So how fast can you type?

Discussion in 'Esther's Follies' started by El Sapo, Jun 4, 2008.

  1. El Sapo

    El Sapo Bevo's BFF

  2. notreally

    notreally 1,000+ Posts

    57 words a minute.

    I often tell people that of all the classes I took in High School, the one that has benefited me more than any other in every day life is the typing class I took as a freshman. It is a skill I use more than any other on a daily basis.
     
  3. PiGuy

    PiGuy 250+ Posts

    Somewhere between 85-100 according to a few of those tests.
     
  4. Remove Rowdy

    Remove Rowdy 100+ Posts

    astgrwjthjk78tfhs

    pretty fast, the above took about 1 second.
     
  5. Statalyzer

    Statalyzer 10,000+ Posts

    I got 90 on that test, which kind of surprised me. Back when I was practicing several times a week I got up to 80 or 85 but that was several years ago and I expected to be at more like 70.
     
  6. TornACL

    TornACL 250+ Posts

    100, *******!!!
     
  7. ptownhorn

    ptownhorn 1,000+ Posts

    55 for me. the numbers f me up


     
  8. TxArch

    TxArch 250+ Posts

    125 first try
    135 second try
     
  9. GarCiaRia

    GarCiaRia 100+ Posts

    80...125? Geez!
     
  10. Dude

    Dude 1,000+ Posts

    54, it takes longer when you have to look up at the sentence, then look down at the keybhord, then look back up at the sentence, then look back down....etc.
     
  11. wolfman

    wolfman 1,000+ Posts

    45, Im not a touch typist and can go faster if I just type what Im thinking instead of reading and typing.
     
  12. longhrnfan

    longhrnfan 500+ Posts

    between 80-105
     
  13. txboy_in_az

    txboy_in_az 100+ Posts

  14. Bookman

    Bookman 1,000+ Posts

    60-70.
     
  15. Steel Shank

    Steel Shank 1,000+ Posts

    Steel Shank = The Suck

    38
     
  16. TexasFirefighter

    TexasFirefighter 100+ Posts

    85, no mistakes.
     
  17. Umpus

    Umpus 100+ Posts

  18. judgroybeanbag

    judgroybeanbag 500+ Posts

    215

    Kilometers per hour.
     
  19. tex-horn

    tex-horn 100+ Posts

    107, no typos.
     
  20. K-Man

    K-Man 250+ Posts

    46 with a couple typos
     
  21. KC-97HORN

    KC-97HORN 500+ Posts

    65.

    I have taken several tests for job interviews and I get somewhere around 55-60 wpm.

    I agree that taking typing in H.S. was the one freaking class that has had a major impact on my life. Although I still do a combination of remembering where the keys are and looking sometimes. Which means I fluctuate wildly in my typing speed. Although the ideas that come out of my head seem to fly by the quickest - since I dont have a page to look back and forth between the sceen and page.
     
  22. El Sapo

    El Sapo Bevo's BFF

    I can cut and paste at 720 wpm according to this thing. [​IMG]
     
  23. wherzwaldo

    wherzwaldo 1,000+ Posts

  24. chango

    chango 2,500+ Posts

    80 wpm; 2 mistakes
     
  25. Art Vandelay

    Art Vandelay 500+ Posts

    98 the first time I did it, but couldn't beat my score after that.
     
  26. Statalyzer

    Statalyzer 10,000+ Posts


     
  27. Xminus6

    Xminus6 500+ Posts

    right around 100. 97 on the second, 104 on the first.
     
  28. Hornin Hong Kong

    Hornin Hong Kong 1,000+ Posts

    76 on that but there is no way that is my average im much slower
     
  29. l00p

    l00p 10,000+ Posts

    71 first try.

    85 second.

    I think that is about right as I average about 80'ish.

    An ex of mine was in the 130 or more range. She could type something and then look up while the cursor was still cruising along for a little while. Granted, she was an executive assistant at the IMF.
     
  30. TexasTower

    TexasTower 500+ Posts

    78 with no error.

    That's gotta be inaccurate. I wasn't that fast in high school when typing all the time.
     

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