Google Typing Challenge: A Live Leaderboard Kit Shipped in a Case and Run With No Crew on Site
290
Attendees Took the Challenge
100%
Got Their Score by Email
79 WPM
Median Speed
For Google's AI2 Summit in Mountain View, November 4–5, 2026, PivotXP built a 60-second speed-typing challenge with a live leaderboard for Jack Morton and shipped the whole system in one small case. The agency's team ran it on Chromebooks with no PivotXP crew on site and no venue internet. 290 attendees played, every one got their score by email, and the top score hit 150 WPM.
The Ask: A Competitive Moment the Agency Could Run Itself
Jack Morton wanted a simple, competitive moment for a Google summit audience: type a passage as fast and as accurately as you can, see where you land, and come back to beat it.
It had to run on Chromebooks supplied on site, carry Google's look and the event logo, and collect only what was needed to send each player their result. There was no crew on site, so it had to be something the agency's team could unbox and run themselves.
60 sec
Per Round
5
Typing Stations
0
PivotXP Crew On Site
PivotXP Custom Software
What We Built: The Game, the Leaderboard and the Network in One Case
A player presses Enter, types their name and email, agrees to get their result by email and gets a 3-second countdown. Then they have 60 seconds to type a passage, with live words per minute and accuracy on screen and mistakes shown in red. The score screen shows speed, accuracy and rank for the day, and the score lands in their inbox. A TV runs a live top-10 leaderboard, and if someone passes you, you get an email telling you your new position.
The whole system lives in one small Pelican case: a mini PC that runs the game server and drives the leaderboard TV, plus a travel router that creates the game's own Wi-Fi. The Chromebooks just open a web address, so the game needs no venue internet, and a matching cloud copy stood by as a backup.
1 Case
Whole System Shipped
No Venue Wi-Fi
Runs on Its Own Network
Live
Top-10 Leaderboard
AI2 Summit
On the Day: Head-to-Head for First Place
The kit arrived in Mountain View ahead of the summit, and the agency's team set it up using our setup guide and station cards, with a PivotXP support line on call. Five stations ran across two days with the leaderboard on a TV above the tables. Day 2 was the big one, with 193 players and 63 in the 1 PM hour alone.
The median player typed 79 words per minute at 88.8% accuracy, and the top score hit 150 WPM. Jack Morton's event lead wrote afterward: "It was a success, and we had some attendees going head-to-head for first place!"
150 WPM
Top Score
64
"You've Been Passed" Emails
193
Players on Day 2
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FAQ
Questions about this build
Who built the typing challenge and leaderboard at Google's AI2 Summit?
PivotXP built the speed-typing challenge and live leaderboard for the agency Jack Morton at Google's AI2 Summit in Mountain View, November 4–5, 2026. 290 attendees took the 60-second challenge, and every one of them received their score by email.
Can an event game run without on-site crew or venue Wi-Fi?
Yes. PivotXP shipped the typing challenge as one small case holding a mini PC that ran the game and leaderboard TV and a travel router that created the game's own network. Chromebooks on site opened a web address, the agency's team set it up from a printed guide with a support line on call, and a cloud copy stood by as a backup.
How did the typing challenge leaderboard keep players coming back?
A live top-10 leaderboard on a TV highlighted each new entry, every player got their score and rank by email, and anyone knocked down the board got a "you've been passed" email. 64 of those emails went out over the two days, and Day 2 drew 193 players.
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