How fast can you type?
 

Great stuff to do while in school or officework, it looks that you are actually doing something :D..
Link:
Typing Test - 10fastfingers.com
My record is 57 in english version, but 71 in finnish. And 49 in french. Hate those `-accents. Try to exceed.
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Between 78 and 85 WPM.

Roughly 69 WPM

I'm around 80 wpm but that's hardly a comprehensive test, especially considering the lack of capitalization, punctuation, and numbers.

I type whicked fast.

























Dave posting in here ruined my whole incredibly witty comment though :( haha.

On the plus side your comment totally made my day :tramp:

I was quite gutted when I seen your name, I was hoping you'd have posted after me :( haha but it's a winner I made your day, that makes me happy! :)

I'm around 75-80 right now.

In one of my past jobs where I typed alot (gate/ ticketing agent for a major airline) I was around 85!


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Attempt 1:
Words per minute (WPM) 75
Keystrokes 384
Correct words 72
Wrong words 1

2:

Words per minute (WPM) 74
Keystrokes 368
Correct words 71
Wrong words 0

3: Words per minute (WPM) 79
Keystrokes 405
Correct words 79
Wrong words 1

Not bad for two finger typing. Yup, I've been typing for over ten years and still only use my index fingers, but... they move fast :D

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For anyone who ever has wondered why my posts are usually short and to the point, now you know. :laughing:

On the test, I got 59, then I got 69.

Its kind of a bull**** test though, since even though I MOSTLY touchtype, I still find it annoying to read and type at the same time.

So I opened up OpenOffice and typed the following using the timer from the test but typing random sentences from my head. (What I did was, highlight the box in the test, immediately hit space, click my word program, and start typing.)

"I just can't belive there are people out there who would refuse to localise a game as good as the ace attorney series, regardless of its profitability on a western scale. Its a fantastic series and I wish capcom were bringing more of it out more quickly and more well regardedly in order to capitalise on their fantastic writing and storytelling. With that said however capcom are evil bastards and for that reason I must tell them to **** themselves with hoses." - 82 words

"Well isn't that awkward, the priest hasn't shown up and I'm due to be wed in a half hour, where the devil is the old bastard anyway? I surely do not have to remind you that this is imperative in order for my dowry to be paid on time to the station master at crewe, who is a buffoon and a fool. I believe it is of the utmost importance that you find him immediately and as such give him a damn good thrashing so as to impress upon him the importance of this. Go to it you" - 98 words.


So in conclusion, I type a damned sight more quickly than that test would give me credit for, because reading out words in a random order that doesn't even have a sentence structure is bloody annoying.

Tried and got 70 WPM. 73 with the incorrect words.

But that's kind of the point of the tests. It's not to see how fast you can write (through typing) but just how fast you can type. It eliminates the ability to plan ahead and gets you out of the habit of mentally anticipating the next most common keystroke, which in turn increases accuracy.

**** this

Quality over quantity I always say.

Yes but it also eliminates your ability to predict grammatical conventions and sentence structure.

Here GB:

My typing speed was 88 WPM at TypingTest.com

This very well may be more up your alley or at least a compromise.

I like the Aesop's Fables one.

Words per minute (WPM) 89
Keystrokes 451
Correct words 81
Wrong words 1

I really, REALLY wish I could type properly though. Home keys? Nope. I'm all over the damn place.

I did about 70 WPM on average, with one mistake max.

That's exactly it. If you ever take a data entry type job (realistically the only kind of work where a test like this still matters) then you're generally not dealing with grammatical conventions and normal sentence structure.

Well then that means the test itself is obsolete, no? Why would we test ourselves using a form inapplicable to the real world? We either type quotations or from the head in the real world, so tests using those standards are more applicable as far as I see it.

I've started using the home keys. A lot slower, but it's proper.

I don't think I actually use the home keys ever just because I never put my hands on the keyboard except to type, so I go straight for the proper keys to start typing.

Unless you mean Home and End and stuff, I use those all the time because they rule.

Yeah I may be sticking to them too strictly. As in I try and actually have my fingers rest on them as I type. I imagine once I do it for long enough I'll be more comfortable.