How Fast Do You Type?

Do you think you type faster than the average person? Now you can test it out. 10-Fast-Fingers Speedtest is a simple web tool that tests how fast you type. You will be presented with some words and a form to type them. The objective is to type as many correct words as possible within 60 seconds.

My record so far is 359 points, which translates into 476 characters per minute. It is not bad, but I am a two-fingers typist, and I am pretty sure I could improve that rate if I learned to touch type (where you use all the fingers).

Apparently the goal of the creators of this tool was to promote their touch typing online course in fact. They have some interactive lessons and tests that are supposed to get you started with touch typing. I am going through it right now, so I will keep you guys updated if my typing speed increases.

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9 Responses to “How Fast Do You Type?”

Jake on December 8th, 2007 5:00 pm

I got 452 on my first shot. However, I can generally type faster on a desktop keyboard (on a Dell laptop) and with complete thoughts… it throws me off to have to think of each word individually.
Max on December 8th, 2007 6:17 pm

I got a small 186 (260 characters per minute). But i think because i am french, i am not used to type fast in english. I have to read each characters in each words before typing.
Daniel on December 8th, 2007 6:36 pm

Jake, do you touch type?
JamieO on December 8th, 2007 8:27 pm

I was able to hit over 100 words / minute after a couple of warm-up attempts. The non-sensicle sentences are a little challenging, although since it’s been over 10 years since I last did a typing test and more than doubled my speed average (45 words / minute in high school) I shouldn’t really complain. Laptop keyboards with their smaller distance per stroke probably also helps that.
Matej on December 8th, 2007 9:12 pm

I got 167 points - 238 characters per minute from the first try

Now back to practicing,thanks Daniel for posting!
Dave on December 9th, 2007 11:20 pm

Solid link! Much thanks!
Jim on December 10th, 2007 4:52 am

270 points and 417 characters per minute on my first try. This is really cool and will give me something to do nowadays. Thanks for the awesome site.
Arun on December 25th, 2007 1:51 am

Great link… Also for those who would want to use a plain old typewriter software, Stamina Typing Tutor is a must try. You get to read a lot of great quotes too

http://www.typingsoft.com/download.htm
Nancy on February 7th, 2008 4:24 pm

I got 395 pts, 572 characters. Will warm up and see if I can pull myself up a little higher!