[DavidMcLaughlin]

I don't know how to touch type, I have a "two fingers and thumb" approach and never have to look at the keyboard (I was given a German keyboard at work and I never noticed until a German sat down and tried to use it). I was curious what "fast" is so I just took this test:

http://speedtest.10-fast-fingers.com/

You reached 395 points, so you achieved position 14664 of 1148922 on the ranking list

You type 588 characters per minute You have 98 correct words and you have 6 wrong words

Which is close to 99th percentile, although that website may have a bias towards slow typists. What speed would a touch typist expect?

[bane]

I hadn't seen this test before so I took it on a lark.

405 points, 11978th, 530 characters per minute, 101 correct words 2 wrong.

101 wpm.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that most professional developer types can probably do within some small percentage of these scores.

From wikipedia:"An average professional typist reaches 50 to 70wpm, while some positions can require 80 to 95 (usually the minimum required for dispatch positions and other typing jobs), and some advanced typists work at speeds above 120"

[mike_esspe]

Can you type in the dark room? Incredible speed for two fingers :)

[georgemcbay]

I am not the person you were asking this of -- but I type in a similar fashion (I only use my two index fingers and my right thumb [which is dedicated to hitting the space bar]) and I have no problems typing fast in the dark. I don't look at the keys, it is all just based on muscle memory of where the keys are. Where I do hit a bit of a snag is when trying to type on a keyboard that is sized significantly different to that of the ones I normally use, but even in that case I adjust to the new spacing within a matter of minutes.