How fast can you type?

[frapjap]

Found this neat typing timer through a friend.
I decided to be objective about it and not read the passage first since it would probably be a better, more honest measure.

http://www.typeonline.co.uk/typingspeed.php
So, how fast are you?

I was 71 WPM, 4 mistakes, all lame spelling errors from zooming over the keys.

[snwbrdr435]

564wpm.

Copied and pasted BOOM

[snwbrdr435]

81 with 4 mistakes

[alms24sebring]

wow I suck. I cant read and type or type without looking

[AppleBonker]

I can type 100 words a minute... in my own language.

If I had nine of my fingers missing I wouldn't type any slower.

[sx moneypit]

wow I suck. I cant read and type or type without looking

Me too.

[themadscientist]

this fast!

Want to see it again?

hsbvchdfbvibhasnflbsdkznvlkznb nzcjbdzdo'ivsdjz!

Yeah, I know you are getting wet seeing my skillz.

[Bubba1]

75 with 5 errors.

[300ZXttZMAN]

48wpm no errors. FTW!

[dre1507]

65wpm. No errors.

[Jesda]

I have a time machine so everything I post is pre-written.

[tigersharkdude]

Your speed was: 39wpm.

You made 2 mistakes, your mistakes are shown in bold text:

seriously, what language was that? 17th century English?

[Towncivilian]

~120WPM, sometimes more or less depending on the keyboard

[zacmil]

seriously, what language was that? 17th century English?

Yes, yes it was.

I don't know if it gives the same piece of text every time, but I had a passage from Much Ado About Nothing.

Also, I scored 53wpm and had 3 errors. I like to think the Shakespeariness knocked a good 10wpm or so off.

[MinisterofDOOM]

This test netted me 89 WPM with 4 errors.
Typing test like this are pointless an inaccurate. The challenge here is not the typing, but the transcription. When you're "really" typing something, it comes from your head, not a page. You're not seeing, reading, typing. You're just typing. Not comparable. I'm typing this forum post far more quickly and with fewer errors than I managed with that typing "test."

[alms24sebring]

I can type much faster if Im thinking of what Im typing, as Im typing it. A good guess would be maybe about 50-60wpm.

Mine was about a guy named Harry Lime, lol. And 120 is sick fast.

[Towncivilian]

Well, I didn't really try the test, but on typeracer.com (which is another "measure your speed" site) I would get around 100-120 WPM consistently. As MinisterofDOOM said, when you know what you're typing in your head it's really different from copying something.

[nissangirl74]

2 mistakes, 47 wpm. I type MUCH faster when I am typing a paper or on here as well.

[tigersharkdude]

2 mistakes, 47 wpm. I type MUCH faster when I am typing a paper or on here as well.

same.

[TTkickedin]

61wpm no errors.

[BusyBadger]

This test netted me 89 WPM with 4 errors.
Typing test like this are pointless an inaccurate. The challenge here is not the typing, but the transcription. When you're "really" typing something, it comes from your head, not a page. You're not seeing, reading, typing. You're just typing. Not comparable. I'm typing this forum post far more quickly and with fewer errors than I managed with that typing "test."

Without the transcription there's no way to judge either accuracy. Additionally, as the test is a setup for learning touch typing the transcription encourages just that, typing by touch and without looking at the keys.

Typing tests for the modern day equivalent of secretary pool rely on similarly styled tests because a secretary just typing what she thinks doesn't happen, she's invariably transcribing something for someone else above her pay grade.

In the end it doesn't matter, Swype is faster - can't wait for the keyboard.

Oh yeah, 50/0.

[szh]

55 wpm. One mistake. I typed "wen" instead of "when".

Z

[Razi]

84wpm no errors.

I remember playing Mario Teaches Typing as a kid, it was pretty fun.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVtw-ctzA7Q[/youtube]

[S133P3R]

84wpm no errors.

I remember playing Mario Teaches Typing as a kid, it was pretty fun.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVtw-ctzA7Q

NERD ALERT! NERD ALERT!
24 wpm and 3 mistakes on my iPod. I work with a stylus all day not a keyboard.

[darkeagle]

70 wpm and 4 mistakes.

[hitbychance]

60wpm no mistakes