Do you think you are a good typer? An average touch typer can type at around 60 WPM (word per minute). Find out how fast you are.
WPM means Words Per Minute. It is a measure of the output speed on a keyboard. Here's how it works:
- start a timer and start typing for exactly 1 minute
- count how many characters you just typed including spaces and punctuation
- divide that value by 5 (the WPM system considers a word is 5 keystrokes)
- the result is your Words Per Minute speed
For example, if I've typed the text "Hello world. It is a nice day." and it took me 1 minute to enter that text. Here's how I get my WPM speed:
- "Hello world. It is a nice day." has 30 characters
- in terms of WPM words that's 30 / 5 = 6 words (because with WPM a word is 5 keystrokes)
- so my speed is 6 WPM
If it took me 30 seconds to type that text, then my speed would be: 6 * 60 / 30 = 12 WPM