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1 minute ago, anirudthelinuxwIzard said:

because not everything in life revolves around money, I want a high typing speed for bragging rights.

Okay.

Then no, it's not good enough

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I'm asking because I see you guys with your 120 WPM typing speeds and feel like a idiot. I'm 13 for reference.

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1 minute ago, anirudthelinuxwIzard said:

I'm asking because I see you guys with your 120 WPM typing speeds and feel like a idiot. I'm 13 for reference.

If you don't need a high amount of WPM to make money.

Why care.

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1 minute ago, Poinkachu said:

If you don't need a high amount of WPM to make money.

Why care.

because not everything in life revolves around money, I want a high typing speed for bragging rights.

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1 minute ago, anirudthelinuxwIzard said:

because not everything in life revolves around money, I want a high typing speed for bragging rights.

Okay.

Then no, it's not good enough

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No, very average really.

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10 minutes ago, anirudthelinuxwIzard said:

I'm asking because I see you guys with your 120 WPM typing speeds and feel like a idiot. I'm 13 for reference.

For the age of 13, I'd say it's pretty solid. I couldn't type at all when I was 13 lol. Only now that I'm out of my 10's I'm starting to approach 100WPM

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6 minutes ago, anirudthelinuxwIzard said:

because not everything in life revolves around money, I want a high typing speed for bragging rights.

Well you won't be able to brag with 68 WPM. But on the bright side you will get better with time if you just keep writing. 

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It is also about how it is tested:

 

Reaching 68 wpm in a short test and mistakes aren't critical is easy.

Keeping up 68 wpm with less than 0.1% error rate over a timespan of 10 minutes is good.

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It's solid for 13, but not great for online bragging rights. The main goal should just be to type fast enough so your typing speed isn't too much of a limiting factor while on a computer, and you can do it without thinking about it.

 

As with anything, it gets better with practice. Using AIM back in the day really improved my speeds.

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This is a thing?

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