How fast can you type?

Originally Posted by junior_j

My fingers will drop off if i keep taking the test lol!! so addictive , i love not looking whilst i type

my fave skill i think!
Jess x

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I don't look when I type either...I learned how to type from a really really picky computer ed teacher in HS...

72 wpm zero errors, but I'm on my laptop not my ergonomic keyboard and my nails a WAY too long, lol but I'm still happy

40 wpm with no errors. But then I am tired and have been on the computer all day.

I got 74 wpm, with no errors. I type faster when I'm just typing freely, than when I'm copying something.

68wpm but I also got caught up on not double spacing - I need to take it on my office computer

Originally Posted by clixpix

Natalie_ca's thread got me to wondering how fast I can type. "Back in the day" I could type around 70wpm, and even though I get a lot of practice here, I knew I wasn't as fast as I used to be. I took an online typing test, and I scored 58wpm. The test adjusts for mistakes (I didn't have any).

Take the test, and tell us (and be honest!) how fast you can type. If you try again later, and improve your score, tell us!

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That test came up at 55 wpm, but that was with making corrections as I went along. My last official test, about 20 years ago, was 80 wpm, but I only got up to about 65 wpm in high-school typing.

Originally Posted by clixpix

Once I realized that they have only one space between sentences (which I kept messing up, and slowed down to correct), I did much better! My last score was 78wpm!

Now I must stop taking typing tests.

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I had the same problem. I ended up the first time with 64 wpm.

I typed at 78 wpm with no errors on the first test. I did have to back space a few times to make corrections. (It's not considered an error unless you don't catch and correct it.) I kind of tripped me up having the test to type right above the typing area. Felt kind of weird. Most of the time I can type over 80+ wpm w/no errors. My boss is always baffled when he comes up to my desk and I look at him, listen and just keep typing really fast.

words per minute I suck compared to ever one else.

93 wpm with no errors. But then I have been touch-typing for nearly 30 years. I taught myself (from a Pitman's book) when I was in High School. I love writing and wanted to be able to type fast enough to keep up with my thoughts.

80 words per minute! I used to not be able to type correctly until high school when I discovered instant messaging. That's always been so strange to me.

77 wpm with no errors took the test once!

69 wpm with one error

108 words per minute, 0 errors.
Took the test 1 time and am 6th on their scoreboard.

I type A LOT.

The test has one oddity. When you make a mistake such as and extra space, miss a letter, or add a letter, it counts every keystroke after that as an error because the letters are no longer aligned with the test text.

I did it once purposely just to see what would happen and it told me I had 81 words per minute with 247 errors!

Originally Posted by Krazycatlover

words per minute I suck compared to ever one else.

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lol 40 words per minute is what I was trying to say

110 wpm, with 1 error.

Weird thing is that on the other typing tests that I usually take I score about 76wpm... so maybe this typing test just gives higher wpm results? Not sure, or maybe my fingers are extra speedy today. =)

Originally Posted by GoldyCat

The test has one oddity. When you make a mistake such as and extra space, miss a letter, or add a letter, it counts every keystroke after that as an error because the letters are no longer aligned with the test text.

I did it once purposely just to see what would happen and it told me I had 81 words per minute with 247 errors!

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That drove me nuts too. I did it a few times without finishing because that annoyed me. I finally managed it with correcting mistakes early on and got 71wpm, which is higher than I expected.

I got 79 words per minute with no errors. I did the one minute test using the Classic. When I did the timed 1 minute, I got 74 words with 1 error.

105 wpm, 0 errors.