Nowadays
typing is a great skill it is used everywhere in business, education, and
communication. While most people type at a medium speed but some outstanding
people have made records in world for their fastest typing speeds. The record
of fastest typing speed has astonished people for decades.
What is typing speed?
Typing speed
is measured in words per minute also written as WPM. One word means five
characters which includes spaces and punctuation. This measurement helps us to
check how fast a person types and how much accurate that person types. An
average typing speed is 40_45 words per minute but professional people may
reach 70 _80 words per minute.
But the
people who have made records in world are incredibly so intelligent that they
have pushed the limits of an average person's typing speed.
Typing
speed records
STELLA PAJUNAS:
Stella Pajunas
in 1946 was recorded to have the fastest typing speed. She had the ability to
write 216 words per minute. She completed this remarkable feat by using IBM
electric typewriter.
Barbara Blackburn:
Another
legend in typing world is Barbara Blackburn. She was listed by guiness world
records as the fastest typist of English language. Blackburn achieved speed of
170 words per minute and some reports show that she also reached 212 words per
minute using a Dvorak keyboard layout.
What made Blackburn
famous and unique was her use of Dvorak simplified keyboard which was a layout designed
to increase the efficiency of the typists and to help them to reduce the
movement of their fingers while typing. Her achievements proved to the world
that both skill and design of keyboard can affect the typing performance.
Modern typing records and online
competitions of typing:
As use of
information technology, computers and mobile phones have increased these days
so the typing competitions have moved online.Now,platforms (Monkeytype and TypeRacer)allow people to take part in typing
competitions held globally and they can count their speeds in real time.
In recent
years, a young man Mythical Rocket achieved an outstanding 293 words per minute
in 15 seconds test and he also reached speeds above 300 hundred words per
minute in bursts.
But, these
modern records are called unofficial records because they are not observed
under strict conditions.
Stenography-
different level of typing speed they have:
One thing is
important to note that typing speed depends on which machine is used for typing.
for example stenographers who use several machines which allow to press
multiple keys at a time and that's why they can achieve higher speeds. A
professional stenographer Mark kislingbury had speeds of 375 words per minute.
He used a stenotype machine.
As this
method is very different from traditional typing so these kind of records are
usually classified separately.
Modern typing records:
Typing is
not just now limited to keyboards of computers and laptops.Smartphones have
made the world aware with another typing idea that is by keyboards in
smartphones.Nowadays we can see youngsters typing so fast on their smart phones.
For example,
Aryan Pathak on May 26, 2024 made a record of typing the alphabets in just 2.88
seconds and on the same day he made a record of typing the alphabets backward
in just 3.09 seconds.
In short we
can say that a person can do anything if he wants so we should keep on trying
and typing is a wonderful skill which we can build.
FAQs?
Q: how can we reach such a great speed of typing ?
It is well said that practice makes a man perfect so if you keep on trying and practicing then you can reach such a high level. no matter which typing machine are you using.7
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