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Michigan typing challenge: can you beat the pace?

Race a simulated runner at the estimated average pace. Keyboard and phone have separate targets.

US-wide estimated pace

  • Keyboard37.8 WPMFrom a published figure (accuracy-adjusted)
  • Phone29.4 WPMFrom a published figure (accuracy-adjusted)
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Pace sources

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 median of 37.8 accuracy-adjusted WPM for US adults who took part on a computer (Hernandez et al., Scientific Reports, 2026; 5,835 participants). We race at that value as the estimated average.
  • Phone. Published median of 29.4 accuracy-adjusted WPM for US adults who took part on a phone (Hernandez et al., Scientific Reports, 2026; 4,778 participants). We race at that value as the estimated average.

No state-level estimate was found for Michigan, so this race uses the national US figures. Every state races the same pace.

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.

Practice
TypeDash’s rooftop course, with a runner and a translucent practice ghost at the start
TypeDash’s rooftop race scene. Choose 3D or 2D in the game.

Make it your own: Payment in Sandwiches

After the average race, turn this page’s original story into a challenge of your own and send it to someone.

Ava packed a picnic for Mackinac Island, where cars are not allowed. Her bike chain snapped halfway around. A horse and carriage stopped, the driver fixed the chain with a hairpin, and the horse ate one of her sandwiches as payment.

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How it works

  1. Open the story in the challenge maker and read it through. Nothing is created until you lock it in.
  2. Lock it in and race it once. That run is recorded, and your challenge is ready to share.
  3. 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.

Michigan place names to practice

Three local place names for a slow warm-up. The counts are letters only; spaces and punctuation are listed separately.

  • Ypsilanti9 letters.
  • Mackinac8 letters.
  • Sault Ste. Marie3 words, 13 letters, with a period.

A two-peninsula race

Send the link to someone on the other peninsula or across the lake, pick a weekend deadline, and compare your best runs.

Typing-speed figures

We found no suitable typing-speed estimate for Michigan in the sources we reviewed. The race above uses the national US figures as an estimate, labelled as national; a national figure is never relabelled as a state one.

National figures for the United States are on the United States page. They describe adults in a national research panel (the Understanding America Study) across the country, not people in Michigan specifically.

Questions about this challenge

Where does this page’s estimated pace come from?

We found no suitable estimate for Michigan in the sources we reviewed, so the race uses the national US figures from a published research study. Every state races the same pace. It is an estimate for the whole country, not a measurement of people in Michigan.

Who is on this race’s leaderboard?

When enabled, this leaderboard ranks players who raced the average Michigander 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 Michigan 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 it free?

Yes. It runs in your browser with nothing to install.

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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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