What is your typing speed?

[LDS Jock]

Go to http://www.typingtest.com/ and find out. My results were

Here are your full test results:

Huckleberry Finn
Gross Speed: 65 WPM
Errors: 3
Accuracy: 95%

NET SPEED: 62 WPM

which I thought was OK, until I looked at the top ten. Someone on there hit 171. The world's fastest typist hit 212 before.

http://sominfo.syr.edu/facstaff/dvorak/blackburn.html

Who is the fastest DUer?

[Champ]

1. I took this before

I got 71 WPM and 2 errors.

[blackcat77]

3. 60 wpm, 7 errors = 53 wpm

Not bad I guess. I wear out my backspace key before any other. Thank god for computers -- I could never use a typewriter.

[MercutioATC]

2. 42 WPM, 97% accuracy...

...and I don't touch type.

[Dogmudgeon]

4. 55 WPM on QWERTY

But I plan to switch over to Dvorak in a couple weeks. I've been told I could easily reach 80 WPM with less fatigue on my hands -- not that it's a problem at this point.

Barbara Blackburn, the woman in the link, is a Dvorak typist -- she can sustain 170 WPM for 50 minutes on Dvorak.

--bkl

[blackcat77]

8. I could never do that...

Hell, it took me weeks to go from a standard keyboard to an ergonomic one. No way I could ever learn new key positions...

[LDS Jock]

15. I was gonna play around with Dvorak

using an old keyboard. Once I took the keys out and started putting them back in, it turns out four won't fit in their new positions. Grrr....

[Dogmudgeon]

17. I'm just printing up key labels

I designed a template for Avery labels to be printed with MS Word. PM me or send e-mail if you'd like a copy.

I print them on regular paper or special clear plastic. If they're on paper, I put cellophane packing tape over them and then glue them to the key with a small dab of rubber cement. That sticks 'em good, but they come off with no damage to the key, and the excess rubber cleans up easy.

You can also order preprinted key caps from places like Keytronic or Hooleon for $10-$25. But with cheap keyboards at $10, that seems like overkill.

--bkl

[TX-RAT]

5. Piss Poor

Took me 15 minutes to type this. But I'm getting better.

[tridim]

6. 67 WPM, 5 errors

About what I expected for a programmer such as myself.

Here's the bio of the world's fastest typist..
http://sominfo.syr.edu/facstaff/dvorak/blackburn.html

Does anyone remember seeing her on Letterman? It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen on the show. They were timing her, but she forgot to put paper in the typewriter. Half way through Dave noticed there was no paper and started cracking up. :)

[Misunderestimator]

7. Wow... no wonder I post too much...

87 WPM Gross Speed
3 Errors
84 WPM Net Speed
96% Accuracy

[TlalocW]

9. My results

Huckleberry Finn
Gross Speed: 95 WPM
Errors: 3
Accuracy: 96%

NET SPEED: 92 WPM

I've done better. During a summer in my teen years, I went into Manpower to sign up for looking into temp jobs - I was covered in dirt and sweat from helping my brother-in-law with tearing something down. They assumed I wanted to take the tests for physical labor, and I said, "No, let's try the secretarial tests." I broke 3 records. :)

TlalocW

[demosincebirth]

10. Is that with one finger or two?

[bigwillq]

11. Awful

55 wpm
7 errors
89% acc.
net speed 52 wpm

I'm gonna try again later to see if I improve.

[TrogL]

12. Gross speed 73 - lots of errors

I can go a lot faster but my desk is set up wrong and I've got a sore finger.

[TheWizardOfMudd]

13. Results

Test name Strategic Alliances with Competitors

Gross Speed 86 WPM

Errors 6 words

Net Speed 80 WPM

Accuracy 93%

[elperromagico]

14. I managed 84 WPM on Huckleberry Finn,

despite the notable handicap of being inebriated. ;)

- Test Name: Huckleberry Finn
- Date: 2004-06-17 17:58
- Test Time: 03:00
- Gross Speed: 86 WPM
- Errors: 6
- Accuracy: 97%

I've hit 104 WPM on other tests.

[Iris]

16. 81 wpm; 96% accuracy

[ashling]

18. I type so slow that when I answer a thread that has just started,

I usually get posted around # 14

very depressing
:hurts:

[SOteric]

19. Gross speed 128 wmp, errors 3, net speed 125 wpm

Kewel. If the bottom falls out my career, I can be a cook, a dishwasher or someone's faithful scribe.

[Pithlet]

21. Not bad at all!

It's a good skill to have :)

[arwalden]

24. How Do You Keep Your Fingers From Getting Tangled Together...

... and twisted in knots??

-- Allen

[LDS Jock]

26. 128!!! I'm scared of you

btw.. thats a GORGEOUS picture for your sig

[Pithlet]

20. Gross 96, Net 88

Gross Speed 96 WPM

Errors 8 Words
Net Speed 88 WPM
Accuracy 91%

Not too bad, although I can do better. I'm on pain meds for a migraine and tootheache. I've done in excess of 100 wpm adjusted.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

22. 60 WPM

- Test Name: Strategic Alliances with Competitors
- Date: 2004-06-17 18:52
- Test Time: 01:00
- Gross Speed: 61 WPM
- Errors: 1
- Accuracy: 98%

- NET SPEED: 60 WPM

I've tested an average of 66wpm in the past on offical tests; one for a police dispatcher position. I typed a bit slowly today because I had the type set to a smaller size and couldn't read it very well.

And I'm stickin' to that story! :evilgrin:

[arwalden]

23. Huckleberry Finn, 100% accuracy, 65 WPM.

Not too shabby.

-- Allen

[KG]

25. timed with a calender.