The Second Official Geekhack Typing Speed Leaderboard

[notsonerd]

Take Your (Different) Test Here

So I checked out "typing test" using an advanced search and found that they're not very popular among the forum users here. The first leaderboard was last active two years ago, so I thought I'd reboot it.

The Rules

-Customize your test so that you type in your preferred language.
-You must provide a screenshot of your test result, the title of the document as well as the test itself.
-You must provide the keyboard you used, and the switches you typed with.
-If you chose to type in a language other than English, please provide that information as well.
-Failure to meet all of these requirements will result in the removal of your score from the leaderboard (refer to the sample below).

Optional

-You may list other filters you used such as touch-typing, two-finger style, keycaps (ABS, PBT, etc.) or another key layout like Dvorak.

I recommend using Snipping Tool for a quick and easy screenshot. It already comes with Windows Vista, 7 and 8, but you can download it here.

I will list the ranks in this post and do my best to keep it up-to-date.


New Leaderboard

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Screenname WPM Keyboard Switch-Type Filters
===============================================================
1st. MOZ 175 MSB Custom MX Blue Friggin' 80g Springs
2nd. Sifo 172 Sky Blue LZ-S MX Clear Gold Springs/Lubed w/ RO-59 
3rd. intelli78 144 HHKB Pro II Topre None
4th. notsonerd 122 KBParadise V60 MX Brown None
5th. genkidama 111 HP KU-0316 Rubber Dome German
6th. genkidama 106 Ducky Shine 3 MX Brown German/Qwertz/ABS
7th. Hoffmanmyster 99 Dell KB212-B Rubber Dome None
8th. slip84 97 Apple Wireless Scissor None
9th. ksm123 72 Ergodox Ergo-Clear 62g Ssprings/Lubed/Colemak

Old Leaderboard

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Screenname Document WPM Keyboard Switch-Type |       Filters
====================================================================    |            =========
1st. Premonition  Aesop's Fables     143 HHKB Pro 2 Type-S      Topre        |              None
2nd.      slip84    Test Instructions   86        GON         Cherry MX Clears  |   Clears were 62g
3rd.     genkidama  Rules of Baseball   85     HP (KU-0316)     Rubber Dome     |          Qwertz Layout
4th.       mogo     Test Instructions   81     KBT Pure 60%   Cherry MX Whites  |        None
5th.   ksm123    Test Instructions   68       Ergodox      Cherry MX Blues | (Over)Lubed switches, Colemak Layout

Sample

Keyboard: KBParadise V60
Switch-Type: Cherry MX Browns

[epzy]

****... linkbane is MIA

[notsonerd]

****... linkbane is MIA

A renowned speed-typist?

[epzy]

****... linkbane is MIA

A renowned speed-typist?

a 10fastfingers god, the most athletic beast GH has ever seen

[notsonerd]

****... linkbane is MIA

A renowned speed-typist?

a 10fastfingers god, the most athletic beast GH has ever seen

I've always used that test to measure my typing speed until I discovered the one I linked above. It being just random words doesn't make it the most accurate measure of typing.

Was linkbane's speed up in the 150's or so?

[epzy]

****... linkbane is MIA

A renowned speed-typist?

a 10fastfingers god, the most athletic beast GH has ever seen

I've always used that test to measure my typing speed until I discovered the one I linked above. It being just random words doesn't make it the most accurate measure of typing.

Was linkbane's speed up in the 150's or so?

162 iirc

[trizkut]

****... linkbane is MIA

A renowned speed-typist?

a 10fastfingers god, the most athletic beast GH has ever seen

I've always used that test to measure my typing speed until I discovered the one I linked above. It being just random words doesn't make it the most accurate measure of typing.

Was linkbane's speed up in the 150's or so?

http://10fastfingers.com/user/2956/

[notsonerd]

Damn. That's fast. Hope he gets a whiff of this post.

