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Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: joysick on Wed, 13 July 2011, 23:33:02: What kind of dedicated keyboard forum makes no mention of typing speed?

This thread is designed to discriminate the elite touch typists to the progammers to the average everyday forum contributor. This thread will go off of a "pics or it didn't happen" basis, simply post a picture of your typing speed, and you will be added to the leaderboards.

edit: added keyboard section so when you post your score post what keyboard you did it on as well

Why am i doing this? Becuase I am going to Michigan for six days and need something to do. :)
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This is a rather terrible score, I'm on my laptop keyboard and am capable of doing well over 85, but as of now this will have to do.

The Game: http://speedtest.10-fast-fingers.com/

LEADERBOARDS
Username---------------Words Per Minute-----------------Score------------------------------Keyboard

1.ladiesman2927--------------139WPM----------------------585--------------------------------------
2.Wibox----------------------127WPM----------------------527--------------------------------------
3.hella-----------------------134WPM----------------------547-------------------------------IBM M15
4.nocturn4l3030--------------124WPM----------------------535-----------------------------Cherry g80-3000(Reds)
5.KeyboardsAreCool-----------125WPM----------------------524-----------------------------Razer Tarantula
6.Emery----------------------111WPM----------------------447-----------------------------Nopoo Choc Mini (Browns)
7.wallach--------------------108WPM----------------------437-----------------------------Das Keyboard S
8.redpill----------------------103WPM------------------------------------------------------Realforce 87U
9.scribble--------------------101WPM----------------------418-----------------------------PLU-ML87 (Reds)
10.Elemental-----------------100WPM----------------------405-----------------------------Filco Majestouch2Ninja(Browns)
11.Chobopants---------------100WPM-----------------------370----------------------------Realforce 103U 55g
12.noodles256----------------97WPM-----------------------395-----------------------------BlackWidow Ultimate
12.DesktopJinx---------------97WPM-----------------------------------------------------------------
14.~Blood~------------------95Worter---------------------365---------------------------------------
15.wirefish-------------------93WPM-----------------------407----------------------------Mac Aluminum Keyboard
16.TacticalCoder-------------91WPM-----------------------363---------------------------------------
17.Dali-----------------------90WPM-----------------------385-----------------------------KBC Poker(Browns)
18.sordna--------------------90WPM-----------------------384-----------------------------Kinesis Advantage
19.Multiple-------------------90WPM-----------------------369-----------------------------IBM Model F
20.daerid---------------------85WPM-----------------------361----------------------------------------
21.csm725--------------------81WPM-----------------------341-----------------------------Laptop Keyboard
22.Wihl-----------------------80WPM-------------------------------------------------------Rubber Dome
23.joysick --------------------79WPM ----------------------309-----------------------------Laptop Keyboard
24.elef------------------------78WPM-----------------------308--------------------------------------------
25.MrGPhantome--------------78WPM-----------------------285-----------------------------DSI Modular Mac
26.N8N-----------------------63WPM-------------------------------------------------------Laptop Keyboard
27.Hydroid-------------------63WPM-------------------------------------------------------------------
28.Regel---------------------55WPM------------------------237-----------------------------------------
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: theferenc on Wed, 13 July 2011, 23:46:36: That's sort of a horrible typing test, since it uses a random collection of words with no relation to one another. Passages from a random novel, or a song, or some such makes a more realistic test.

At least, that's my opinion.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: fullofenergy on Wed, 13 July 2011, 23:50:00: It's almost a horrible test for me because I am already reading the next two words while typing my current one and each time I reach the end of the paragraph to trigger a new paragraph of text I have to slow down and reposition my vision.

My favorite is still typeracer dot com
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: digitalleftovers on Wed, 13 July 2011, 23:50:22: Since this is a keyboard forum, you'd think that we would have ensured that at least one of the typing games in the arcade would be revered as typing speed metric.

Just an idea.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: joysick on Wed, 13 July 2011, 23:50:27: Here you can test how fast you are. Just type in the words. Are you faster than all the others? A nice side effect: these are the most used english words. Every time you try to beat the score, you improve your typing speed :)

thts what it says at the top, if you have a better one by all means im for it

edit: that sounded kind of rude lol, it wasnt meant that way
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: joysick on Wed, 13 July 2011, 23:56:29: forum....arcade...forum..arcade

i just played one of those arcade games for the first time in my life and i got top ten all time? in a nutshell, no one uses the arcade.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: theferenc on Wed, 13 July 2011, 23:58:15: No worries, I didn't take it that way. And I'm notoriously hard to offend, according to my friends.

It isn't that they aren't commonly used words, it's that they are in a random order. It's almost like it doesn't matter that they are words, to your brain. I bet they could just put random strings of characters up, and you'd get basically the same score. Well, slower because you couldn't focus ahead, but you get my point, hopefully.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: theferenc on Wed, 13 July 2011, 23:59:18: joysick, why did you lose the "Thread starter" label?

