70 ~_~..
people say i type in a crooked way but i never learned how to type "correctly" so i would stretch some fingers unnecessarily to get other keys. but hey, i learned how to type in 5/6th grade when talking to friends in Runescape :D
i also dont use my ring finger at all and my pinky only for my back space

Tenryu

United States565 Posts

April 05 2010 23:50 GMT

#82

I type with 4 fingers

Left index finger, right index finger, right thumb for space bar and my right pinky for enter

I_Love_Bacon

United States5765 Posts

April 05 2010 23:54 GMT

#83

Most typing tests end horribly for because there are a few common mistakes I do while typing at an insane frequency. Anything that ends with an "n" while I'm typing quickly tends to have a "g" added, I will do "teh" about 50% of the time, and I also add additional suffixes at the end of words (I'll add an additional "ed" or "ng"). Type Racer (when I don't keep messing up) and the other site put me ~100 wpm.

I've wanted to try switching to Colemak and seeing how it goes; which I might do in the coming months should inspiration every strike me.

Wings

United States999 Posts

April 05 2010 23:56 GMT

#84

On April 06 2010 08:32 bdams19 wrote:

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i dont really like this site... it only lets you see 2 lines at a time so i have to slow down right before it moves... here's mine:

This website is annoying, every time it scrolls/jumps down, it confuses the heck out of me because I'm going too fast, I keep making mistakes there...

Also, this isn't "accurate", because when people write cohesive sentences, we write significantly faster. However, I guess this can be seen as sort of a "lower limit" on your typing speed. I'm curious to see a typing test that has proper sentences.

Regardless, seems that I got:

419 points, 596 char/min, 105 correct/3 incorrect... which isn't very accurate cuz many people go back to fix typos, like I do. Lol, I'd like them to measure my "Backspace key speed", it would be furious hahaha

bdams19

United States1316 Posts

April 06 2010 00:00 GMT

#85

lol I am a force on the backspace key... prob why I end up with a slower wpm than I should but I always have good accuracy

Kyuukyuu

Canada6263 Posts

April 06 2010 00:05 GMT

#86

Typeracer:

The other one:

So around 150 I suppose. Second one was a little annoying with the jumps (the 2wpm difference :O?). Never had to use backspace though o_O

Tdelamay

Canada548 Posts

April 06 2010 00:08 GMT

#87

Typing is not the issue, it's thinking what to type that matters.

MagicARide

Canada83 Posts

April 06 2010 00:11 GMT

#88

use typing training websites or download the all you can type 3 demo, there's a glitch in the program

when you want to enter a lesson select it and hit enter instead clicking to do it and it will glitch/let you do the lesson/quiz without buying the full version

i used that to learn typing and it's rly good, i got 95 wpm and 180 apm :D

Kyuukyuu

Canada6263 Posts

April 06 2010 00:12 GMT

#89

On April 06 2010 09:11 MagicARide wrote:
use typing training websites or download the all you can type 3 demo, there's a glitch in the program

when you want to enter a lesson select it and hit enter instead clicking to do it and it will glitch/let you do the lesson/quiz without buying the full version

i used that to learn typing and it's rly good, i got 95 wpm and 180 apm :D

lol yeah ATRT3 demo is hilarious. it glitches at higher speeds tho (you can only get either 208, 216 or 228wpm if you go over 200.. it doesn't record anything in between, ever)

Fishball

Canada4788 Posts

April 06 2010 00:21 GMT

#90

Here is a thread we've had a while back, with a list of TL members and their WPM's.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=82825

matjlav

Germany2435 Posts

April 06 2010 00:29 GMT

#91

When I'm consciously trying to type fast, I get 120-130 wpm (and I get kind of fatigued from doing that too long, and I start making more typos and getting slower). I think my usual, relaxed speed is probably closer to 90 or so.

writer22816

United States5775 Posts

April 06 2010 00:46 GMT

#92

On April 06 2010 09:21 Fishball wrote:
Here is a thread we've had a while back, with a list of TL members and their WPM's.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=82825

Was going to link to this thread too. There I am!

btw i type the proper way with all ten fingers and on proper keys.

unknown.sam

Philippines2701 Posts

April 06 2010 00:54 GMT

#93

On April 06 2010 06:07 Mora wrote:
i'm a funk-typer too!

* i use my index and middle fingers on each hand.
* i press spacebar with my index finger.
* i will often move my hands onto the opposite side of the keyboard. (ie: keyboard: Left hand: ead, right hand: kyboar).

edit - about 100 WPM

i find it extremely difficult to believe how so many guys can type 100+ using just 2 fingers on each hand O_o

Carnivorous Sheep

Baa?21244 Posts

April 06 2010 00:54 GMT

#94

On April 06 2010 05:54 neobowman wrote:
I think some people are exaggerating their typing skills. Seriously.

That site is just bad - you can only see two lines so you have to wait and pause while your brain figures out what the next thing is every time you hit the end of the two lines.

I got 117, while I can consistently get 130-140 on every typing speed thing that doesn't suck.

Mora

Canada5235 Posts

April 06 2010 01:32 GMT

#95

On April 06 2010 09:54 unknown.sam wrote:

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i find it extremely difficult to believe how so many guys can type 100+ using just 2 fingers on each hand O_o

I wasn't exactly sure where abouts i sat in speed, though my guess was about 100. I did that type racer thing to see if i was anywhere close. I don't usually capitalize my i's, so that messed me up quite a bit. My accuracy in general is very low which hasn't ever mattered much to me - word programs will typically auto-correct mistakes that just have 2 letters reversed; typing in games online usually means i don't care much for spelling.

i played the test about 10 times, averaging about 85wpm. On a few of them with quote signs and stuff that i normally don't type my rate dropped to 60wpm. I'm definitely not consistent.

I do have high spikes on passages that have finger-friendly words.

SweeTLemonS[TPR]

11739 Posts

April 06 2010 03:45 GMT

#96

I type at about 80-90 wpm, but I type horribly wrong, and am often incredibly inaccurate because of it. I only really use the first two fingers of my right hand and all but the pinky of my left hand. My left hand ends up doing significantly more work than my right. It also depends on the day. Sometimes I can't get my hands to move well for me at all, but I think that's probably everyone.

EDIT, over three minutes of sports writing I got 69 net speed, with 95% accuracy I think. Which isn't bad given my horrible style. I also blanked mentally a few times, and was having a bitch of a time spelling out Philadelphia for some reason, which came up like 5 times. When I type freestyle, though, my typing is undoubtedly faster as I don't have to process words on the screen first in order to type them... the vast majority of the typing I do is freestyle too, so I'd assume I'm in the 75-80 range when not copying something.

Babel

30 Posts

April 06 2010 03:47 GMT

#97

http://typera.tk/

This site offers a good typing test since it randomizes the passages. However, there are occasional misspellings which are annoying.

Not_Computer

Canada2277 Posts

April 06 2010 04:06 GMT

#98