[CPTBadAss]

I've got 80 WPM. I'm the GH champion. Undefeated. You can't **** with me.

[notsonerd]

I've got 80 WPM. I'm the GH champion. Undefeated. You can't **** with me.

Nuh-uh. Pics.

[SpAmRaY]

#mechanicalkeyboardsareonlyforthetypingelite

#<120WPMisforscrubs

Oh I hear linkbane is on reddit now so if anyone misses him that much you can go there.

[slip84]

I type around 20 - 30 WPM. I'm pretty awesome, I think.

And most of my words are really complex, so take that for what it's worth. For example, I usually type this word 10 to 20 times a day: antidisestablishmentarianism

Or: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

[mogo]

Title of document: Test Instructions
Keyboard: KBT Pure 60%
Switches: Cherry MX White
Other filters: none

[Puddsy]

I hit close to 100 typing out some posts here last week

10fastfingers says 70 WPM, which isn't really reflective of how fast I type when I'm not copying something

[slip84]

I hit close to 100 typing out some posts here last week

10fastfingers says 70 WPM, which isn't really reflective of how fast I type when I'm not copying something

Yeah, I haven't ever got the appeal of typing what you see on the screen. It's in no way truly representative of how fast one can type.

[notsonerd]

(Attachment Link)
Title of document: Test Instructions
Keyboard: KBT Pure 60%
Switches: Cherry MX White
Other filters: none

Nice! Whites(meant  clears) are definitely gonna be in my next board.

Participate people x.x

[slip84]

GON with clears @ 62g. Oh, I think I did the test instructions for the document. I can't recall.



A bit faster on my dental-banded HHKB. Ha!

[notsonerd]

I'm a table-making noob, so I'm just gonna stick to notepad.

slip84 holds first place at 86wpm. Doesn't anyone wanna give it a shot?

[ksm123]

I'm average typist, and in last few months I didn't have much time for typing sites.


Title of document: Test Instructions
Keyboard: ErgoDox from 4th MassDrop round
Keycaps: black PBT DSA, white PBT DSA deepdish on home keys
Switches: (over)lubed MX Blues (I know, it's sacrilege but I found out that I hate blues after I've built this keyboard, lubing them was cheaper then getting pack of clears).
Layout: Colemak, more info

[notsonerd]

I'm average typist, and in last few months I didn't have much time for typing sites.

(Attachment Link)
Title of document: Test Instructions
Keyboard: ErgoDox from 4th MassDrop round
Keycaps: black PBT DSA, white PBT DSA deepdish on home keys
Switches: (over)lubed MX Blues (I know, it's sacrilege but I found out that I hate blues after I've built this keyboard, lubing them was cheaper then getting pack of clears).
Layout: Colemak, more info

Have you been using the Colemak layout to type for a while? The WPM you achieved using it is about as fast as I'd go with the Dvorak layout after having not used it for like two years after I learned it.

Either way, awesome to see someone using a layout other than QWERTY and Dvorak. This is also my first time seeing someone type on an Ergodox. Very curious about it now.

[ksm123]

Have you been using the Colemak layout to type for a while?

I've been using Colemak for 18 months now. I've lost my QWERTY skills and need to look at the keyboard to type in qwerty.

There is one catch: I'm dyslectic.

[notsonerd]

Have you been using the Colemak layout to type for a while?

I've been using Colemak for 18 months now. I've lost my QWERTY skills and need to look at the keyboard to type in qwerty.

There is one catch: I'm dyslectic.

I imagine that impairs your ability to type on some level.

[Premonition]

I took the test with an HHKB Pro 2 Type-S. It was Aesop's fables.

[tp4tissue]

I don't think typing test.com is a good benchmark..

people could cheat and practice...   which wouldn't be representative of their their off-hand transcription speed..



