Speedy Fingers!

Sometimes it’s nice to do something that isn’t strictly intellectual/academic. This is a cute online test — measures typing speed and returns both speed and number of errors.

I am able to type with the touch typing system

Here were my first results:

You reached 218 points, so you achieved position 9444 on the ranking list

You type 322 characters per minute
You have 51 correct words and
you have 3 wrong words

So I type about 48 words per minute (I know I type faster when my nails are trimmed and I am not distracted by the TV). I probably get to about 55 or 60 wpm on a good day.

And sure enough, when I took it again after writing this post I had already improved to 57 words with two errors.  I suspect each time I take it, I will improve, though at some point I would pretty much max out.  I think the fastest I ever typed was around 75 wpm with a couple errors.  That was years ago.