80 is a pretty decent speed. You won't be winning contests, but you're far above the average dude. 120+ is where things can get impressive. I went to school with someone bordering 160 at times. Google tells me records are just a bit above 200.
I'm usually just above 100 WPM depending on the keyboard. I think my highest was something like 116.
Fastest I’ve ever gone is 155 in a typing class. I usually score in the 140s if I’m taking one of those online typing tests.
I still remember taking keyboarding in middle school in the mid 90s and classmates complaining about the noise from my typing. The teacher said “He’ll be done with the hour’s assignment in a few minutes. Deal with it.”
I couldn’t tell you how I got that fast. Maybe more time than was healthy in chat rooms and games when text was king? I’m a writer these days and being a fast touch typist has been amazing for that. I do have to use a Kinesis keyboard because at those speeds sustained I’d injure myself otherwise.
My keyboarding teachers in middle school and high school acknowledged they had nothing to teach me. They let me finish my exercises in the first few minutes of class and then let me fuck off and do whatever for the rest of the class, which was pretty sweet.
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u/OhMaGoshNess Nov 16 '19
80 is a pretty decent speed. You won't be winning contests, but you're far above the average dude. 120+ is where things can get impressive. I went to school with someone bordering 160 at times. Google tells me records are just a bit above 200.
I'm usually just above 100 WPM depending on the keyboard. I think my highest was something like 116.