# How fast can you type ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 31, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120 "2005-03-31T21:46:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/21 "2005-04-01T00:24:21Z")
44/44 And I used to think that was fast. ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/22 "2005-04-01T00:25:09Z")
Gross Words Per Minute (GWPM): 56 Net Words Per Minute (NWPM): 56 I could probably type faster if I was typing code. ---
**Author:** ![gruver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/57b2e6/32.png) [@gruver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gruver)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/23 "2005-04-01T00:29:52Z")
Gross Words Per Minute (GWPM): 63 Net Words Per Minute (NWPM): 59 my typing teacher would cringe at my “method”. i was much better when i wrote for a living but i don’t do it nearly as much as a teacher. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/24 "2005-04-01T00:31:56Z")
> [@Cockatiel](#): > > Gross Words Per Minute (GWPM): 73 > Net Words Per Minute (NWPM): 73 > > Anyone else make up their own way of typing because they were too lazy to use the correct way? I had the odd experience of having had my first keyboarding class on an Apple IIe. The little dot-guide thingies are on different home keys than on a Windows machine (Windows are on F and J, Apples on D and K.) Then used Macs for a really long time. Then had a typing class using actual, real, typewriters. I now use a Windows machine and have for a number of years. As a result, I have a sort of weird hybrid typing method. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/25 "2005-04-01T00:44:48Z")
Gross Words Per Minute (GWPM): 92 Net Words Per Minute (NWPM): 91 I had typing class in middle school, but that’s not where I learned to type quickly. The summer after 7th grade I discovered the Internet and message boards. When I got back to school, I rocked at typing. 😃 I make a fair amount of typos usually, but I correct them without thinking. I would really suck on a typewriter. The backspace key is my friend. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/26 "2005-04-01T00:45:06Z")
78 and 75 would have done better if the test wasn’t so badly written. The editor in me kept wanting to change it. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/27 "2005-04-01T01:12:22Z")
Surprised myself. Took it three times and came out: 67 gwpm, 65 nwpm 76 gwpm, 76 nwpm 73 gwpm, 73 nwpm Hadn’t taken a timed test in about 15 years. Used to be timed between 60 and 65. I figured I’d come out worse than before because I don’t actually type for a living anymore, but - lo and behold - I seem to have improved. I learned to type from a manual that Grandma bought for me after I failed to take typing in high school. That wound up being one of the most useful skills I ever learned. Got me in the door where I currently work in a very non-clerical job… GT ---
**Author:** ![Stainz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/28 "2005-04-01T01:47:39Z")
Gross Words Per Minute (GWPM): 116 Net Words Per Minute (NWPM): 113 Crazy … I knew I was good, but I didn’t know I was THAT good! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/29 "2005-04-01T01:48:17Z")
78/77 That sounds about right. ---
**Author:** ![mike1dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@mike1dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mike1dog)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/30 "2005-04-01T01:53:31Z")
57/55 Not bad for someone with HUGE hands. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/31 "2005-04-01T02:00:02Z")
102 gross, 99 net. Can I play any piano anymore? Nope. But those years of lessons were good for something. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/32 "2005-04-01T02:16:07Z")
60/60 Absolutely no style, but good enough for what I do. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/33 "2005-04-01T02:38:52Z")
89 GWPM 88 NWPM Not bad considering I did it typing on a laptop computer while sitting in my armchair in my living room. ---
**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/34 "2005-04-01T02:46:06Z")
Took it a few times and my best score was 105/104. Worst was 99/97. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/35 "2005-04-01T02:49:10Z")
121/114. (Which I hope at least partly explains why I always come across as so long-winded in my posts; it doesn’t take that long to type it all.) ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/36 "2005-04-01T03:00:01Z")
89/72. Pretty fast, but also very sloppy. I felt so nervous doing this stupid test! My old competitive nature no doubt. Back to Mavis Beacon for me. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/37 "2005-04-01T05:08:21Z")
95/93. I’m out of practice. Odd test, though. How representative of real-world typing speed is it if it doesn’t include numbers or symbols? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/38 "2005-04-01T06:25:58Z")
89/88 (first try) 109/104 (best out of 6 or so tries) Almost every single time I took the test I started it off like this: _You are abou tto embark on a new career that is both challenging and reqarding._ ---
**Author:** ![Grasshopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Grasshopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grasshopper)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/39 "2005-04-01T06:37:07Z")
102/102. I took a typing class (holy crap, I’m still trying to type as fast as I can!) about seven years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/40 "2005-04-01T07:11:22Z")
Hey, I’d actually improved a tad. I’m up to a whopping 35/32. I just have to correct my mistakes as I make them. I just can’t ignore them. That eats up time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120.md?page=3)