Are you wondering if there is any competition for typing? The answer is yes! There are wonderful competitions where you can compete for fun and even for some real cash. This is what competitive typing is all about. In fact, you can find some nice competitive mega typing events online where you can get to test out your typing speed prowess against other renowned typists from around the world. Talking of mega typing tournaments, here is a quick review on some of the most popular ones you might want to check out:
The Biggest Typing Tournaments
Keymash Typing Competitions
Keymash is one of the best online platforms where you can compete with the best typists from around the world.
The Keymash platform is actually pretty easy-to-use and the best part is you get to pick the language you want to participate in.
One of its standout features is the global matchmaking system. There is a “Quick Play” option which allows you to join typing matches instantly from anywhere in the world!
It is more or less the perfect typing competition if you are just a casual player or a competitive typist looking for some spontaneous competitive typing action.
Keymash runs what is known as daily automated ladders, such as the Daily Consistency Ladder, Daily Activity Ladder and the Daily Speed Ladder, which will give you some consistent daily typing competition challenges to improve your typing speed, plus, they allow you to track your progress and compete regularly.
There are real-time leaderboards that allow you to see how you compare with other players globally as you strive to climb up to the top of the competitive ladder. The platform also integrates social features, such as Discord, Twitter, and Reddit, allowing you to engage with the typing community from around the globe.
In addition to the daily ladders and regular tournaments, you can also keep an eye on mega typing tournaments that are hosted periodically by Keymash
Here are some of the mega typing events that have been hosted by Keymash in the past:
- Keymasters 2023: This was a major tournament hosted by TypingStats, where participants showcased a high level of competition.
- Octa’s Typing League: These were a series of tournaments with qualifiers held for each edition. It allowed players to showcase their typing skills in intense qualification rounds.
- Salad x Keymash Typing Championship 2022: This was a major typing championship where the winner won $250 while the 1st and 2nd runners up won $125 & $75 respectively
- Nitro Activity Cups: These were some bi-weekly and weekly tournaments where players tested their skills over a 48-hour period.
- Warwick Esports Typing Championship 2021: This was a high-profile competition which offered prizes such as a Das Keyboard X50Q.
- Keyma.sh Summer Championship 2021: This was a major summer tournament that gathered hundreds of players for intense competition with the winners taking a total of $600 CAD in prizes.
As you can see, you can participate and compete in tournaments and challenges to get some real cash or even get some coins which you can then exchange for in-game items. This is definitely a nice incentive and reward to get better at typing!
Ultimate Typing Championship (UTC)
The Ultimate Typing Championship has historically been arguably one of the most popular mega typing tournaments worldwide with its first edition held back in 2009. It is usually hosted by Das Keyboard, one of the leading manufacturers of mechanical keyboards.
It’s with noting, though, that the last mega UTC typing competition was held back in 2020. You can compete in the UTC tournament from anywhere in the world, albeit, you need to be among the very best to get a seat at the table!
In the 2020 edition, for example, the typists needed a minimum qualifying speed of 170.7 WPM to make it to the 25 selected to compete.
UTC has traditionally offered some amazing prizes for winners. The first edition held back in 2009 culminated in a grand finale at the SXSW Interactive Festival, with a $2,000 grand prize for the winner. Sean Wrona emerged the fastest typing that inaugural edition.
The first round of the finals in that inaugural edition featured a 480-word standard English text where Sean Wrona set an unofficial speed typing record of 163 WPM. The second round presented an even more challenging 360-word, non-standard text containing special characters.
Again, Wrona dominated this with an impressive 124 WPM speed, further cementing his name as one of the very best typists in the world to date.
In the last edition of the UTC (2020), the winner Anthony(chak) dethroned Sean Wrona in an intense battle to take home a cash prize of $5000, a keyboard and typing accessories. The first runners up walked away with $500, a keyboard and typing accessories while the second runners up got a keyboard and typing accessories.
All of the top 25 typists got a premium Das Keyboard 4 Professional mechanical keyboard as a reward for completing what were certainly very challenging typing races that tested their speed, accuracy, endurance, and ability under pressure.
The 2020 edition had 414 registered participants, who completed over 94,000 typing tests on the competitive typing website TyprX.com.
The selected participants were from around the world including the United States, Israel, Norway, the United Kingdom, Canada, and New Zealand. The participants were a blend of high school and college students, computer science and medical majors, software developers, and there was also a female esports professional in the elite pack.
Wrapping up
Well, these are just but some of the typing tournaments have really transformed typing into a competitive and a thrilling gaming experience which is more or less like an eSport. The beauty is that platforms like Keymash have daily or weekly competitions which you can hop into anytime and from anywhere to hone your typing skills as you challenge yourself with others. Once you’ve hit elite level typing speeds you can explore competing in some mega typing events like UTC where you can test yourself against the very best out there. Who knows you might win and get some cash and other prizes for your typing prowess!