Anyway, the scores are periodically reset. I think monthly, but possibly more frequently.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: joysick on Thu, 14 July 2011, 00:02:29: i lost my title!? :hurt:
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: theferenc on Thu, 14 July 2011, 00:04:41: Must have been the consecutive posts? It's back now, anyway. Just thought it was weird.

Love the reaction, though.

On topic, when I get going, I type over 100WPM, but I almost never type that fast. Most of my typing just doesn't require it, and in fact, I can't type that fast because, well, I can't think what to type that fast. Most of my typing is code, after all, so certain idioms come out super fast, other times, I'll type a line every few minutes, because I'm not sure exactly how to go about what I want to do.

It's just an interesting dichotomy. Some of the best, most productive programmers I know can't type worth a damn, really, but they don't have to if they think it through properly and rarely make mistakes. After all, for most devs, debugging is what takes the most time.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: joysick on Thu, 14 July 2011, 00:06:29: well imma about to split to the airport, wont be able to update anything until tomorrow morning, in michigan :ballchain:
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: sordna on Thu, 14 July 2011, 00:08:40: Hmm, it would be great to have a typing test right here in Geekhack!
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: theferenc on Thu, 14 July 2011, 00:35:04: One of the forum games is a flash version of Typing of the Dead, or whatever it's called. Not quite the same thing, but kinda fun.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: daerid on Thu, 14 July 2011, 01:00:02: (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/561564/speed-test.png)

On my Filco Linear R w/ PBT caps
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Tony on Thu, 14 July 2011, 01:00:49: That website is terrible since the words are random.

I prefer hi-games.net (http://hi-games.net) or typeracer.com (http://typeracer.com)
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: daerid on Thu, 14 July 2011, 01:13:58: I'm averaging 85 on typeracer.com (man, need to step it up).
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: csm725 on Thu, 14 July 2011, 01:19:47: On the laptop (I do 88 on the Filco):
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Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: sordna on Thu, 14 July 2011, 01:27:45: Typeracer is more fun, but sometimes has passages that are too short.
I actually liked the OP's test though, no waiting involved.
Got 90 WPM on the first try with my Kinesis Advantage (cherry reds / Dvorak layout):
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Also tried it on an old macbook pro (in QWERTY layout) and got 67 there.
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Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Dali on Thu, 14 July 2011, 01:33:12: [ATTACH=CONFIG]20750[/ATTACH]
KBC Poker, Cherry MX brown switches. 90 WPM, and that's me typing relatively slowly as I'm sleepy right now.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Wallach on Thu, 14 July 2011, 01:49:22: (http://i.imgur.com/CCslGl.jpg)

That was my first try at it. Slower than my average, not quite used to that style of typing test.

Edit - this was on a Das Keyboard S w/ blues, for reference.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: joysick on Thu, 14 July 2011, 02:03:18: On plane WiFi so once we get in the air I'll update the list

Sent from my HD7 using Board Express
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: hella on Thu, 14 July 2011, 02:24:47: [ATTACH=CONFIG]20753[/ATTACH]
Lexmark/IBM M15
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: hella on Thu, 14 July 2011, 02:28:48: [ATTACH=CONFIG]20754[/ATTACH]

Lexmark/IBM M15

I hated the transition between lines. Talk about a bad test!
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Wallach on Thu, 14 July 2011, 02:59:04: Yeah, honestly this is one of the worst typing tests I've ever seen. Not only do the line transitions suck, it's just a bunch of random words. We should use something different like type racer.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: nocturn4l3030 on Thu, 14 July 2011, 03:10:23: (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a162/daletron/wpm.jpg)

you guys are slow, in one try too
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: nocturn4l3030 on Thu, 14 July 2011, 03:13:17: (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a162/daletron/wpm2.jpg)

2nd try
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: nocturn4l3030 on Thu, 14 July 2011, 03:22:04: 19 races, 110 wpm average on typeracer
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Wallach on Thu, 14 July 2011, 03:40:20: Quote from: nocturn4l3030;380167
19 races, 110 wpm average on typeracer

I'm @ 109 WPM over 18 on Type Racer, the highest of those being 124 WPM (user name Wallach there as well).
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: hyperlinked on Thu, 14 July 2011, 04:40:35: I haven't done any racing games in a while. I love to type really fast, but I had to stop playing typing games because it wasn't helping my RSI symptoms at all. :(

Before I quit, I managed to score an average of 118wpm on Typeracer (username: smirking) and I'm still #55 in the top 100 of the 5-minute typing test on hi-games.net.

Now, if anyone here gets cocky about their typing speed, you should know that one of the GH members is Sean Wrona (arenasnow), the winner of the Ultimate Typing Championship (http://www.ultimatetypingchampionship.com/). He won with a 163wpm performance and has a YouTube video of him clocking in at 212wpm in a Typeracer match.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Regel on Thu, 14 July 2011, 06:18:59: Just started learning how to touch type last week, so I guess this is all right:
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Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: TacticalCoder on Thu, 14 July 2011, 06:20:22: Quote from: hyperlinked;380176
Now, if anyone here gets cocky about their typing speed, you should know that one of the GH members is Sean Wrona (arenasnow), the winner of the Ultimate Typing Championship (http://www.ultimatetypingchampionship.com/). He won with a 163wpm performance and has a YouTube video of him clocking in at 212wpm in a Typeracer match.

