What's considered a good typing speed?

[SpunkyJones]

I suck compared to everyone here, I'm a 45-50 wpm guy.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: timswim78
Ughh, I just tested at 38WPM.

You typed that yesterday right?

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: SpunkyJones
I suck compared to everyone here, I'm a 45-50 wpm guy.

It's not how fast you type, it's what you type that counts. And seeing as we all post on AT, we all fail in that respect

 

[Nik]

Every time I've either interviewed for a job or done the interviewing, management has always asked for 40+ wpm (corrected). I don't understand where they get the number from, though. 40wpm is slower than snot. There's a guy in my lab who actually hunts and pecks with nothing but his index fingers AND he's slow as hell at it!

 

[AstroManLuca]

80-90 wpm for me, and I'm self-correcting.

 

[nerdress]

The best I've done is 110 with no errors, but like someone said earlier it can't be done for longer than maybe a few minutes. If I can articulate what I'm trying to say, then it just flows naturally and I can do around 100/105 with a 98% accuracy, but most of the time it's more like 80. Still...faster than anyone I know.

 

[ModerateRepZero]

Good typing speed apparently is over 45 wpm without errors?

on typingtest I believe my highest speed was mid/high 70s after adjusting for errors.

 

[kalrith]

If you did a poll, you'd find that 95% of ATOT types at 100wpm or faster with 0 errors. If you could then somehow test their typing speeds and errors ensuring that they only took the test once, then I bet it would be about half that.

I couldn't remember what my typing speed was, so I went to http://www.typingtest.com/ and clicked Start Typing Test with the default 1-minute Astronauts test. I only took it once and got a net speed of 77wpm and an accuracy of 98%. That's better than I thought it would be, but I'm sure I'm the absolute slowest-typing member of ATOT .

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

60-80 WPM with 99% accuracy (I usually fix my mistakes as I make them) is normal for me. Fastest I've ever done on a typing test was 123. The one job I've gotten that required a minimum typing speed requried like 4500 characters per hour (data entry job (mostly copypasta)), which is dog slow.

 

[mrCide]

I'm around 120 wpm average, with bursts of up to 140!..

 

[Evadman]

My grandmother could type over 150 wpm. She could easily jamb the typewriter together. I am a paltry 120ish last time I was tested.

 

[ivan2]

I type about 80wpm and my coworkers think i type fast =/...

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: SpunkyJones
I'm honest compared to everyone here, I'm a 45-50 wpm guy.

Fixed.

 

[Extelleron]

Around 80 wpm. I don't type the way they teach you to type however. I've always been faster just using two fingers.

 

[DaWhim]

around 80wpm. i have generally faster than all people i see at work.

 

[Chaotic42]

No idea.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: SpunkyJones
I suck compared to everyone here, I'm a 45-50 wpm guy.

36 -38 wpm for me on a test. Though I suck at reading and typing and I have to contiually look at the keyboard to type. If I type what's on my mind I can type a lot faster.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

anyone quoting 150 or higher, screenshot or shens.
and 150 should be net (taking errors into account), not gross.

 

[thegimp03]

I can type around 85-90 wpm with about 97% accuracy if I focus enough.

 

[Saint Nick]

I can type 110wpm at 103% accuracy. I only mess up when I'm drunk. Which means when I do mess up, it falls to about 100%. Which means I never mess up.

 

[NikoIcardo]

I get about 60 - 70 on link removed, 85 on link removed, and vary between there on other sites. It all kind of depends on what you are typing.

For instance Monkey Type just displays a list of unrelated simple words while Speedy Fingers will display a paragraph form of text with punctuation. It will be more difficult to type the latter and thus you will likely have a lower score.

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[allisolm]

Be aware this thread is from 2009.
admin allisolm

 

[ultimatebob]

Be aware this thread is from 2009.
admin allisolm

The typing test still works, though! I was able to hammer out around 45 wpm (after factoring in errors) on a Macbook keyboard. I can do better than that on a real one

 

[Muse]

Ughh, I just tested at 38WPM.

Yeah, I think the other people are lying.

Be aware this thread is from 2009.
admin allisolm

Well, then, 1/2 of them are now ZERO WPM.

 

[pmv]

Be aware this thread is from 2009.
admin allisolm

Well I started typing this post in 2009.