# GAME: Fastest. Typist. Ever. (Is it you?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 9, 2002, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-fastest-typist-ever-is-it-you/118050 "2002-07-09T09:20:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-fastest-typist-ever-is-it-you/118050/21 "2002-07-10T17:26:22Z")
Cervaise, you cheater. 76 gross, 71 net. I wonder if it is possible to take timed tests accurately? Knowing you’re being tested makes you nervous, yet if you are just typing normally you’re not as stressed and may make fewer mistakes. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-fastest-typist-ever-is-it-you/118050/22 "2002-07-10T17:29:51Z")
Stuck at 70 net. Damn 🙂 Ino, you’re my hero. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-fastest-typist-ever-is-it-you/118050/23 "2002-07-10T18:33:30Z")
Around 75 wpm on the first one and 98/96 on the second one. ---
**Author:** ![VDarlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@VDarlin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VDarlin)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-fastest-typist-ever-is-it-you/118050/24 "2002-07-10T18:52:24Z")
GWPM: 117 NWPM: 114 Muuuuuch better! 😃 ~V ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-fastest-typist-ever-is-it-you/118050/25 "2002-07-10T20:07:17Z")
Think there may be some sort of lag in the original test. Never got much above 45-47 WPM with it. I haven’t typed that slow since I was in grade school. Also the sentence structures and old english words mess things up when you’re stopping to think about what you type and how bizarre it is. It’s like using Vogon Poetry to test your typing skills. Second test seems more reliable. Get my usual 70-80 wpm on it. Steven ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-fastest-typist-ever-is-it-you/118050/26 "2002-07-10T20:20:07Z")
38 on the first test. 56 on the second. either there’s a disparity between tests, or there’s a disparity between me 😃 ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-fastest-typist-ever-is-it-you/118050/27 "2002-07-10T21:01:48Z")
58 is my score on the new test…just what I thought. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-fastest-typist-ever-is-it-you/118050/28 "2002-07-10T23:59:13Z")
2 words (14 keys) per minute…but I got through over 500 words! ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-fastest-typist-ever-is-it-you/118050/29 "2002-07-11T00:42:09Z")
60 WPM, not as fast as when I was in school or working as a secretary. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-fastest-typist-ever-is-it-you/118050.md?page=1)