Nothing better than that to stay humble ; )

I know I'm far from the fastest: I can go up to 120wpm under caffeine on typeracer.com but typically I'm only around 100 wpm.

Just tried and did 91 wpm on that horrible test (can't easily see the next word before a new "page" starts, which really slows thing and messes up thing, can't correct mistakes --I'm wired to correct mistakes instantly and so I'm penalized twice if I'm not at 100% accuracy on that test--, words unrelated to each other, etc.).

Bowing low to nocturn4l3030 for his nice score and bowing even much lower to hella: 116 wpm is cool, especially on an M15 (I own two mech split keyboards but I'm dreaming of a M15... Maybe I should sell my NIB MX-5000 and then use the money to buy a M15).

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Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Chobopants on Thu, 14 July 2011, 09:38:30: Just did it quickly on my stock Filco blue and got 94. Would have been faster I think but that line switch really throws me off and I was a little self-conscious about the sound of me typing like that (I'm at work) so I wasn't going all out. My Typeracer WPM was ~110-120 but it's no longer available on Facebook (that's how I played) so I can't reference it.

I'll do a few more over lunch and we'll see how I do.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Hydroid on Thu, 14 July 2011, 10:19:55: I type at 63 wpm. :S I feel ashamed. http://speedtest.10-fast-fingers.com/fb_result.php?r=BL
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: redpill on Thu, 14 July 2011, 10:21:21: 103 on the Topre, but I definitely don't like that test as much as typeracer, it's hard to type fast if you can't look ahead.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Wihl on Thu, 14 July 2011, 16:04:18: I got 80 WPM. I'm sitting actually in bed right now though lol. Typing on my amazing 3 euro media-tech rubber dome, half the keys might not register 20% of the time but its still amazing. And by amazing I mean horrid.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: N8N on Thu, 14 July 2011, 19:41:37: I should have seen this before I had a few after-work cocktails... but I did prove something... 57 WPM and 3 wrong words on laptop keyboard; 63 and perfect on Model M. Board with clears is at work so I can't try that one, at least not now...
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: DesktopJinx on Thu, 14 July 2011, 19:51:35: I hesitate at every line switch on that particular website. On the other hand (!) I think by using the most common words in the language it may also have a slightly shorter than average word length, relative to passages of meaningful text written by non-morons; at least it seemed so whilst I was typing. I clocked 97, which is average for me when I'm transcribing something. I don't think I've clocked any test above 110wpm. I might try to teach myself proper eight-fingers-on-letters technique (I use six) but I have no need to go faster, and RSI is only an issue when I use keyboards other than my own for extended periods. (Smartphones are the devil's work.) Real-world speed, typing what I'm thinking, I have to be writing a highly-motivated diatribe for anything more than about 70wpm to matter. If I was still writing code I'd probably need even less.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Thu, 14 July 2011, 20:05:08: 28wpm left handed while smoking with my right! I'm also on my 5th 500ml Kalnapilis Grand.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Emery on Thu, 14 July 2011, 20:24:24: 111 first try, I'll try more when I have some time.
Done on Noppoo Choc Mini84 MX Browns.

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Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: noodles256 on Thu, 14 July 2011, 20:36:46: (http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6008/5938303781_7b2f9cfc79.jpg)

done on blackwidow ultimate
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: hyperlinked on Thu, 14 July 2011, 20:45:04: I think this improvised meta typing game would be a lot more fun if we each did one round on the ****tiest keyboard we could find and then did one round on our daily driver.

I tried that when I got an ASUS Netbook and I was really bemoaning the shrunken nature of the netbook keys. Well, it turns out that as much as I hated that keyboard, it barely affected my speed test results. I was 100+ before. I was 100+ after.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: noodles256 on Thu, 14 July 2011, 20:49:03: bla bla bla
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: mr_a500 on Thu, 14 July 2011, 20:55:10: Quote from: theferenc;380052
That's sort of a horrible typing test, since it uses a random collection of words with no relation to one another. Passages from a random novel, or a song, or some such makes a more realistic test.

At least, that's my opinion.

Yes, that's what's screwing me up too. I can't read far enough ahead to get it in my brain to avoid making mistakes. So far, the best I can do is 60 wpm.

I just tried typeracer.com, but the countdown starts before it's even ready to start accepting keystrokes. I have to click on the box, wait a few seconds, start typing and still it misses the first character and says I have a typo.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: bach0 on Thu, 14 July 2011, 21:00:49: 17 wpm lol
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Tony on Thu, 14 July 2011, 21:33:38: (http://www.upl.co/uploads//Colemak2.jpg)

64wpm with Colemak layout (http://forum.colemak.com/viewtopic.php?id=970) (see above). For maximum speed you can check the recording at hi-games.net

30 sec 79wpm (http://hi-games.net/typing-test,30/watch?u=4314).

