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Last updated Jul 12 2021.
There are three different words per minute (wpm) records -- for the manual typewriter, the electric typewriter, and the personal computer keyboard. On a manual typewriter, the world record is 176 wpm, and on an electric typewriter it is 216. In an official test in 1991, Gregory Arakelian of Virginia set the personal computer record with 158 wpm.https://www.almanac.com/fact/what-is-the-fastest-speed-on-record
As of 2005, writer Barbara Blackburn was the fastest English language typist in the world, according to The Guinness Book of World Records. Using the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard, she has maintained 150 words per minute (wpm) for 50 minutes, and 170 wpm for shorter periods. She has been clocked at a peak speed of 212 wpm.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typewriter#Typing_speed_records_and_speed_contests
TEST RESULT TYPIST YEAR MACHINEhttp://www.owled.com/typing.html
1 hr 147 wpm Albert Tangora 1923 Underwood Standard
1 hr 149 wpm Margaret Hamma 1941 electric typewriter
1 min 216 wrds Stella Pajunas 1946 IBM machine
5 min 176 wpm Carole Bechen 1959 manual typewriter
3 min 158 wpm Gregory Arakelian 1991 personal computer
???? 192 wpm Natalie Lantos 1998 PC