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World Records in Typing
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RESULT |
TYPIST |
MACHINE |
YEAR |
| 1 hr |
147 wpm |
Albert Tangora |
Underwood Standard |
1923 |
| 1 hr |
149 wpm |
Margaret Hamma |
electric typewriter |
1941 |
| 1 min |
216 wrds |
Stella Pajunas |
IBM machine |
1946 |
| 5 min |
176 wpm |
Carole Bechen |
manual typewriter |
1959 |
| 3 min |
158 wpm |
Gregory Arakelian |
personal computer |
1991 |
| ???? |
192 wpm |
Natalie Lantos** |
PC |
1998 |
** Natalie set the World Record while a
student at the
CompuCollege School of Business
(Vancouver, BC )
Guinness Book of World Records,
1998 edition.
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