1 min 73wpm (http://hi-games.net/typing-test,60/watch?u=4314).

2 min 70wpm (http://hi-games.net/typing-test/watch?u=4314).

5 min 66wpm (http://hi-games.net/typing-test,300/watch?u=4314).
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: westajay on Thu, 14 July 2011, 21:53:50: I plateau around 70-75 wpm and struggling to get faster. Standard touch typing. Any hints for improving speed?
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: MrGPhantome on Fri, 15 July 2011, 02:50:25: [ATTACH=CONFIG]20885[/ATTACH]

Interesting test, though I didn't do any worst or better than other usual tests. Average around 75-85 myself.\

DSI Modular Mac
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Multiple on Fri, 15 July 2011, 03:11:06: [ATTACH=CONFIG]20886[/ATTACH]

90 words with IBM Model F.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: hyperlinked on Fri, 15 July 2011, 04:03:41: Quote from: westajay;380688
I plateau around 70-75 wpm and struggling to get faster. Standard touch typing. Any hints for improving speed?
Make sure you have good posture, learn to be as relaxed as possible, and just keep practicing.

Also, while 70-75 wpm isn't going to win you any speed medals, it's nothing to sneeze at. You're already at a very functional typing speed that will give you an edge over most people.

Some people are always going to be more natural at typing than others so if you can't ever get above 75 wpm, you might be able to blame your mom or dad for not having good typing genes to pass on to you.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: noodles256 on Fri, 15 July 2011, 04:57:16: use your toes, that will help

ring ding dong
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: KeyboardsAreCool on Fri, 15 July 2011, 06:22:49: (http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3662/125wpm.png) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/204/125wpm.png/)

This is on a Razer Tarantula. I also type in my own style where I don't use my pinkies except for left shift, enter and backspace. I keep my left middle finger on "w," my left ring finger on "a," and my left index finger on "d." My right hand just sits wherever it pleases. ^_^
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: joysick on Fri, 15 July 2011, 10:26:41: Quote from: KeyboardsAreCool;380867
Show Image
(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3662/125wpm.png) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/204/125wpm.png/)

This is on a Razer Tarantula. I also type in my own style where I don't use my pinkies except for left shift, enter and backspace. I keep my left middle finger on "w," my left ring finger on "a," and my left index finger on "d." My right hand just sits wherever it pleases. ^_^

gratz #1 ^^
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: wirefish on Fri, 15 July 2011, 14:23:38: [ATTACH=CONFIG]20980[/ATTACH]
I never really learned to type; my hands cross over from side to side and my technique is generally a mess. Just many years of programming. I did the test with a stock aluminum Mac Pro keyboard.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: BucklingSpring on Fri, 15 July 2011, 16:37:49: It is like a rear view mirror...

Typists in this test are actually faster than they appear :-)
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: BucklingSpring on Fri, 15 July 2011, 16:40:33: Quote from: hyperlinked;380633
I think this improvised meta typing game would be a lot more fun if we each did one round on the ****tiest keyboard we could find and then did one round on our daily driver.

Good idea...

btw I like your avatar.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: JAMM0N on Fri, 15 July 2011, 18:11:15: 73 WPM 1 Wrong. kbc poker. i bet i would do worse on reds. LOL
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: isp on Fri, 15 July 2011, 19:18:31: not really diggin the transition...firefox lags sometimes or something
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hhkb2
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: isp on Fri, 15 July 2011, 19:23:38: Quote from: joysick;380923
gratz #1 ^^

oh btw, check nocturn4l3030 @ post #25

I'd rank by the "score" number. You could get a lot of two letter words or something and it would look faster than it really was. The score probably factors both the character count and WPM.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: joysick on Sat, 16 July 2011, 00:07:41: ^^not everyone posts the picture with the score on there so i wouldnt be able to discriminate the other ranks, but i see your point, if you play it long enough you will eventually get one of those rounds that has a lot of two letter words and what not
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: nocturn4l3030 on Sat, 16 July 2011, 01:20:50: oh hell no, back on top baby

FIRST TRY I FRIGGIN SWEAR

using a g80-3000 cherry reds

(http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a162/daletron/wpm3.jpg)
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: ladiesman2927 on Sat, 16 July 2011, 03:22:42: One of my best scores on speedtest

(http://i52.tinypic.com/2mmzazd.png)

I was able to maintain this on one of the longer passages on typeracer:

(http://i55.tinypic.com/2mx4wfn.png)

I think this was my best score of all time... too bad I wasn't logged in into my account

(http://i52.tinypic.com/vzuio5.png)
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: elef on Sat, 16 July 2011, 03:45:04: Slid into the top 20... barely:
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BTW my average on typeracer is 73 with occasional peaks in the 90s and one 100.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: nocturn4l3030 on Sat, 16 July 2011, 05:48:08: damn, you're fast. GG you win lol. grats on #1.

