What's your typing speed (WPM)?

Just a fun thread for a Friday afternoon.

Most of us spend a significant percentage of our waking hours typing away on our keyboards. But how fast are we each typing?

Take the test here: https://10fastfingers.com/typing-test/

• What's your WPM (words-per-minute)?
• Do you use an external keyboard?
• Any Dvorak or other non-QWERTY typers?

Comments

[Evan Oman]

I figured I'd break the ice by representing the not-so-fast typers out there:

• WPM: 58
• External Keyboard: Yes, the CODE Keyboard, 104 key w/ brown switches
• QWERTY all the way

I have always been a slow, inaccurate typist (with terrible form). Fortunately I write mostly Java in IntelliJ these days which means I don't really have to type all that much :D

[Lazar Nikolov]

I think I'm decent! 81 WPM. Keyboard: Apple Keyboard wireless.

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[Andy Zhao (he/him)]

Phew, I really tried hard here!

• WPM: 107, 4/101 incorrect words
• MacBook Air keyboard
• QWERTY

I have an external keyboard (Kinesis Freestyle 2), but I haven't unpacked it yet since moving.

[Mac Siri]

• WPM: 112
• External keyboard: Poker 2 Cherry MX clear
• QWERTY

I think I'm old and can no longer go past 115 😔

[Damien Cosset]

• WPM: 63 \o/
• external keyword: Apple keyboard wireless
• Azerty ( french style)

I don't know about you guys, but I am really inefficient with my fingers. I mostly use my two indexes, sometimes my left thumb will hit space, sometimes it's my right index on the space bar. My pinky is always on the MAJ key. Sometimes, I'll go absolutely nuts and type something using my other fingers, but it's oh so rare.

Not that it really matters to write code but I suppose that slows me down if I tried to be as fast as possible.

[Bob van Hoove]

Func<Day, double, double> getWPM = (day, avg) => day == Day.Friday ? 0.75 * avg : avg;

[Ben Halpern]

• 60 WPM 🤔🙃
• 2016 MacBook Pro keyboard
• QWERTY

[Peter Kim Frank]

• WPM: 133 😎
• Macbook Pro 15" Keyboard
• QWERTY

I had to post before @jess , because she's the fastest typer on the team. 🤓

[Oliver Schafeld]

A coworker once mocked me for not doing 10-finger typing.
I told him I was thinking faster so I could type more slowly.

He never mentioned my typing again.
And his frantic keyboard hacking slowed down considerably... ;)

[─ 502 l4p1n ─►]

Looks like with my typing style I could achieve something pushing a little hard on my French words

• WPM: 75 with 7 wrong words out of 74
• Rapoo wireless keyboard
• QWERTZ (Swiss layout)

Not bad for someone which doesn't type with 10 fingers ^^'

[Jason Gabler]

My best out of 3 tries.

• WPM: 89
• 2015 Macbook Pro 15"
• QWERTY w/ 6 finger typing system

[KurzGedanke]

• WPM: 77
• Accuracy: 94.83%
• Correct words: 76
• Wrong words: 2

Keyboard: Vortex Race 3, Cherry MX Clear

• QWERTZ ISO - Germany

Edit:

I think I do some sort of... 6 - 7 1/2 fingers typing style.^^

[Max Cerrina]

114, 98% :D
Er. Laptop, and qwerty!

[Osaetin Daniel]

80 WPM
Wrong words: 9

[Stephanie Handsteiner]

• WPM: 143
• No, I'm using the MacBook keyboard
• QWERTZ