34 wpm on the test with 97% accuracy, and clicked 6 fingers, but 5 may be more accurate when I think about it.

I can type mostly without looking on the keyboard, but I make frequent mistakes, which takes a lot of time...

I wouldn't mind spending 20-30 minutes a few times a week to train proper typing. Any suggestion for free sites that can provide good (and not too boring) training? Thanks.

MtlGuitarist97

United States1539 Posts

April 16 2014 10:59 GMT

#42

~103 wpm with 98% accuracy. I can type up to 120+ wpm depending on what I'm typing (and how hard I'm trying to go fast, I usually type at a pretty relaxed pace of ~75-85 wpm) and on a semi-related note I play at around 170 apm in SC2.

Edit: And I type with all 8 fingers obviously.

HwangjaeTerran

Finland5967 Posts

April 16 2014 11:16 GMT

#43

9, usually use space with my left thumb, and sometimes "b". So I think it should count.
I only use left pinky for "z" I think.

I tend to shift to underusing my right hand pinky, possible because of my terrible unergonomic setup

Serejai

6007 Posts

April 16 2014 11:21 GMT

#44

110 wpm with 97% accuracy and I use two fingers to poke frantically at the keyboard like birds pecking seed. I guess four fingers if you count space bar and shift.

Tried proper typing before and even had two years of training in it during highschool but I'm still noticeably faster my way. Plus its uncomfortable on my pinkies.

I think its also important to note that I dont look when I type. People have this impression that you need home keys in order to type without looking but its really just muscle memory. Type the same way for 20 years and you just subconsciously know where your fingers are at all times.

Andre

Slovenia3523 Posts

April 16 2014 11:26 GMT

#45

I'd just like to add that the test you linked is absolutely horrible, it's too short. I recommend 10fast fingers, or even better websites that give you a text to type out. I use 7 fingers, Ratatype gives me 122wpm.
I've always wanted to get used to typing with all my fingers, but it's just too hard

Rizell

Sweden237 Posts

April 16 2014 11:33 GMT

#46

I got average of 60wpm and 97% accuray.
I however only use 3 fingers.. both my index fingers for all the letters of the alphabet and my thumb for space....

Serejai

6007 Posts

April 16 2014 11:33 GMT

#47

I use typeracer. Its fun

Kanil

United States1713 Posts

April 16 2014 12:13 GMT

#48

It seems I don't use my right pinky for anything, except perhaps right shift. So 7 fingers. WPM's around 115.

8 fingers if you count that I use my left thumb for B.

Schelim

Austria11528 Posts

April 16 2014 12:20 GMT

#49

i use 8 fingers (and left thumb for spacebar) and type at around 100wpm. i went to a business school and one of our subjects was basically just typing for about a year or so. i hated it in the beginning but fairly quickly became faster than everybody else in my class and then i loved it cause i just typed everything out and then surfed the internet/talked to my friend who was almost as fast as me for the rest of the lesson.

c0ldfusion

United States8293 Posts

April 16 2014 12:37 GMT

#50

Doesn't everyone use a thumb for the spacebar?
I'm at about 70-80 wpm, man 110 is a bit much. I can barely think that fast.

c0ldfusion

United States8293 Posts

April 16 2014 12:39 GMT

#51

On April 16 2014 20:33 Rizell wrote:
I got average of 60wpm and 97% accuray.
I however only use 3 fingers.. both my index fingers for all the letters of the alphabet and my thumb for space....

lmao you can touch type with 3 fingers? That's pretty impressive. And if you can type with one hand.....

Isualin

Germany1903 Posts

April 16 2014 13:01 GMT

#52

Before university, i wrote letters pretty fast but i was slow at using special characters.(# % ' ; < etc.) Thanks to c++, java and html i can use pretty much every character without thinking :D
I got 101 wpm with a single mistake from the test
P.S:10fastfingers is also nice but typing random letters is not a good way to test speed imo. I like typeracer more because of that.

Absentia

United Kingdom973 Posts

April 16 2014 13:06 GMT

#53

I used to use six fingers because I grew up playing FPS games on my pc.
Over the last year, I've taught myself how to touch type using all eight. I don't think I'm as fast, but I'm getting better.

IMoperator

4476 Posts

April 16 2014 13:12 GMT

#54

http://10fastfingers.com/speedtests/generate_screenshot_result/121_612_0_0_115_1_99.49_646_127268

i use eight

[MD]Frostbite

Canada292 Posts

April 16 2014 13:27 GMT

#55

I use 9 fingers, thumb is for space bar. Either one, whichever thumb is more convenient is the one that is used to hit space. I'm like at 60-70 wpm in English and like 50-60 in french.

ramon

Germany4842 Posts

April 16 2014 14:37 GMT

#56

just realized that i only use 6 fingers in my self taught system: left pinky for shif/ctrl; right pinky for backspace only; both thumbs for space

right hand middle finger is used much less than the rest, probably because i don't use that many ()ol=

hitting ~100 wpm on english, but i'm guessing it would be higher in german

DinoMight

United States3725 Posts

April 16 2014 14:42 GMT

#57

I use 9 fingers but 6 if you don't count thumb for space and left pinky for CTRL etc.

My WPM is about 78 but numbers and punctuation are what slow me down. My accuracy is pretty good, around 99%.

followZeRoX

Serbia1451 Posts

April 16 2014 14:44 GMT

#58

Never thought about this, I use 6 since first and last on hand are usually in the air

Kevin_Sorbo

Canada3217 Posts

April 16 2014 14:54 GMT

#59

On April 16 2014 15:01 NapkinBox wrote:
I use 8 and I average around I think 100 wpm. I just started typing with 8 fingers a couple months ago. Before that, I used to type with only 2 fingers and averaged around 140 wmp.

you realize that 140 wpm = 140*5characters=700 characters/60 seconds= 11.66666 characters a second with 2 fingers.

the tip of your indexes must have burned or something dude.

WombaT

Northern Ireland26505 Posts

April 16 2014 14:54 GMT

#60

100-110 (depending on how awkward the text is and I'd say 6 fingers. I tend to anchor with my thumb for space and pinky for shift/caps and move around the place a bit. Not the most efficient but it certainly works for me, one thing I noticed is that despite being right-handed my left hand is much, much more dextrous from playing guitar and the like. Been trying to get my right hand a bit up to speed in that regard as I want to get learning the piano soon.