Quote from: ladiesman2927;381317
One of my best scores on speedtest

Show Image
(http://i52.tinypic.com/2mmzazd.png)

I was able to maintain this on one of the longer passages on typeracer:

Show Image
(http://i55.tinypic.com/2mx4wfn.png)

I think this was my best score of all time... too bad I wasn't logged in into my account

Show Image
(http://i52.tinypic.com/vzuio5.png)
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: redpill on Sat, 16 July 2011, 10:04:32: Quote from: mr_a500;380640
I just tried typeracer.com, but the countdown starts before it's even ready to start accepting keystrokes. I have to click on the box, wait a few seconds, start typing and still it misses the first character and says I have a typo.

You shouldn't need to click the box, it should disappear on its own and the cursor should default into the typing box. If not, it's probably a browser issue. Which do you use?

Quote from: hyperlinked;380633
I think this improvised meta typing game would be a lot more fun if we each did one round on the ****tiest keyboard we could find and then did one round on our daily driver.

I tried that when I got an ASUS Netbook and I was really bemoaning the shrunken nature of the netbook keys. Well, it turns out that as much as I hated that keyboard, it barely affected my speed test results. I was 100+ before. I was 100+ after.

I had 92 on a Model M versus 102 on a Topre, big difference was missed words, more typos on the Model M when trying to type fast.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: sordna on Sat, 16 July 2011, 16:43:21: I think we need to do a test where we add up scores for 2 layouts ;-)
I average 90 on Dvorak, 60 on QWERTY. I wonder how Colemak users do when they switch back and forth!
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Input Nirvana on Sat, 16 July 2011, 16:49:59: Be careful calling out the Colemak Crazies
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: ~Blood~ on Sat, 16 July 2011, 17:38:04: [ATTACH=CONFIG]21100[/ATTACH]

110 wpm! now im gonna stop.

its on a g80-3000 with cherry blues btw
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: hella on Sat, 16 July 2011, 18:13:53: Quote from: ladiesman2927;381317
One of my best scores on speedtest

Show Image
(http://i52.tinypic.com/2mmzazd.png)

I was able to maintain this on one of the longer passages on typeracer:

Show Image
(http://i55.tinypic.com/2mx4wfn.png)

I think this was my best score of all time... too bad I wasn't logged in into my account

Show Image
(http://i52.tinypic.com/vzuio5.png)

That's a hella impressive score. Grats ladiesman :thumb:

But hey, all that fast fingerwork ain't what the ladies want. It's all about the rhythm and motion ;)
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Chobopants on Sat, 16 July 2011, 18:14:29: First try on my Realforce after putting on the blue keys. Lots of mistakes because I usually type on a Filco I think.

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Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: hella on Sat, 16 July 2011, 18:23:32: God, I'm studying for board exams and I'm spending way too much time messing around. Things I normally don't like to do get done, and once that's finished I move on to more useless tasks. No wonder why the girlfriend says the house is cleanest when I'm studying ;)

Here's my second attempt at the test:

(http://i53.tinypic.com/2lsdtl1.jpg)
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: sordna on Sat, 16 July 2011, 20:13:54: It's not a contest, just fun.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: theferenc on Sat, 16 July 2011, 21:19:45: Seriously, ripster? Most people enjoy a game, win or lose.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: nocturn4l3030 on Sun, 17 July 2011, 05:26:46: i don't like your new avatar ripster =[ i associated you with the weird geeky cartoon lady
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: mr_a500 on Sun, 17 July 2011, 10:12:30: Quote from: redpill;381428
You shouldn't need to click the box, it should disappear on its own and the cursor should default into the typing box. If not, it's probably a browser issue. Which do you use?

I tried a few more times and it looks like I don't have to click in the box, but I still have problems with the first character typed being ignored. I think it is a browser problem. I see a box that says, "Warning Something unexpected just happened. You may need to Refresh the browser page if TypeRacer stops working."

I'm using Firefox 5 on OSX 10.5 (PPC).
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Elemental on Sun, 17 July 2011, 10:29:30: I did this one a few days ago on a Majestouch 2 Ninja with MX Brown switches. 99 words per minute with a 399 score. My aim is 100+ wpm for now.

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Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Elemental on Sun, 17 July 2011, 10:41:34: Quote from: Elemental;381981
I did this one a few days ago on a Majestouch 2 Ninja with MX Brown switches. 99 words per minute with a 399 score. My aim is 100+ wpm for now.

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Scrap that, just did 100 wpm with 405 score a few minutes ago. Let's try again.. :)

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Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: redpill on Sun, 17 July 2011, 11:08:23: Quote from: mr_a500;381973
I'm using Firefox 5 on OSX 10.5 (PPC).

