes from a different test than a TypeDash race (different text, length and scoring), so treat it as a rough reference, not a direct comparison.
- Keyboard. Published AREALME average of 40.44 WPM for voluntary test takers in Malaysia (December 2022 to February 2023). Older platform data. Whole-word scoring; the published sample count does not define whether it counts people or tests. Device mix was not reported; we use it as the pace for keyboard races.
- Phone. Modeled estimate. No phone figure was found for Malaysia, so we scale the published platform figure (whose device mix is unknown) by the ratio between the US study’s phone and computer medians (29.4 ÷ 37.8). Those were different groups of participants; this is a provisional modeling assumption, not a measured local phone average or a validated device conversion.
You race the pace that matches your input: keyboard or phone, as set in the game’s Settings. Full source details are further down this page.
This race’s leaderboard
Players who raced the average Malaysian on this page, best time each. It ranks players who chose this race, not where anyone lives.
Simulated average pace: 40.4 WPM on keyboard · not ranked · From a published figure
Make it your own: From Up High
After the average race, turn this page’s original story into a challenge of your own and send it to someone.
At a mamak stall in Kuala Lumpur, Aina watched a man pour teh tarik from high above his head without spilling a drop. She tried the same trick at home the next morning and soaked the kitchen floor. Her brother still calls it the great tea flood.
How it works
- Open the story in the challenge maker and read it through. Nothing is created until you lock it in.
- Lock it in and race it once. That run is recorded, and your challenge is ready to share.
- Share the challenge link. Friends race against your recorded run, and their finishes appear on your challenge’s leaderboard.
Racing this optional story creates a separate challenge with its own link and leaderboard.
Want to warm up first? Practice is a solo run; it doesn’t add a finish to any challenge you share. Practice
Keyboard or phone
Race on a physical keyboard or a touchscreen. On every challenge, Keyboard and Touch finishes are ranked on separate boards, so nobody is compared across devices.
Before you race
Malay uses the same Latin letters as English, so a Malay keyboard types this story without trouble. Autocorrect is the risk: on a phone, a Malay dictionary may rewrite English words, so pick English or switch autocorrect off first.
A tea-break round
Drop the link into the office chat before the afternoon tea break. Everyone races on their own laptop or phone, and the cleanest run gets the first cup.
A note on a past typing test in Malaysia's civil service
Malaysia's Public Service Department (JPA) issued a circular stating that, from 1 January 2017, the ICT Skill Assessment and Certification (ISAC), run by INTAN, would replace the typing-speed test in the service examination that Pembantu Tadbir (administrative assistant) staff in grades N19 and W19 sit to be confirmed in their posts. The circular's reason was that the role now relies on broader computer skills, such as word processing, presentations and spreadsheets, rather than typing alone.
We mention it as history only. It describes a past component of an exam for staff already in service, not anyone's actual speed, and we did not check what that exam requires today.
Typing-speed figures
The published platform figure below describes people who used that typing site, not everyone in the country. Separately, the official item below is a past exam rule, replaced in 2017 and included for context only; it was never a population average.
40.44 WPM Average for people who chose to take the AREALME online typing test in Malaysia, December 2022 to February 2023.
How it was measured: Country means of voluntary tests, sampled anonymously through Google Analytics, with historical whole-word scoring.
Limits: Self-selected test takers, device mix not reported, and whole words rather than five-character words, so it is not a national estimate and not comparable with TypeDash results. Not a TypeDash measurement.
This pace comes from a different test than a TypeDash race (different text, length and scoring), so treat it as a rough reference, not a direct comparison.
Public Service Department (JPA): from 1 January 2017 the ISAC assessment replaced the typing-speed test in the service examination that Pembantu Tadbir N19/W19 staff sit to be confirmed in their posts. History only; not a current requirement.
Questions about this challenge
Where does this page’s estimated pace come from?
Keyboard races use the published figure shown below for Malaysia as the target pace; that source did not report which devices people used. No phone figure was found, so the phone pace is a provisional modeled estimate using the US study’s phone/computer ratio from different participant groups, not a validated device conversion. Neither is a measurement of TypeDash players.
Who is on this race’s leaderboard?
When enabled, this leaderboard ranks players who raced the average Malaysian from this page, each with their best valid time; keyboard and touch are ranked separately, and equal times go to whoever finished first. It shows players who chose this race, not where anyone lives. The simulated runner is never on it, and racers who hide themselves or keep their leaderboard listing private are left out.
Does the Malaysia story create a separate challenge?
Yes. Locking in this optional story and recording a run creates your own challenge, with a leaderboard for whoever you send the link to. It is separate from racing the regional average.
Is there a Malay version?
Not at the moment. Every TypeDash passage, including this one, is in English for now.
Does Malaysia still use a typing-speed test for civil service clerks?
We can only speak to the source we read: a 2017 circular in which the federal service exam for confirming staff in service swapped its typing test for an ICT skills assessment. We did not check current rules, so treat that as history.
Who wrote this story?
TypeDash wrote it for this page. It is original and in English, and you can change it in the challenge maker before you lock it in.
Is it free?
Yes. It runs in your browser with nothing to install.
Ready for one race?
Free during early access. Play in your browser, with no download or account signup required. Best on a real keyboard; touch play is available too.
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