So Apparently accurately copying someone else's text I'm at around 70 WPM, but I feel I type way faster and accurately when I'm typing my own thoughts. I guess it's the reading and then turning what I read into mental commands to hit keys is messing with my head =[

SeeDLiNg

United States690 Posts

April 06 2010 04:29 GMT

#104

I linger around 90 WPM

You guys are crazy...

only weird thing I do is hit the B key with my right index instead of my left... so all of those sweet ergonomical keyboards with the space between the left and right set of keys doesn't work for me... unless the letter B gets erased from the alphabet, that is

ShaLLoW[baY]

Canada12499 Posts

April 06 2010 04:31 GMT

#105

On April 06 2010 04:33 Sere wrote:

I guess playing BW so much over the years has allowed me to memorize not the locations of keys (as I couldn't tell you what letter is where on the keyboard) but instead memorize the travel distance and direction from one key to the next.

OMFG me too! i have noo idea where keys are, but i can mime typing any word in the air without even thinking about it.

fredd

Estonia256 Posts

April 06 2010 04:45 GMT

#106

hmm, i never noticed this before, but when i type, i basically only use the index finger of my right hand (as a support, if you will) and all the fingers on my left hand. I find this weird, as I am totally right handed in everything. 120-130 wpm gramatically correct, qwerty.

FusionCutter

Canada974 Posts

April 06 2010 06:24 GMT

#107

Guys, this is the ONLY way to prove your typing speed.. with Replays!!!!!!!

Here's the replay of the fastest guy on the site @ 160wpm. Unless you can back up your claims, they should be denied.

http://hi-games.net/typing-test/watch?u=2591

Hyde

Australia14568 Posts

April 06 2010 06:35 GMT

#108

Wow, some of you guys have insane typing speeds, I'm around 70-80 wpm. I use my own style of typing, so maybe that's why I'm not so quick. I was wondering (and it has been on my mind for a while) should I learn to properly touch type? Because right now I'm only using certain fingers and my hands move quite a lot when I type. So should I start from scratch and relearn it? Will I be able to type faster?

Tenryu

United States565 Posts

April 06 2010 07:27 GMT

#109

That hi-games is a bit more accurate. I got around 90 wpm. Dont think i could get 100, fingers get a bit tired.

BloodDrunK

Bangladesh2767 Posts

April 06 2010 07:57 GMT

#110

say hello to your new winner-
31 wpm FTW!!!

Perseverance

Japan2800 Posts

April 06 2010 08:21 GMT

#111

I type sorta slow when it's grammatically correct because I am so tall and my hands are huge even for my size. But probably around 150-160wpm for shorthand bnet messages.

Cube

Canada777 Posts

April 06 2010 08:25 GMT

#112

i type using the qwerty homerow system. but move my hands in strange ways and look at the keyboard alot to hit those symbols like []{}()=+-<> and company.

edit: and i type at what i guess is about 80wpm

edit: okay fine i lied, that hi-whatever game tells me i am 42wpm over three trials.

Ozarugold

2716 Posts

April 06 2010 08:26 GMT

#113

Yeah! 77 wpm! Next goal, breaking 80!

sc4k

United Kingdom5454 Posts

April 06 2010 08:41 GMT

#114

I use 4 fingers and am around 90 wpm ±± wish I had teh technical skills

zealing

Canada806 Posts

April 06 2010 08:57 GMT

#115

140wpm i type with my first 4 fingers of my left hand and first 2 for my mouse hand hand (mouse fingers)

Craton

United States17282 Posts

April 06 2010 09:16 GMT

#116

I've slowed down in my old age of 21 (granted its also 5am). Did a few tests, averaged ~100WPM with 98-99% accuarcy.

BalloonFight

United States2007 Posts

April 06 2010 09:21 GMT

#117

At exactly 100 on the first typing test linked. Took it one time, got 95, then 2 other times after that getting 100 each time. The line shift kinda screwed with my eyes the first round, heh.

duckhunt

Canada311 Posts

April 06 2010 09:31 GMT

#118

day[9] needs to prove that 230 wpm omfg

XxDartexX

Hong Kong15 Posts

April 06 2010 10:00 GMT

#119

On April 06 2010 03:52 Fruscainte wrote:
I type very technical. I keep both of my index fingers rested on the little "bumps" on the "F" and "J" key at all times unless I'm needing it for another letter obviously. I use my thumbs for spacing obviously. The only "weird" thing I do for typing is when I type "M"s I use my index finger. Everyone else I know uses there middle finger for "M"'s, so meh. But this technicality helps me type I guess, grammatically correct I can type 120ish WPM.

Weirder thing is, I use my right thumb for "M" (:

lepape

Canada557 Posts

April 06 2010 10:08 GMT

#120

I can reach 230 on a shorthand machine.