I blame Macs!
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: scribble on Sun, 17 July 2011, 12:04:48: This is on my PLU-87 Cherry Red

101 WPM

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I kept getting around 86 wpm on my filco TKL Cherry blues... idk if this was psychological or not though. I enjoy typing on my blues more though because of the click :D
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Wibox on Sun, 17 July 2011, 13:06:40: 118, KBC Poker with Ergo Clears.
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EDIT: 127.

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Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: eyeshield21san on Mon, 18 July 2011, 12:57:20: 97 wpm on a Noppoo Choc Mini with Cherry MX Blacks.

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Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Bry on Tue, 19 July 2011, 19:34:21: (http://i.imgur.com/V2NMG.png)

Wow I'm slow compared to all you guys :/

Just done on my u9bls
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: sam113101 on Fri, 22 July 2011, 16:16:43: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_per_minute
I'm using a french dvorak layout and actually, I'm slower with the french test.
That makes me believe that they count words as… well, real words, while they shouldn't (wikipedia link above).
French words are longer, that makes sense.

It sucks, as a test, sorry.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: daerid on Fri, 22 July 2011, 16:43:14: Just tried again, this time on my MX blues

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/561564/speed-test-2.png)

Wanna go home and try it again on my browns (whcih I am definitely faster on).
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: joysick on Sat, 23 July 2011, 00:03:59: Quote from: sam113101;385530
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_per_minute
I'm using a french dvorak layout and actually, I'm slower with the french test.
That makes me believe that they count words as… well, real words, while they shouldn't (wikipedia link above).
French words are longer, that makes sense.

It sucks, as a test, sorry.

everyones taking the same test, so your theory is irrelevant, sorry
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: hashbaz on Sat, 23 July 2011, 01:10:26: 103 on a cheapo Logitech. Will try for reals on Monday with my Kinesis.

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Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: sordna on Sat, 23 July 2011, 01:12:37: Quote from: hashbaz;385773
103 on a cheapo Logitech. Will try for reals on Monday with my Kinesis.

Do you type QWERTY or Dvorak on your Kinesis?
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: hashbaz on Sat, 23 July 2011, 01:15:11: Qwerty
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Regel on Sat, 23 July 2011, 11:00:54: Improved a little bit: [ATTACH=CONFIG]21960[/ATTACH]
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: dakU on Sat, 23 July 2011, 13:32:00: 104WPM with EeePC 1001 laptop. No mistakes!
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: hashbaz on Sat, 23 July 2011, 13:43:23: Quote from: dakU;385936
104WPM with EeePC 1001 laptop. No mistakes!

Post a pic, yo
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: ch_123 on Sun, 24 July 2011, 06:18:06: I could probably do better, but this for now -

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On my 122-key Model F
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: chuckading on Sun, 24 July 2011, 20:54:24: [ATTACH=CONFIG]22131[/ATTACH]

On Filco Tenkeythrownout Supreme with Round 3 SP-Turbo keys.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: TacticalCoder on Tue, 26 July 2011, 10:06:06: Damn many more entrants now : )

2nd try I got 95 wpm / 100% correct words (but not 100% accuracy for I did typo I could correct). With some caffeine I could probably reach 100 on that test (on typeracer I reached 120 several times).

My keyboard is an IBM Model M.

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Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Aznguyen316 on Tue, 26 July 2011, 12:55:14: on my new KBC Poker with reds (PBT)

okay new scores, 108wpm with 2 mistakes and 103 with one mistake grr

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Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: George7 on Tue, 26 July 2011, 15:57:16: This is the best I've managed with my Cherry G80-3000 (With Blues) My old Logitech Wave I couldn't break 100 on!

(http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j275/george_hopkins/115wpmgeorgehopkins.png?t=1311713601)
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: xmrxkrazy on Fri, 05 August 2011, 02:09:30: Filco Majestouch 2 Reds!
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Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: George7 on Fri, 05 August 2011, 14:05:20: That's impressive!
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Culinia on Fri, 05 August 2011, 15:02:08: (http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9084/testtypecu.th.png) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/135/testtypecu.png/)

This is what I could do, and damn I feel slow compared to some people here :D

Filco Majestouch Blue
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: nrd on Wed, 10 August 2011, 21:57:06: [ATTACH=CONFIG]23837[/ATTACH]

118 wpm, 654 cpm, 503 points
(tried the English version too and while most of the words seem to be easier to type (mainly because of the lack of capitalized ones), I still only scored ~100 wpm)
all done on my new and lovely Zowie Celeritas :smile:

FWIW... I hate the switching from one block of words to the next the test does, the first times I tried, I kept re-entering the same word because it kept confusing me :wacko:
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: SecrtAgentMan on Wed, 10 August 2011, 22:16:12: Here's mine [ATTACH=CONFIG]23840[/ATTACH]

91 WPM

502 CPM

3 wrong though D:

Used a Filco MJ2 w/ Reds
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: liist on Thu, 11 August 2011, 01:26:49: [ATTACH=CONFIG]23848[/ATTACH]

108 wpm done with standard ThinkPad T410i keyboard. I think I can make a decent run with my Filco. I'll have to see.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: hella on Thu, 11 August 2011, 01:30:03: Dude, I DEMAND A RECOUNT.

