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How fast do you type?

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99 WPM, 2 wrong words.

Typing speed is never the bottleneck for any type of work that I do in front of the computer.
 
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Not the most real world-relevant test since there's no punctuation, but if everyone is doing the same one it provides a legitimate basis of comparison.

In typing tests where I have to copy actual complete sentences, I generally get about 80 wpm (while self correcting errors).
 
I'm the fastest typer in the building where I work, but looking at the results of the other forum users, now I don't feel fast any more. 🙁
 
The site is blocked at work but on my iphone I hit about 54 wpm with 11/48 wrong words. Not bad since I was placing blind faith in auto correct to fix my typos and it did so on most words.
 
AstroManLuca said:
Not the most real world-relevant test since there's no punctuation, but if everyone is doing the same one it provides a legitimate basis of comparison.

In typing tests where I have to copy actual complete sentences, I generally get about 80 wpm (while self correcting errors).
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Interesting. I find complete sentences easier, since you can anticipate what's coming next based on the context. You're also unlikely to run into many repeating words that happen to use one side of the keyboard. "Different" is very annoying to type, for example, as it's dominated by the left hand.

But punctuation could make things harder:

1.a) [MAN] A man ordered 2,000 drums of pink ping pong balls in Paris, France. Each drum contained 100 pink ping pong balls. He paid $120 (80 Euros!) per drum, which means he spent $240,000 on 200,000 pink ping pong balls. 1.b) {BALL} These pink ping pong balls measured 40mm (how many inches?) and were given a 1 star rating [1 star?]. [FRIEND] His friends all asked him, "why did you order so many pink ping pong balls, how can you afford to spend that much, and what are you going to do with them?" His answer: "I'll tell you tomorrow." [MAN] Every day his friends asked the same question, and every day he gave the same answer: "I'll tell you tomorrow." {BALL} The pink ping pong balls started decreasing in quantity: only 189,000 left, and then only 172,000, and then 163,000, and then 147,000, etc. {BALL} One day 90% of the pink ping pong balls were gone (100% - 10% = 90% right?). His friends were really feeling frustrated with him now and demanded an explanation, "Tell us what the &^%$ [blip] you're doing with all of these @#^& pink ping pong balls!" [MAN] The man's response: "I spent $240,000 on 200,000 pink ping pong balls for a project. I have now used 90% of those, as you have observed. I promise to tell you tomorrow." [FRIEND] His friends decided to wait one more day and pronounce the alphabet to kill some time: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ then wrote a code word with strange signs: /a/&B#R{+1}>>[Bb] = X0 - 3 + @a rooftop ^ 32 + 12443678923458789 && 1 2 3 < 4. . The next day they were gathered in the man's house for the big revelation. The man stated, "Of the 200,000 pink ping pong balls I ordered I have 137 left. Would anyone like them?" His friends all groaned and said, "[---] no! Give us an answer!" The man began again, "Friends, I am about to unveil a great invention." He took a deep breath...and died. His 7 friends would never know why the man spent $240,000 on 200,000 pink ping pong balls, and neither will you.
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lols? Apparently what was used in some "typing tournament" in merica. Guy got 122wpm. Yeah yeah, i know, highly practical.
 
justoh said:
Interesting. I find complete sentences easier, since you can anticipate what's coming next based on the context. You're also unlikely to run into many repeating words that happen to use one side of the keyboard. "Different" is very annoying to type, for example, as it's dominated by the left hand.
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That might be true. I just think that, by typing only individual words with no punctuation between them, you also remove several other keys from ever being used: the comma, period, semicolon/colon, and shift keys (since everything is lowercase).

I also know that in this other typing test, my WPM score went down slightly because you had to manually click the start and end buttons, which is kinda dumb. Probably not enough to make a huge difference, but it's really more accurate if it automatically measures it.
 
chubbyfatazn said:
I'm gonna go with warm up. These things are more about reading the next word while you type, at least for me... not what I usually do when I'm typing.

Curious, did you actually practice typing to increase your speed? Or did it just sort of come naturally as time passed?
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I think that 0 keystroke errors at 146 wpm (on your first test?) is insane, and you should easily be able to do 160+ if you step on the gas a little. I almost never finish a test without at least 2-3 wrong words and 5-7 corrections (keystroke errors).

It came naturally from growing up with IRC i guess. And then more online shit. I didn't know there were typing enthusiast websites until a couple months ago. I suspect it's the same for you, since I also thought about that, and almost asked it in the original post.
 
AstroManLuca said:
That might be true. I just think that, by typing only individual words with no punctuation between them, you also remove several other keys from ever being used: the comma, period, semicolon/colon, and shift keys (since everything is lowercase).

I also know that in this other typing test, my WPM score went down slightly because you had to manually click the start and end buttons, which is kinda dumb. Probably not enough to make a huge difference, but it's really more accurate if it automatically measures it.
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Not everything. You're forgetting about America, and India, and a couple others 😛 but yes, i know what you mean. Did you notice this though?

http://10fastfingers.com/practice/text/1-touch-typing/

Seems like what you would like.

There's an advanced test as well, that's just like the regular test but with punctuation, and more (and more difficult) words. I find it about 20-30% harder i guess. It would always depend on how familiar the words are, how well one is able to spell words, etc. Regular punctuation isn't any different to any other key presses, so it's only a problem if it's got ridiculous shit like that passage i quoted earlier.

There's also a practice mode that starts out with 250 of the most commonly used words, then grows as you progress to 1000 or something. That might be a practical way to improve typing since it's all about going through the motions.
 
ShadowOfMyself said:
I love how everyone comes up with some excuse as to why their score isnt higher
"Just woke up" "Didnt sleep last night" "My keyboard sucks"

Anyway, heres my modest attempt:
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I dont think its possible to do much better with peck typing
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my just woke up excuse 5 hours ago seems logical to me.
 
118 wpm according to that test.

this is a particularly easy test. i usually get a bit over 90 wpm in most tests, 100+ if i push myself.
 
I'm not gonna bother..but I typically can type pretty fast. Probably over 100 wpm...but I do make mistakes often when I type. I just backspace and correct quickly too. 😛
 
justoh said:
I think that 0 keystroke errors at 146 wpm (on your first test?) is insane, and you should easily be able to do 160+ if you step on the gas a little. I almost never finish a test without at least 2-3 wrong words and 5-7 corrections (keystroke errors).

It came naturally from growing up with IRC i guess. And then more online shit. I didn't know there were typing enthusiast websites until a couple months ago. I suspect it's the same for you, since I also thought about that, and almost asked it in the original post.
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Is that what a keystroke error is? A correction?

I learned touch typing from the get go, back in grade school. Honestly if anything I credit piano for getting my speed up there. Finger dexterity is key 😉
 
No punctuation, no capitalization, and most of the words are very easy to type. Thus, most of our scores are probably inflated by 10-25%.
 
DrPizza said:
No punctuation, no capitalization, and most of the words are very easy to type. Thus, most of our scores are probably inflated by 10-25%.
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more like 30%, hehe, but in all fairness it does contain no punctuation, no caps, and very easy to type words, so a 10-30% inflation rate may seem unremarkable.
 
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