How Fast Can You Type?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around participants sharing their typing speeds and experiences with various typing tests. It includes personal anecdotes, comparisons of results, and reflections on the challenges of typing tests versus regular typing tasks.

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Main Points Raised

  • Participants report a wide range of typing speeds, with some achieving over 90 words per minute (wpm) and others struggling to reach 50 wpm.
  • Some participants express uncertainty about the significance of their scores, questioning whether they are high or low.
  • Several members mention the impact of distractions, such as music, on their typing performance.
  • There are discussions about the difficulty of typing nonsensical passages compared to coherent text, with some suggesting that this affects their speed.
  • One participant notes that they have maxed out at a certain speed and feel frustrated by their inability to improve further.
  • Some participants share humorous or light-hearted comments about their typing abilities and experiences.
  • There are mentions of using different keyboard layouts, such as Dvorak, and curiosity about their impact on typing speed.
  • One participant describes a unique typing method due to a physical condition, prompting mixed reactions from others.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

The discussion features multiple competing views on typing speed and the factors influencing it, with no consensus on what constitutes a "good" typing speed. Participants express a range of personal experiences and opinions without settling on a definitive standard.

Contextual Notes

Some participants mention the variability in their results and the influence of external factors, such as the nature of the text being typed and personal typing habits, which may affect their performance.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in typing skills, speed tests, and the factors affecting typing performance may find this discussion engaging.

  • #31
humanino said:
Are you a pianist Sorry! ? How did you acquire such a dexterity ?

haha :p well i just got 98wmp 2 mistakes. I don't think i can get any faster than that. But in school starting at like grade 3 until grade say 6-7 we had to take typing class. On like all the right type i think. something like that. And then i would always be typing up essays etc. during school. But you i can play the paino as well
 
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  • #32
I spend 12 hours+ on the PC per day and I'm still rubbish.
 
  • #33
Sorry! said:
haha :p well i just got 98wmp 2 mistakes. I don't think i can get any faster than that. But in school starting at like grade 3 until grade say 6-7 we had to take typing class. On like all the right type i think. something like that. And then i would always be typing up essays etc. during school. But you i can play the paino as well
How much for a massage ? My neck needs rubbing after all this typing contest :-p
 
  • #34
Sorry! said:
it's weird how people type SO SLOOOOOW haha. I just redid the test typing what i would think would be extremely slow and i get 69wpm haha.. how are you guys possibly getting under 50 wpm :P

My typing is extremely fast. The delay is to find out where the right key is.
 
  • #35
jobyts said:
My typing is extremely fast. The delay is to find out where the right key is.

hahaha

and @humanino
50$ per hour + travel. :)
 
  • #36
First try: I had 101 words (610 characters) per minute but with 14 errors.

I don't like the test for two reasons:
(1) Most of those 14 errors I knew were errors, particularly a burst of 6 or 7 at the very end when my fingers got off. The style of the test doesn't allow me to correct these errors, thus my accuracy was the pits. :frown: (My normal typing really does involve errors and making corrections)

(2) The timing of when it advances to the next paragraph slows me down, and several of my errors were on the first new word as I stumble into it. :frown:
 
  • #37
Is cheating allowed?

I right clicked the page, select "View page source", cut pasted the words.

But it seems like I'm slow in cut pasting too
 
  • #38
Hurkyl said:
First try: I had 101 words (610 characters) per minute but with 14 errors.

I don't like the test for two reasons:
(1) Most of those 14 errors I knew were errors, particularly a burst of 6 or 7 at the very end when my fingers got off. The style of the test doesn't allow me to correct these errors, thus my accuracy was the pits. :frown:

(2) The timing of when it advances to the next paragraph slows me down, and several of my errors were on the first new word as I stumble into it. :frown:

wow now THATS fast. If you could correct those mistakes before u press space... as in catch them while your typing there's no question you wuold be able to get up to 120.

This is how fast i used to think i cuold type about 110 wpm but clearlny not.
 
  • #39
jobyts said:
Is cheating allowed?

I right clicked the page, select "View page source", cut pasted the words.

But it seems like I'm slow in cut pasting too

It's probably quicker to type!
 
  • #40
cristo said:
I reckon a test like that is harder than typing a passage of text that makes sense. Try this site: http://www.typeonline.co.uk/typingspeed.php. There are several passages (though some have grammatical errors!). I got 80 and 83 words per minute, with a couple of mistakes each time.

On Cristo's test I got 77 wpm with Robert Frost. I made one mistake, but it was because my v key is haing issues. (See?)

I don't touch type properly, by the way. I use three fingers on each hand, except for the pinky on the right side, which I use to hit ' and ENTER.
 
  • #41
I got 66 words per min one mistake
 
  • #42
97 wpm with 1 mistake and the first try. I've gotten pretty good at typing from typera.tk. You have to get exact punctuation and capitalization. Best I've done on that is 107 wpm.

Tried again and got

443 points, so you achieved position 692 of 143626 on the ranking list


You type 611 characters per minute
You have 114 correct words and
you have 4 wrong words
 
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  • #43
Is this question in regard to typing or orgasms?
 
  • #45
97 words per minute. 4 errors. I knew I typed all four errors as I typed them, but since you can't go back after hitting the space bar I couldn't correct them (this doesn't stop me from wasting the time hitting backspace several times in an attempt to go back of course)
 
  • #46
I got 72 wpm on the first try when I got off by a word when the page froze up for a second. Ended up with 7 wrong, which were all in a row.

Second try, and I was going back to fix corrections (missed one i guess). I'll try later and see what happens when I don't go back and edit mistakes.

You type 439 characters per minute
You have 84 correct words and
you have 1 wrong words
 
  • #47
"409 points, so you achieved position 277 of 22908 on the ranking list


You type 542 characters per minute
You have 101 correct words and
you have 3 wrong words"

I hat teping!11!11!
 
  • #48
I'm so fast I can turn out the light and be in bed before the room gets dark! :biggrin:
 
  • #49
My typing speed is best characterized by postings on PF. Write, rewrite, think again, correct, reformat and start over---about 5 words per minute.
 
  • #50
This is fun... 80 wpm 5 mistakes :D haha...
then 85 wpm 2 mistakes... I think I won't be able to sleep!
 
  • #51
Tsu said:
I'm so fast I can turn out the light and be in bed before the room gets dark! :biggrin:

By any chance, do you have sodium vapor lamp in your bedroom? :biggrin:

I think that's the one that takes minutes to completely turn off.
 
  • #52
102 correct and 4 incorrect. I actually surprised myself -- I didn't think I was this fast. I would have pegged myself at 80wpm, max.
 
  • #53
75 wpm on the first try and 95 on the second? Wow, my speed is really variable!
 

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