Lol seriously though, my #2 score is listed as #3 on the leaderboards. Fix this please.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: xmrxkrazy on Thu, 11 August 2011, 04:06:34: lol yeah i noticed that. joysick has not been updating his own thread..
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: sherryton on Thu, 11 August 2011, 04:30:08: http://i56.tinypic.com/dpygz7.png 120wpm 1 incorrect
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: nrd on Thu, 11 August 2011, 09:18:00: Yay,

121 wpm, 685 cpm, 525 points

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Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: polpo on Thu, 11 August 2011, 18:12:18: 105 WPM, 445 points. Pretty much matches with my best score on Typeracer. On a Noppoo Choc Mini with Browns. I sadly have to admit that my highest-ever score was when I wasn't registered on Typeracer and using an Apple MacBook keyboard. It was 115 WPM, I believe...

(http://polpo.org/tmp/speedtest.png)
(http://polpo.org/tmp/typeracer.png)
Title: Tg3 / qwerty
Post by: sordna on Sat, 20 August 2011, 17:42:19: Hah, just got 77 WPM on my TG3 with Poker keycaps (http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:20454&p=402363&viewfull=1#post402363), typing in QWERTY! Doesn't sound like much, but 99% of the time I type on a Kinesis Advantage / Dvorak layout.

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Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: joysick on Sat, 20 August 2011, 18:16:00: do i really have to update this, sigh...
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: sordna on Sat, 20 August 2011, 18:26:38: No, only the best score for any user counts, no need to post scores per keyboard/layout, etc :-) Or are you talking about new users submitting scores lately? Up to you how long you want to maintain this, doesn't really matter!
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: joysick on Sat, 20 August 2011, 19:06:32: i'll do it at some point today, maybe lololol
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: sordna on Sat, 20 August 2011, 19:29:12: Ok, let me post a better score for you to use, back on Kinesis/Dvorak, I got 102 WPM:

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Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: mashingkeys on Sat, 20 August 2011, 19:45:30: [ATTACH=CONFIG]24761[/ATTACH]

choc mini mx blues :D
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: shawn o on Sat, 20 August 2011, 21:20:17: Kind of fun....using my Logitech Illuminated here at home (waiting for Filco to be back in stock)....

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Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Nask on Sun, 21 August 2011, 02:08:38: (http://i.imgur.com/y1wtk.png)
Did on a Realforce Topre 103UB.

It wasn't my best race. I should try again, I'm faster in French.
I'm still do some errors on some English words.

btw: You should try the typing est on Hi Games Typing Test (http://hi-games.net/typing-test/) or on TypeRacer (http://www.typeracer.com).
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: xmrxkrazy on Sun, 21 August 2011, 04:05:00: joysick maybe you should've thought of the responsibility you'd have to look through the pages and updating before making this the "Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboard." Give me my number 3 spot already! :]
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: csm725 on Sun, 21 August 2011, 04:19:02: New high:
89WPM, 348pts
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Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: shawn o on Tue, 30 August 2011, 15:50:45: Got my Filco and wristrest and WPM now went down about 10.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Symmetry on Tue, 30 August 2011, 19:09:21: Before acquiring a mechanical keyboard, in the garage:

Logitech Elite Keyboard (generic rubber dome)
(http://ompldr.org/vYTRvcQ/Untitled.png)
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: dorkvader on Wed, 31 August 2011, 00:04:00: Quote from: Tony;380100
That website is terrible since the words are random.

I prefer hi-games.net (http://hi-games.net) or typeracer.com (http://typeracer.com)
I just did 47 WPM on typeracer on my fujitsu laptop. I'll try the Unicomp later, and the WASD (cherry brown) when it arrives.

Dvorak layout of course.

Screenshots to come when I figure out how?

Since I don't really touchtype, I am pretty sol,w however, I feel like I'm significantly faster when I'm typing something I'm thinking about. Out of curiosity, is there a program (online or otherwise) that will track my paper-typing speeds for class?
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: captain on Fri, 27 April 2012, 07:34:19: Quote from: ladiesman2927;381317
Show Image
(http://i52.tinypic.com/vzuio5.png)

So, did you pass the cheater-test? ;-P
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: feteru on Fri, 27 April 2012, 10:26:43: Well, I just got a 77, will post screenshots from typeracer and 10fastfingers when I get home
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: captain on Fri, 27 April 2012, 12:45:00: typeracer.com is my tester of choice. I never could get that other one to work. I need to figure out how to compare my results for different keyboards. You'd think that there would be an app for that. ;-P

77 seems pretty respectable to me. I don't know how some of these guys get 100+ consistently.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: funxion on Fri, 27 April 2012, 12:58:00: I'm around 65 :( I don't really have a need for typing too fast though!

Going to test when I get home.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: hazeluff on Fri, 27 April 2012, 13:07:47: [ATTACH=CONFIG]49273[/ATTACH]

Bleh. at least there were no mistakes.

