Typing Speed - how long

kiro

Mar 31 2005, 01:54 AM

How much is your average WPM. Does it help you when you have faster speeds or do you have to think about script you are making

snlildude87

Mar 31 2005, 02:50 AM

The words I type per minute vary everyday. On a good day, I can get anywhere from 60 WPM to 100 WPM, and I usually finish my programs in about 10 minutes or less, that is, if I know what I'm doing and I have planned out the structure of my program.

On a bad day, I get around 40 WPM to 59 WPM. I usually find myself hitting the backspace button repeatedly, and that really hinders the completion of my programs.

I really don't think WPM have a large affect on my scripts or programs because if you know what you're doing, or you have planned out your code before typing, then I think you will finish faster than someone who have no organization. That's my opinion because there are plenty of people in the AP Computer Science class who type at about 15 WPM, but finish their programs (and gets a 100 on it) much faster than those who type at 100+ WPM.

As for this topic, I've decided to move it to the General section because it really doesn't belong in PHP (mentioning the word "script" does not count).

Señor Maniac

Mar 31 2005, 05:10 AM

I usually type anywhere from 35 to 50 wpm. On a bad day I usually type 20. but that is about it.

Erika

Mar 31 2005, 06:46 AM

On a good day, maybe 50 to 60 words per minute. On a bad day... 15 or 20. Most of the time, they are bad days. I just can't seem to get my thoughts out and always mispell everything.

I personally don't think typing speed means everything. It's the quality of the writing. I know people who are amazingly slow, but the quality is amazing.

Styx

Mar 31 2005, 07:33 AM

i average about 70 wpm on a keyboard i'm familiar with. ie: my laptop. otherwise i find myself repeateddly hiting the backspace and hunting for missing keys. I'm not a touch typist, at least not a 10-fingered one. I use 4 or 6 fingers usually, and can type like that without looking at the keyboard. that's probably where i mess up when using an unfamiliar keyboard, cuz i've memorized where the places are on mine.

Binod Singh

Mar 31 2005, 11:16 AM

I generally have a speed of 60-70 word per minute when I am typing english, but for other languages like Hindi it becomes very slow, somewhere between 15-20 word per minute.

How many of u are typing other languages than English.

odomike

Mar 31 2005, 12:27 PM

you have to think of making mistakes with your incredible speeds. typing so fast can cause lots of probs for ya. Even though I can type real fast (250+ WPM) I still slow down whenever I am coding in order not to make stupid mistakes in there.

Furor

Mar 31 2005, 03:24 PM

I type somewhere around 61 wpm with a 96% accuracy. (You could test your typing speed at www.typingtest.com)

I type in Hindi as well but that doesn't reduce my typing speed by much (I'd say only somewhere around 1 or 2 words a minute).

beeseven

Mar 31 2005, 11:23 PM

QUOTE(odomike @ Mar 31 2005, 07:27 AM)

Why do I think 250WPM isn't accurate? Maybe because you'd be like the best secretary in the world.

brandice

Apr 1 2005, 12:13 AM

I can get up to about 65 wpm on a typing test. When I am typing out stories or things that are just coming from my head I can go much faster. If I am typing out code I go pretty slow though, because making a mistake there will lead to taking three times as long to figure out where I went wrong.

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gisellebebegirl

Jul 2 2008, 09:19 PM

haha well.. i dont make programs but my average typing speed is like 80 wpm or whatever the letters are, i can go as high as like 120 though [in school we had this stupid program to supposedly improve ur typing skills, but i just used it as myspace time, since like yea i can type fast already haha

] and it doesnt help me really, i mean sometimes i dont think as fast as i type, or ill skip words when im typing because, im not even thinking about typing, im just moving my fingers, because i have where the keys are memorized hahah

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minimcmonkey

Jun 24 2008, 09:42 PM

I can only type at about 35WPM when im thinking. I dont like to type too fast, or I know I will make mistakes in the code, and if i do that, ill probably spend more time finding the errors, than i would have done typing carefully.

shadowblade455

Jun 24 2008, 07:34 PM

Man, my typing speed is really rubbish, it is usually 20-30 WPM, When I try to type fast I usually mess it all up, even on user names I use for years. How anyone can type at 200-250 WPM is unheard of from me. Right now I have typed this at 40 WPM.

iGuest

May 1 2008, 05:00 PM

Replying to beeseven
250's possible. I've seen a few people around 200. The fastest I personally know is I think 141. Usually these fast typers seem to be people who are late in or just out of college.

I can type about 113 wpm.
Yeah, if you use AIM, YIM, MSN, etc, more, then your typing will improve dramatically.

iGuest

May 1 2008, 05:00 PM

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