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· 2 min · Engineering

Zero re-renders per keystroke: how the typing test paints

Every key you press used to ask React to re-check the whole passage. Now each character paints itself, the caret glides on its own, and live WPM costs the same at word one and word five hundred.

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  1. 11Oct 2026

    Product · 1 min read

    Punctuation, numbers, and easy or hard words

    Real writing has capitals, commas, quotes, and numbers. Four new options bring them into the typing test, plus easy and hard word lists, without touching how ranked runs work.

  2. 22Sep 2026

    Product · 1 min read

    Fair scores: the anti-hold guard and word lock

    Holding a key used to inflate raw WPM, and holding space could push up net WPM too. Here is what changed so every result reflects real typing.

  3. 18Sep 2026

    Product · 1 min read

    Keyboard-first: every shortcut in Typestrix

    Restart, switch modes, pick a length, download a result, or jump to the leaderboard without touching the mouse. Here is the full list.

  4. 08Sep 2026

    Engineering · 1 min read

    A lighter results page: hand-drawn charts and a faster export

    The WPM chart is now our own SVG instead of a charting library, and saving a result as an image got quicker and smaller. The numbers behind both changes.

  5. 04Sep 2026

    Product · 1 min read

    Avatars that follow you everywhere

    Pick a generated avatar style or keep your photo. Whatever you choose now shows up the same on your profile, the leaderboard, and inside race rooms.

  6. 26Aug 2026

    Announcement · 1 min read

    Hello, Typestrix

    The project started life as Hypertype. It has a new name, a new look, and the same goal: make typing practice fast, fair, and a little bit competitive.

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