I saw this on digg http://labs.jphantom.com/wpm/. Take the test and come back to post your score.
I averaged 70 wpm. I don't know how that score compares to other geeks, but my sister can only type 50wpm and she is a secretary.
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02bunced posted this at 06:17 — 3rd July 2006.
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Also 70wpm
demonhale posted this at 13:27 — 3rd July 2006.
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same...
timjpriebe posted this at 14:19 — 3rd July 2006.
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I kept getting somewhere in the 90's. I can type pretty fast.
I peaked at just over 107.
Megan posted this at 20:52 — 3rd July 2006.
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97, 104 and 108 on three trials and I'm on my mom's laptop. It's harder to type with the keys closer together like this and the keyboard higher. I'll try it again tomorrow when I'm at work.
Megan
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Abhishek Reddy posted this at 22:00 — 3rd July 2006.
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40-50 wpm. 15-17 mistakes.
I'm not too concerned about the speed. I've not much had to literally transcribe text on a computer. In the writing I do, including code, I spend significantly more time thinking (or reading/listening/waiting) than typing, which slows me down to about 20-30 wpm anyway.
What is frustrating, however, is the errors which interrupt my train of thought. Having to look at the keyboard throws me off completely. Just like having to reach for the mouse, or having window focus shifted, say by a popup or dialog.
abhishek.geek.nz
Greg K posted this at 02:24 — 4th July 2006.
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72.27 with 1 mistake, and that was becasue i misread the word. I can type much faster if i am just typing something off the top of my head, instead of typing something already written down.
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Greg K posted this at 06:14 — 4th July 2006.
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For more fun, go back and try it again in the dark (where you can't see the keyboard). My socre dropped to 51.11 with 7 mistakes.
(what made me think of this? I am sitting on our side porch watching a great thunderstorm right now, where I can't see the keys.)
-Greg
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mscreashuns posted this at 16:03 — 4th July 2006.
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My best was 103.89 with 0 mistakes, and my average was around 95 with 2-3 mistakes.
Megan posted this at 18:35 — 4th July 2006.
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Just got a 125.9 with 2 mistakes
and a 111 with 3. I keep accidntally continuing and pressing space which is clearing the results pop-up!
Megan
My web design blog
EGS posted this at 01:41 — 5th July 2006.
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First try is 112.3 wpm.
Mark Hensler posted this at 04:27 — 5th July 2006.
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3 attempts averaging 85wpm with 4 mistakes (in the dark)
I hit space twice after a periods (isn't that proper?!), which it counts as mistakes! *moan*
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Megan posted this at 12:47 — 5th July 2006.
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I'm trying to break that habit too. That's a technique left over from the typewriter days.