Filco MJ2 Browns = )
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Glissant on Fri, 27 April 2012, 13:11:17: [ATTACH=CONFIG]49274[/ATTACH]

Just did a snip of the relevant area. I have gained about 20-ish words per minute since I started caring about my touch typing again. Geekhack is good for more than emptying my wallet ;)

Typing on Filco Majestouch-2 with blues, by the way.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Qt Pi on Fri, 27 April 2012, 13:40:17: (http://i.imgur.com/Vl8EN.jpg)

and here's the Razer Lycosa I did it on (http://i.imgur.com/2Ir8h.jpg)

I've got a tenkeyless leopold (brown) in the mail and it should be here any second now
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Playtrumpet on Fri, 27 April 2012, 13:42:53: Been a while since I went to 10fastfingers. It's changed its look. o.o

Did this on my 4-going-on-5 year worn down Macbook keyboard.
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Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Qt Pi on Fri, 27 April 2012, 13:51:57: Quote from: Qt Pi;584056
I've got a tenkeyless leopold (brown) in the mail and it should be here any second now

And the very second I hit enter they were at the door but I could't pay the duty fee because it was cash only and my room mate "borrowed" the exact amount of cash I needed. Guess I have to pick it up tomorrow...
(http://i.imgur.com/8WGc7.png)
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: fstop on Fri, 27 April 2012, 15:16:35: (http://speedtest.10fastfingers.com/badge/1_wpm_score_DM.png) (http://speedtest.10fastfingers.com)
Visit the Typing Test (http://speedtest.10fastfingers.com) and try!

Feel like I could of done better. That was my first try though haha.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Viets on Fri, 27 April 2012, 15:42:24: I use to get 157 wpm on a logitech g15 keyboard :SS
(http://speedtest.10fastfingers.com/badge/1_wpm_score_EN.png) ( in 3 tries)
on Coolermaster Rapid MX (brown)
just fyi from my experience mechanical keyboards aren't better for typing speed, but for better typing experience..
There are some membranes keyboards that are really good for typing. Although i bottom out a lot when i type on keyboards could be my style of typing...
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: fstop on Fri, 27 April 2012, 16:00:54: For me its a mental thing. Typing on rubber domes, I feel like my fingers are being glued down to the keys. It's just a really unpleasant feeling.

Mechanical don't have that sticky, mushy feeling and it makes feel like I'm typing faster and in most cases I am 10-20wpm higher.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Namkung on Fri, 27 April 2012, 16:05:25: sigh. looks like my post from few days ago along with the new updated thread got deleted from rollback

156
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someone should make a new thread again and keep it updated cuz the OP for this thread appears to be long gone
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: fstop on Fri, 27 April 2012, 16:18:38: Dat starcraft APM haha.

I remember seeing your 169 wpm before the rollback.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Namkung on Fri, 27 April 2012, 16:23:55: Quote from: fstop;584167
Dat starcraft APM haha.

I remember seeing your 169 wpm before the rollback.

:D
I would say the combination of the following is a good recipe for being fast with your fingers
korean + piano for 15 years + sc2 + spend all day in front of computer. :nod:
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: fstop on Fri, 27 April 2012, 16:36:04: Or maybe its because you're using a silenced RF... Need to get myself one of those. That must be it!

In all seriousness though I played piano as a kid, and guitar for the last couple of years but I've always had slow fingers. It's held me back considerably :(.
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Namkung on Fri, 27 April 2012, 16:41:23: T___T
I am actually using 55g uniform!
I need to get myself a variable silent though.. thank god for the 10th anniversary group buy
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: oneproduct on Fri, 27 April 2012, 19:24:39: [ATTACH=CONFIG]49319[/ATTACH]
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: 1391401 on Fri, 27 April 2012, 19:50:18: 96 on me blues which I am not to terribly accurate with, i could probably be better on my clears at work
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: Viets on Fri, 27 April 2012, 20:21:09: ok i just got the quickfire rapid blue, its like 200% better than the browns for typing, its so easy to make mistakes on the brown could be the badly placed keycaps
Title: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: SBI on Sat, 28 April 2012, 05:40:41: [ATTACH=CONFIG]49363[/ATTACH]

Ze german. Old screenshot, Das Keyboard MX-Blue.

€: 611 strokes, 106 correct words, of course.
Title: Re: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: gabamnml on Sun, 11 October 2015, 22:08:36: I would like to revive this thread to continue the challenge.
My current speed typing with 10 fingers is 50 WPM using my pok3r :rolleyes:

Keep typing rolling...
Title: Re: Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboards
Post by: tararais on Mon, 12 October 2015, 00:23:31: Quote from: gabamnml on Sun, 11 October 2015, 22:08:36
I would like to revive this thread to continue the challenge.
My current speed typing with 10 fingers is 50 WPM using my pok3r :rolleyes:

Keep typing rolling...

Well, it's a decent idea, but I doubt the author would still update the thread. You can start a new one if you'd like.