I think we need something with a randomized medium sized word bank

[genkidama]

I tried it on a rubberdome from hp (KU-0316) on qwertz layout on the second text in German. Man I'm sexy 

[notsonerd]

I don't think typing test.com is a good benchmark..

people could cheat and practice...   which wouldn't be representative of their their off-hand transcription speed..



I think we need something with a randomized medium sized word bank

You make a good point. The only website that randomizes documents (not words) is Type Racer. Think that'd be good to use?

Edit:

@Premonition: I need to know your switch-type, otherwise I'll have to remove the score from the leaderboard.
@genkidama: I need to know your keyboard, otherwise ^

[notsonerd]

At tp4issue's keen suggestion, I've changed the test standard as well as the rules. The previous leaderboard will eventually be replaced with scores from the new test.

Please follow the new format, and happy typing.

[genkidama]

I've looked it up and it's a HP KU-0316, a somewhat 20€ board 

Would this be right?

Text can be found on the screenshot.
Language: German
Used board: HP KU-0316
Switch: Rubberdome

[Premonition]

I don't think typing test.com is a good benchmark..

people could cheat and practice...   which wouldn't be representative of their their off-hand transcription speed..



I think we need something with a randomized medium sized word bank

You make a good point. The only website that randomizes documents (not words) is Type Racer. Think that'd be good to use?

Edit:

@Premonition: I need to know your switch-type, otherwise I'll have to remove the score from the leaderboard.
@genkidama: I need to know your keyboard, otherwise ^

I said that I used an HHKB Type-S.

[HoffmanMyster]

Am I doing this right?

Keyboard: Dell KB212-B
Switches: Rubberdome 



First time using that site, I'll have to see if my stats improve once I get used to the format.

[slip84]

Board: Apple Wireless Keyboard
Switches: Scissor

[notsonerd]

I don't think typing test.com is a good benchmark..

people could cheat and practice...   which wouldn't be representative of their their off-hand transcription speed..



I think we need something with a randomized medium sized word bank

You make a good point. The only website that randomizes documents (not words) is Type Racer. Think that'd be good to use?

Edit:

@Premonition: I need to know your switch-type, otherwise I'll have to remove the score from the leaderboard.
@genkidama: I need to know your keyboard, otherwise ^

I said that I used an HHKB Type-S.

My bad. Forgot Topre existed for a minute there.

[notsonerd]

Awesome. Thank you guys so much for participating and following the format! Updating the leaderboards now.

[Premonition]

I did a new one~

[notsonerd]

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I did a new one~

Geezus. I wish I could put that speed on the leaderboard.

[genkidama]

I also would love to have such a speed, but I guess my habits die hard as I never learned the 10 finger system and kind taught myself by playing.

Now I tried this on my mech and I think that you can "cheat" here quite easily if the text is very short and you are lucky when there are not so difficult words in it. I got 112 with a short text and 105 with a much longer one. Seems to me we need a different site? Maybe a site where you really need to type for a full minute so that it is more representative rather than just typing a short text?


Language: German, qwertz Layout
Board: Ducky Shine 3 (Brown), ABS

Greetz go out to HoffmanMyster to mah Rubberdome bruthah



PS I would love to try it again after I got used to my mech again.. Unfortunately did not type on her a lot lately 

[intelli78]

Document: education - Noshi aggarwal
Keyboard: HHKB Pro II
Switches: 45g Topre, unmodified

[notsonerd]

I've noticed the texts are a little short. I'm still looking for a random text that's consistent. I like how the current test shows stats and errors, though. It looks like I might keep the leaderboards and previous tests up for people to refer to and maybe change them up every few days or weeks depending on how the results go.

Keyboard: KBParadise V60
Switch-Type: Cherry MX Brown

[Sifo]

Sky Blue LZ-S 62g GOLD SPRINGS MX Clear lubed with RO-59

Why the **** does it say Jenny

[Lurch]

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Sky Blue LZ-S 62g GOLD SPRINGS MX Clear lubed with RO-59

Why the **** does it say Jenny

she obviously typed it for you

[notsonerd]

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Sky Blue LZ-S 62g GOLD SPRINGS MX Clear lubed with RO-59

Why the **** does it say Jenny

Damn, Sifo. Now I'm curious to see how Premonition does on this test.

