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Added small change to return 0 characters per minute if the words per…
HotWheelzCodez Mar 23, 2025
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Using 5 as the average word lenth instead of calculating it, more str…
HotWheelzCodez Jan 19, 2026
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10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions packages/back-nest/src/results/services/result-calculation.service.ts
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Expand Up @@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ export class ResultCalculationService {
const strippedCode = Challenge.getStrippedCode(code);
const cps = strippedCode.length / timeSeconds;
const cpm = cps * 60;
const words = strippedCode.trim().split(' ');
if (words.length === 0) { // Avoid division by zero
return 0;
}
const totalWordLength = words.reduce((sum, word) => sum + word.length, 0);
const avgWordLength = totalWordLength / words.length;
const wpm = cpm / avgWordLength;
if (wpm > 300) { // Abitrary value, change as needed, if cpm is greater they are most likely using an automation program
return 0; // Simply give them no score
}
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Sorry for the late review, but I'm happy to move forward with this, but could you just change the calculation to wpm=cpm/5 instead as this is the commonly used wpm/cpm conversion

return Math.floor(cpm);
}

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