What's your typing speed?

[Karrikin]

Just a random question I was wondering

 

[idontknowwhatiam]

60

 

[doomedbynarrative]

72 wpm with a few backspaces from typos.
I tested myself from here.
I did a one min test with medium word difficulty.

 

[Riven]

65, probably could be faster but meh

 

[sanctionedusage]

100 relaxed 125 peak

 

[EmptyBottle]

54 wpm

 

[Arvayn]

In WPM. I sit at around 125-150 when relaxed.

There isn't much benefit to having such fast fingers, really. I spend 90% of my time thinking of what to type instead of actually typing.

Edit: If any other fast typers want to race, hit me up! I'm rusty, though.

 

[Always-in-trouble]

40 something and very inconsistent (typos and frezzing in place if I can't find the key) mind you. Speeding up would make doing assignments at school a lot faster.

 

[EmptyBottle]

40 something and very inconsistent (typos and frezzing in place if I can't find the key) mind you. Speeding up would make doing assignments at school a lot faster.

mm. Also, just confirming, ur 18 or older?
nvm, post history suggests ur 18 or older

 

[Always-in-trouble]

mm. Also, just confirming, ur 18 or older?

18. Lurked here for a few months before registering the day after my birthday.

 

[EmptyBottle]

18. Lurked here for a few months before registering the day after my birthday.

tks for confirming

 

[a65b]

Just tested it and got 67

 

[Myforevercharlie]

Granny speed

 

[FadingSnowFake]

Thought I was better

 

[5er50ji]

Kind of slow these days

 

[FoxSauce]

Ahem Sadly 25 . I hesitated . Ill retry later tho

 

[Forveleth]

Ooo! I'll one back when I am not on mobile.

 

[dragon.//]

105

 

[noname223]

Very slow. I wish I could type faster. Even my parents can do that.

I would be interested in the answer of @DarkRange55
I imagine it is at least the speed of light in his case...

 

[amor.dor]

44

 

[DownwardSpiral]

57

 

[CatLvr]

100 relaxed 125 peak

Last time I tested (back in the late 90s) I was on par with this. Back when I was working I was always the fastest, most accurate typist in the office. Both a blessing and a curse, for sure.

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In WPM. I sit at around 125-150 when relaxed.

There isn't much benefit to having such fast fingers, really. I spend 90% of my time thinking of what to type instead of actually typing.

Edit: If any other fast typers want to race, hit me up! I'm rusty, though.

Good job!! I haven't sat down to a keyboard and typed anything out seriously in almost 20 years now. I used to sit down at work, put on my headset, close my eyes and "go to work". Lol The lawyers I worked for were always like "How the fuck do you DO that??" It was called exhausted but still needing a paycheck. Lol

 

[sanctionedusage]

Last time I tested (back in the late 90s) I was on par with this. Back when I was working I was always the fastest, most accurate typist in the office. Both a blessing and a curse, for sure.

ive always wanted to learn proper touch typing but ive been using a computer since i was 5 or 6, and my school only started trying to teach us how to use tech (including touch typing) when i was already 11. ive tried twice to teach myself but its just way too hard to unlearn 15 years of habit and start off so slow again lol. i only use my pointer, middle and ring fingers to type.

 

[CatLvr]

ive always wanted to learn proper touch typing but ive been using a computer since i was 5 or 6, and my school only started trying to teach us how to use tech (including touch typing) when i was already 11. ive tried twice to teach myself but its just way too hard to unlearn 15 years of habit and start off so slow again lol. i only use my pointer, middle and ring fingers to type.

That is amazing to me. Why don't they teach kids "proper" typing in grade school?? Seems like, given the way the world is now, that not being able to type would be a definite handicap. I learned typing and shorthand in high school. And honestly, I'm really glad I did. They've both were skills that served me well in college and then when I was out in the working world.

My old man did two finger typing. I was amazed at how quick he was but it would also drive me daft. Lol I kept wanting to smack the back of his hands with a wooden ruler. (My typing teacher's favorite form of negative reinforcement if she caught you not using "proper form.")

 

[Alpacachino]

I use VTT like a boss. So it's extremely fast.I would say greater than 120 at least.

 

[sanctionedusage]

That is amazing to me. Why don't they teach kids "proper" typing in grade school?? Seems like, given the way the world is now, that not being able to type would be a definite handicap. I learned typing and shorthand in high school. And honestly, I'm really glad I did. They've both were skills that served me well in college and then when I was out in the working world.

My old man did two finger typing. I was amazed at how quick he was but it would also drive me daft. Lol I kept wanting to smack the back of his hands with a wooden ruler. (My typing teacher's favorite form of negative reinforcement if she caught you not using "proper form.")

this was in ~2016 too, so quite far into the tech era. it was a tiny, very old-school private school though, so definitely made sense to lag behind in that department. i remember having a sheet of paper placed over my hands to do a typing test but id just end up incorrectly typing underneath it, since my issue wasn't 'hunting' for the keys; i knew where they were on a keyboard but but i was just using the wrong fingers and being inefficient lmao. in high school, other kids who'd presumably went to way better schools for elementary/middle still made comments about my typing speed and didn't know how to touch type themselves either, so i'd assume all US education was just as shitty at teaching anything tech related in that era. definitely hope it's gotten better now but cant say i have much hope if even basic literacy is at an all time low.

 

[amor.dor]

Granny speed

I think my grandmother, if she's motivated, is faster than me.

 

[Arvayn]

Good job!! I haven't sat down to a keyboard and typed anything out seriously in almost 20 years now. I used to sit down at work, put on my headset, close my eyes and "go to work". Lol The lawyers I worked for were always like "How the fuck do you DO that??" It was called exhausted but still needing a paycheck. Lol

Lol, I relate. I have a similar story. I was sat at my desk talking to my uncle, but I was also typing something out, so I just looked off to the side, staring directly at him while continuing to type at full speed. His eyes widened and he looked at me in disbelief and he just said "What the hell?". Haha.

 

[Forveleth]

Ok, best round was 62 wpm at 95% accuracy on Medium. Not bad. Autocorrect has killed my accuracy. I have gotten so sloppy with typing.

Lol, I relate. I have a similar story. I was sat at my desk talking to my uncle, but I was also typing something out, so I just looked off to the side, staring directly at him while continuing to type at full speed. His eyes widened and he looked at me in disbelief and he just said "What the hell?". Haha.

I used to drive my college roommate crazy doing this. Our desks were side-by-side so I would turn and look at her when she talked but I would also continue writing my paper. She would get so freaked out.

I learned typing and shorthand in high school.

As someone who has giant, loopy cursive, shorthand would have been a godsend for taking notes. I did not even know it existed until like, a year ago.