Fact · Typing and writing speed
7.0times
The 360 words per minute steno record is about seven times the 51.56 words per minute average in a large online typing test.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
- What it measures
- Compares a record steno speed with the average from a keystroke study of online typists.
- How it is calculated
- 360 / 51.56 = 7.0
- What it does not show
- Compares two different kinds of result: a record attempt and an average over many typists.
Calculated from
- Guinness World Records lists Mark Kislingbury of Houston at 360 words per minute with 97.23 percent accuracy, set at the NCRA's 2004 summer convention.
- In a study of 136 million keystrokes from an online typing test, the average participant typed 51.56 words per minute, with a standard deviation of 20.2.