I also need to figure out another way to make these tables. It's too damn tedious having to retype ranks every time someone joins the leaderboard.

[HoffmanMyster]

Can we have a drunk leaderboard?  I'm curious how we all stack up against each other when inebriated.   )

[notsonerd]

Can we have a drunk leaderboard?  I'm curious how we all stack up against each other when inebriated.   )

Haha. Yes, I second this. We'd need a solid way to prove that each participant is wasted during the test, though. That could prove problematic.

I don't mind adding a separate leaderboard on here specific to a "drunk" filter. Same rules apply, of course.

[tp4tissue]

Can we have a drunk leaderboard?  I'm curious how we all stack up against each other when inebriated.   )

oooo ok... I'm down with this..

OK.. let's use 10 fast fingers, because that's standardized and easy to access for everyone..

We have to consult the body weight to Number of drinks chart..

So that we're equivalently inebriated..


Consult this chart..   Everyone drink to the 0.1 level, basically the SECOND orange box in your weight column..

THEN wait exactly 15 minutes.. and take the test...


For HARD difficulty, we can maybe drink to the 4th orange box.. but this isn't recommended for novices... because there's a slight chance of passing out..


for ULTRA mode, we can drink to the 5th or 6th box... OBVIOUSLY this is for experienced drinkers only.. as it MIGHT kill you...

So only attempt ULTRA mode when ur with a friend that can call the ambulance..

[Premonition]

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Sky Blue LZ-S 62g GOLD SPRINGS MX Clear lubed with RO-59

Why the **** does it say Jenny

Damn, Sifo. Now I'm curious to see how Premonition does on this test.

I also need to figure out another way to make these tables. It's too damn tedious having to retype ranks every time someone joins the leaderboard.

Alright, I'll see if I can top that  ;D
ALSO MY NAME ISN'T INTELLI, IT'S PREMONITION

EDIT: Wait, doesn't my test result count? It's the same length as the passage Sifo typed out, and it's all blurred as well..

[notsonerd]

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Sky Blue LZ-S 62g GOLD SPRINGS MX Clear lubed with RO-59

Why the **** does it say Jenny

Damn, Sifo. Now I'm curious to see how Premonition does on this test.

I also need to figure out another way to make these tables. It's too damn tedious having to retype ranks every time someone joins the leaderboard.

Alright, I'll see if I can top that  ;D
ALSO MY NAME ISN'T INTELLI, IT'S PREMONITION

EDIT: Wait, doesn't my test result count? It's the same length as the passage Sifo typed out, and it's all blurred as well..

Gotta follow the format. I'm only adding scores to the leaderboard that use the test provided in the opening thread. You should also note that the actual test you took doesn't appear in the screenshot you provided =/

[demik]

Can we have a drunk leaderboard?  I'm curious how we all stack up against each other when inebriated.   )

do tears count for or against your score?

[mogo]

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Sky Blue LZ-S 62g GOLD SPRINGS MX Clear lubed with RO-59

Why the **** does it say Jenny

Oh god. Oh god, I'm just... I'm terrible. I don't even deserve to have fingers.

[notsonerd]

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Sky Blue LZ-S 62g GOLD SPRINGS MX Clear lubed with RO-59

Why the **** does it say Jenny

Oh god. Oh god, I'm just... I'm terrible. I don't even deserve to have fingers.
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Everyone deserves to have fingers, mogo.

[Premonition]

Gotta follow the format. I'm only adding scores to the leaderboard that use the test provided in the opening thread. You should also note that the actual test you took doesn't appear in the screenshot you provided =/

It would be a lot easier if you didn't change the 'official' test 3 times.