# How fast do you type?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-you-type/616513
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [March 22, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-you-type/616513 "2012-03-22T16:55:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-you-type/616513/21 "2012-03-22T19:37:57Z")
I hit 61wpm, which isn’t bad considering I haven’t been in a work environment for about four years now. The most typing I do is posting answers to this board or copying a recipe.
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-you-type/616513/22 "2012-03-22T19:38:41Z")
> [@Panurge](#):
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> icrnebidly fat
Nice 🙂
88 WPM for me with one error. I think I used to be in the 90s as a teen (I also learned to type via BBSes and IMs) so I’m glad to know I haven’t slipped much.
I probably have more typos than ever, tho. I was surprised how few errors I had on the test.
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### Author:  [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-you-type/616513/23 "2012-03-22T19:40:44Z")
73 with zero mistakes. That strikes me as about right, but this keyboard is terrible. I have to hit the space bar really hard to get it to register.
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### Author:  [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-you-type/616513/24 "2012-03-22T19:45:05Z")
I got a 102 on the test you posted, but it seemed pretty easy (short words, no symbols). I would say 80wpm normally.
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### Author:  [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-you-type/616513/25 "2012-03-22T19:48:09Z")
When I replied in the other thread, I got 60 words per minute. I just took it again and got:
Words per minute (WPM) 70
Keystrokes 368
Correct words 63
Wrong words 2
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### Author:  [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-you-type/616513/26 "2012-03-22T20:11:20Z")
Words per minute (WPM) 93
Keystrokes 482
Correct words 86
Wrong words 2
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-you-type/616513/27 "2012-03-22T20:12:46Z")
67 wpm, which sounds about right. I’m not ordinarily going for speed, except when I’m taking notes while I’m interviewing someone – and with those, I just let the typos fly, then go back and do corrections after.
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### Author:  [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-you-type/616513/28 "2012-03-22T20:20:32Z")
Words per minute (WPM) 128
Keystrokes 647
Correct words 122
Wrong words 1
You reached 638 Points so you achieved position 114 of 73302 on the ranking list (last 24 hours)
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### Author:  [@elninost0rm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elninost0rm)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-you-type/616513/29 "2012-03-22T20:20:49Z")
A buck twenty probably, on a good day.
EDIT:
Words per minute (WPM) 129
Keystrokes 662
Correct words 123
Wrong words 2
You reached 646 Points so you achieved position 100 of 73207 on the ranking list (last 24 hours)
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### Author:  [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-you-type/616513/30 "2012-03-22T20:45:25Z")
Bam, son. Read 'em and weep:
Words per minute (WPM) **331**
Keystrokes 1715
Correct words **315**
Wrong words **9**
You reached **1656 Points** so you achieved **position 1** of 73096 on the ranking list _(last 24 hours)_
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### Author:  [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-you-type/616513/31 "2012-03-22T20:52:40Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#):
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> Bam, son. Read 'em and weep:
>
> Words per minute (WPM) **331**
> Keystrokes 1715
> Correct words **315**
> Wrong words **9**
> You reached **1656 Points** so you achieved **position 1** of 73096 on the ranking list _(last 24 hours)_
I noticed this little glitch as well 😃
If you are typing blisteringly fast, the counter basically stops! I don’t know enough about the coding of the page to explain it, but effectively makes each second a little longer. This is the result I just received:
Words per minute (WPM) 289
Keystrokes 1652
Correct words 294
Wrong words 24
You reached 1447 Points so you achieved position 1 of 73105 on the ranking list (last 24 hours)
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### Author:  [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-you-type/616513/32 "2012-03-22T20:57:41Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#):
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> I noticed this little glitch as well 😃
>
> If you are typing blisteringly fast, the counter basically stops! I don’t know enough about the coding of the page to explain it, but effectively makes each second a little longer. This is the result I just received:
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> Words per minute (WPM) 289
> Keystrokes 1652
> Correct words 294
> Wrong words 24
> You reached 1447 Points so you achieved position 1 of 73105 on the ranking list (last 24 hours)
Oh seriously? I was starting to wonder why that minute felt so farking long. I posted the results to my facebook page so I could gloat.
I’m also using a really outdated browser because I’m at work (IE6). I wonder if that affected it, too?
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### Author:  [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-you-type/616513/33 "2012-03-22T21:11:03Z")
71, with two errors.
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### Author:  [@Spectralist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectralist)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-you-type/616513/34 "2012-03-22T21:19:51Z")
69wpm.
Would have been a lot lower if it had used some capital letters as I’ve never got into the habit of shifting properly since the keyboard I learnt to type on only had one working shift key.
On the other hand it might have been faster had they used actual sentences since I find myself struggling to not insert words between the gibberish to try to form sentences out of them. Did that happen to anyone else?
For how much time I spend at the computer I really should learn to type better.
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### Author:  [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-you-type/616513/35 "2012-03-22T21:25:05Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#):
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> Oh seriously? I was starting to wonder why that minute felt so farking long. I posted the results to my facebook page so I could gloat.
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> I’m also using a really outdated browser because I’m at work (IE6). I wonder if that affected it, too?
I had the same situation with an old browser as well…just tried on Chrome and it worked properly. My result:
Words per minute (WPM) 89
Keystrokes 504
Correct words 87
Wrong words 8
You reached 446 Points so you achieved position 3011 of 73116 on the ranking list (last 24 hours)
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### Author:  [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-you-type/616513/36 "2012-03-22T21:33:01Z")
106 words per minute. I never learned to type the “right” way with all four fingers in that ASDF JKL; position, but I can type without looking and it’s plenty fast enough. So haha, Mom.
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### Author:  [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-you-type/616513/37 "2012-03-23T00:07:47Z")
I got 109wpm. I’m normally a bit faster, but that’s on a standard desktop keyboard. I’m on my netbook right now.
-D/a
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### Author:  [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-you-type/616513/38 "2012-03-23T00:23:49Z")
52, 1 error. Hunt n peck if we’re not counting self-system like the other thread.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-you-type/616513/39 "2012-03-23T01:11:46Z")
97 wpm, 1 error. The 95-100 wpm range is what I usually score in (peaking in the low 110s from time to time, depending on the content), so that looks about right to me. I didn’t cheat and chose the 70-100 wpm range.
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### Author:  [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-you-type/616513/40 "2012-03-23T01:54:18Z")
88 with zero errors. Seems about right.
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