The "Avg. speed (all time)" includes a lot of results from when I first started out years and years ago, and typed much slower. The "(last 10 races)" is much more indicative of my typical typing speed these days.
ColdTooth wrote:
I've definitely gone above 250 before when I had to do assignments that were 2-3 pages long and were due the next day in school.
One of
the fastest typists in the world (called Sean Wrona) has 256 WPM as his
absolute fastest result ever on TypeRacer, with his average speed being 177 WPM. The fastest Guinness-verified typist (named Barbara Blackburn) achieved a top speed of 212 WPM (though I'm sure she can get a little higher not being verified live and sitting comfortably in her own home) with her average speed maintained for 50 minutes being 150 WPM, and 170 WPM for shorter periods of time.
Sure, you could be some undiscovered prodigy who apparently types (or at least used to type) easily faster than the very fastest typists in the world, but I doubt it (unless you can prove it, in which case, hey, you might even become something of an internet celebrity).