# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/61 "2005-04-05T18:26:42Z")
119/115. But I’ve customized my word processor so much that I can easily keep up with people speaking at 150-160 wpm speeds by using a zillion shortcuts, so I tend to discount typing tests. It’s good to know I’m still fairly accurate, however; I used to far, far more accurate, but computers have made it far too easy to be sloppy. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/62 "2005-04-05T19:32:00Z")
> [@bras0978](#): > > Third try: 136/136… ok… I used copy and paste. Ah, you beat me. ☹ Gross Words Per Minute (GWPM): 61 Net Words Per Minute (NWPM): 59 ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/63 "2005-08-22T19:59:17Z")
First attempt: 136/134. I was surprised. Second try, 64/64. Makes me think the first time I did something wrong. Heck, I’m happy with 64. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/64 "2005-08-22T21:02:55Z")
101 GWPM, 99 NWPM, first try. I’ve been a fast typist since I took a typing class in high school over 20 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![MrsMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@MrsMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrsMonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/65 "2005-08-22T21:07:59Z")
Gross Words Per Minute (GWPN): 90 Net Words Per Minute (NWPN): 89 ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/66 "2005-08-22T21:10:48Z")
103/102 ---
**Author:** ![EarthStone777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@EarthStone777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EarthStone777)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/67 "2005-08-22T21:34:53Z")
Gross Words Per Minute (GWPM): 68 Net Words Per Minute (NWPM): 66 Which is interesting since I just took one of the longer 3 minute tests last week and was only at 37 WPM. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/68 "2005-08-22T21:57:28Z")
Gross: 72 Net: 68 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/69 "2005-08-22T22:06:14Z")
110/109 on the first try. I’ll take it again, but I don’t anticipate a ton of improvement over that. I attribute it to the brief period of my teenage years when I had no job and nothing to do and spent about 10-12 hours a day on my local BBS chatting and competing in Farwest Trivia. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/70 "2005-08-22T22:15:30Z")
My high school typing teacher would be so proud: Gross Words Per Minute (GWPM): 92 Net Words Per Minute (NWPM): 90 I’d like to thank instant messenger, online gaming and MUDs. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/71 "2005-08-23T03:34:07Z")
123; 118. If I can get through something like this with no mistakes my speed is much higher. This time I flustered myself by mistyping something about halfway through. My mistake: reading the copy. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/72 "2005-08-23T05:07:50Z")
I just tried it, and got a 105/103. Which is about the same as when I last took an online typing speed test, which I recall as getting a 99 NWPM on. It helps to briefly read the text over first. Typing is not taking dictation. I remember taking some kind of typing test on an actual typewriter back in 1988 when I joined a temp agency for office clerical work as a summer job. I think I got something in the low 80s on that one. I don’t think I type any faster now, rather I think that test penalized more for errors (since you couldn’t backspace and fix them), so you had to type slower to avoid them. ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120/73 "2005-08-23T05:14:54Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#): > > 78 and 75 > > would have done better if the test wasn’t so badly written. > > The editor in me kept wanting to change it. 95/95 I had the same issue! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-you-type/297120.md?page=3)