I am a fast but sloppy typist. Speed-wise, I'd say I'm faster than a snail, slower than a greyhound. I type at the speed of squirrel.

In middle school, my mom enrolled me and my sister in a summer typing class. I still remember some of the exercises.

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Well, it worked.  By the end of the summer at the tender age of 12, I was typing 54 words per minute. No two-finger keyboard punching for us! (That's also called the "Hunt and Peck" method. AKA the "Eagle Finger" method. *cue Eagle screaming*)

I'm still pretty sloppy though. I make so many typos and I can't seem to reform myself. Like, I can't help but type "ration" instead of "ratio." I constantly type "Tank you" instead of "Thank you."

And I am incredibly blind to my typos when reading my manuscripts. They're hella sloppy, but thank goodness for spellcheck and copyeditors!

I was wondering how fast my typing was, so I randomly googled this test:
http://www.typeonline.co.uk/typingspeed.php

And I clocked in at 83 wpm. Not bad! But nothing compared to the 216 words per minute achieved by Stella Pajunas-Garnand from Chicago in 1946. 

Stella = Greyhound.
Me = Squirrel.

Or these guys. Check out their 2010 Typing Championship final round! (Fast forward to about 2:00 to see the actual competition.)



Are you a "Hunt and Peck" typer? Ten finger whiz? Ever clocked your speed?