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[lexington]

I was wondering what is considered fast words per minute for typing. I was just browsing through some jobs that said at least 40 WPM, and I just did a test and found I typed 88 WPM. What is considered really fast realistically speaking? Not a bizarre super human WPM but what is considered impressive. Thanks

[rghf]

I would say 120WPM would impress me

[Nich]

I type 110 WPM with 100% accuracy, so I would probably say ~130 WPM with 100% accuracy would impress me.

[sgarbus]

Originally Posted by Nich

I type 110 WPM with 100% accuracy, so I would probably say ~130 WPM with 100% accuracy would impress me.

So you never ever make a typing mistake?

[Nich]

Originally Posted by PE-Steve

So you never ever make a typing mistake?

Haha of course I make mistakes However, I was talking about if I were to type something prepared (like a typing test), I could average about 110WPM at near perfect accuracy and better.

[sgarbus]

Originally Posted by Nich

Haha of course I make mistakes However, I was talking about if I were to type something prepared (like a typing test), I could average about 110WPM at near perfect accuracy and better.

Really think so?

http://www.typingtest.com/test/default.asp

That test is extremely hard!

[Nich]

Originally Posted by PE-Steve

Really think so?

http://www.typingtest.com/test/default.asp

That test is extremely hard!

I actually searched that on Google and did it because of this thread! Here's the results that I e-mailed to myself:

Dear Nich,

Thank you for assessing your typing skills at
TypingTest.com - welcome back any time!


TYPING TEST RESULTS

Here are your full test results:

- Test Name: Strategic Alliances with Competitors
- Date: 2006-08-12 03:40
- Test Time: 01:00
- Gross Speed: 109 WPM
- Errors: 0
- Accuracy: 100%

- NET SPEED: 109 WPM

[cywkevin]

three minute test isn't very good. Try a 10+ minutes test

[crislem]

I decided to take the test. I won't post my result, but I will say that I wasn't very close to Nich's performance...

[Konrad4]

Mine wasn't anywere close to Nich's either.

[FluffyTigger]

For office works, 50 or 60 will be good enough. Professional typist do 80-100. They can type faster, but if you do typing for hours and afters, days after days, you'll get health problems typing at that speed.

[JazzFinder]

75 WPM. Not bad, considering that English is a foreign language for me! I took a 3 min test with the damn tigers text!

[portal]

TYPING TEST RESULTS

Here are your full test results:

- Test Name: Strategic Alliances with Competitors
- Date: 2006-08-12 15:55
- Test Time: 01:00
- Gross Speed: 119 WPM
- Errors: 0
- Accuracy: 100%

- NET SPEED: 119 WPM

[portal]

I just did it again, and got 115 wpm with 1 error.

I attached a SS of this one, and I'll attach an SS of the email they sent for the one on top of this post.

[Virago]

Back in the day I think I hit 95 on a 5-minute test, and that was on a typewriter. :p

These days when I'm at the keyboard I'm usually composing as I go, so definitely much slower, as I have to pause to think and frequently change things on the fly.