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15 Sep 2021, 5:28 pm

I usually type around 66wpm whenever I take those online typing tests, but I managed to get 80wpm last night. I've heard there's people who can type a lot faster than that.



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15 Sep 2021, 6:40 pm

Barely 30.



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15 Sep 2021, 6:41 pm

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17 Sep 2021, 10:44 pm

Last I checked.. It was around 50.
My best can reach to 90... But that was years ago.



QWERTY isn't designed to type fast with due to some outdated mechanical issues -- days before the computer keyboard --when typewriters were widespread.

... There are alternative keyboards that are faster to type with, and then there's stenotyping (keyboard version of shorthand writing).


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18 Sep 2021, 2:25 pm

Edna3362 wrote:
Last I checked.. It was around 50.
My best can reach to 90... But that was years ago.



QWERTY isn't designed to type fast with due to some outdated mechanical issues -- days before the computer keyboard --when typewriters were widespread.

... There are alternative keyboards that are faster to type with, and then there's stenotyping (keyboard version of shorthand writing).

I forgot that there are other types of keyboards, that's interesting! I wonder if most people would be able to type a lot faster if those were used more.



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18 Sep 2021, 4:05 pm

Around 14 wpm.



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22 Sep 2021, 12:54 pm

I can type in the 90s sometimes, with maybe 2 or 3 errors (corrected). Usually in the 80s, though.



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24 Sep 2021, 8:38 pm

Way back when I got up to around the 30wpm mark, now it's probably about 20wpm.
Touch typing is a wonderful skill to have rather than "pecking" while looking at keys.



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24 Sep 2021, 8:59 pm

I haven't been tested in decades, but I think in the 90s.

I can't do numbers without looking, though. I could do them on a typewriter but not on my laptop.


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30 Sep 2021, 7:49 am

86wpm on my first messy try today (had to make a lot of corrections). I have some health issues that can make my hands not cooperate. I used to type in the 100-110s+ when I was younger (took a typing class as a teen).


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01 Oct 2021, 10:43 pm

80's depending on the number of symbols in the typing test and the keyboard I am typing on. I can't type certain symbols without looking because I never use them often enough in real life to remember them.



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02 Oct 2021, 12:07 am

On my laptop:

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07 Nov 2021, 5:45 pm

I can reliably hit 100 WPM on those typing tests, although not with the best accuracy. My 'high score,' when I was really practicing, was 120 or so. It helps that I'm a digital native. I was taught typing in primary school and had computer access as a child.
WPM tests aren't the truest measure of practical typing skills, however. In practical contexts you're not focusing only on typing, but on typing and something else at the same time (e.g. thinking of what to write, or how to write it; taking in information to write down, etc.). There can also be other factors at play, e.g. distractions. So whereas my maximum WPM is high, it's nothing more than ordinary in a practical context (by comparsion to my generation, at least, which suffers no shortage of quick typers).



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07 Nov 2021, 5:50 pm

52 wpm, probably faster if I wasn't just balancing the keyboard awkwardly on a pillow.


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