Originally Posted by NichePay - StuartD

I can do 120 if I try, my usual typing is probably around the 80 to 90 area when I'm just typing away.

To enter my college course back in 96, I had to type 75wpm as a prerequisite. These days I'm much faster.

As for the secret? Practice. Learn to type anything without looking at the keyboard, learn how to do things properly (such as not crossing your fingers, keys on the left for the left hand, keys on the right for the right hand) and most importantly, don't rush it. Just type at the speed you are comfortable with. You'll just naturally get faster as you go. When you rush it and "try to be faster", you just end up having to hit that back space key a lot to fix up your errors