Dom Perignon IV Speed Contest — Statistics

Average Words Per Minute for All Methods

The following table provides the average speeds achieved by participants for the various methods they used during the contest. Qwerty keyboards include those available on Pocket PCs and on Palm handhelds. Handwriting method include Calligrapher and Decuma on the Pocket PC, Graffiti and Graffiti 2 on Palm handhelds.

Average Speeds For All Methods

Method WPM Entries Submitted
Fitaly for the Palm 58.91 10 Entries
Fitaly for the Pocket PC 58.78 14 Entries
MessagEase1 49.69 7 Entries
Qwerty Keyboards 46.54 9 Entries
Handwriting Methods 36.59 5 Entries

 

1Combines Dom Perignon III and IV entries for this method.

Average Words Per Minute by Method

The following tables provide the entries submited for each of the five different methods as well as the average speed achieved.

Fitaly for the Palm — 58.91 wpm

Rank Method Time WPM Participant Date
1 FitalyVirtual T3 29.67 80.88 Jim Belich Nov 5, 2004
7 FitalyVirtual T3 32.74 73.30 Patrick Yam Oct 28, 2004
8 FitalyVirtual NX 33.68 71.25 Zoltan Heizler Oct 12, 2004
9 FitalyStamp 33.74 71.13 Jonathon Mah Oct 12, 2004
10 FitalyStamp 34.22 70.13 Eric Allen Oct 30, 2004
12 FitalyStamp 38.07 63.04 Doug Swingle Oct 28, 2004
16 FitalyStamp 42.55 56.40 Marianne Kleen Nov 7, 2004
26 FitalyVirtual NX 55.86 42.96 Mr. Vincent Nov 5, 2004
32 FitalyVirtual TH55 67.89 35.35 Steve Isenberg Nov 5, 2004
40 FitalyVirtual TH55 97.17 24.69 Evie Tse Nov 5, 2004
Average Speed: 58.91  

Fitaly for the Pocket PC — 58.78 wpm

Rank Method Time WPM Participant Date
2 Fitaly PPC 30.99 77.44 Erwin Franz Nov 7, 2004
3 Fitaly PPC VGA 31.01 77.38 Jenneth Orantia Oct 10, 2004
4 Fitaly PPC 31.10 77.17 Eko Pranoto Nov 2, 2004
5 Fitaly PPC 31.58 75.99 Hendrik Christian Nov 6, 2004
6 Fitaly PPC 32.17 74.60 Jaren Waldner Oct 10, 2004
11 Fitaly PPC 35.07 68.43 Noemi Barkanyi Oct 10, 2004
14 Fitaly PPC 39.01 61.52 Charles Deschênes Oct 20, 2004
16 Fitaly PPC 45.50 52.28 Laura Franz Nov 5, 2004
18 Fitaly PPC 46.48 51.63 Richard Owens Oct 1, 2004
19 Fitaly PPC 46.88 51.19 John Bishop Nov 6, 2004
19 Fitaly PPC 46.93 51.13 Palmsolo Oct 7, 2004
23 Fitaly PPC VGA 47.19 50.85 Walter Mitty Oct 23, 2004
38 Fitaly PPC VGA 85.36 27.41 Russell Smith Oct 5, 2004
39 Fitaly PPC 92.56 25.92 Annalynn Owens Oct 1, 2004
Average Speed: 58.78  

MessagEase — 49.69 wpm

Using only the three results submitted in 2004 would run the risk of understating the speed achievable with MessagEase. A better idea of the speed of MessagEase is given by combining the entries submitted for Dom Perignon III and IV, as in the table below. In the case of Patrick Yam and Palmsolo who participated in both contests, the better entry is retained, namely, their 2004 entry:
 

Rank Method Time WPM Participant Date
10 MessagEaseST 35.85 66.94 MC Skoop Nov 29, 2002
15 MessagEaseST 39.57 60.65 Alex Fung Nov 27, 2002
22 MessagEaseST 45.50 52.74 Jacob Chang Nov 29, 2002
27 MessagEaseST 47.25 50.79 John Harms Dec 3, 2002
29 MessagEase T3 50.32 47.69 Patrick Yam Oct 15, 2004
31 MessagEase PPC 63.45 37.82 Palmsolo Oct 7, 2004
37 MessagEase NX 85.67 28.01 Steve Isenberg Oct 8, 2004
Average Speed: 49.69  

Qwerty Keyboards — 46.54 wpm

Rank Method Time WPM Participant Date
13 Qwerty PPC 38.60 62.17 Jaren Waldner Oct 7, 2004
15 Qwerty PPC 41.54 57.77 Jason Waldner Oct 6, 2004
23 Qwerty PPC 50.21 47.79 Jonathan Waldner Oct 29, 2004
24 Qwerty PPC 51.18 46.89 Steven Waldner Nov 3, 2004
25 Qwerty PPC 54.53 44.01 Hendrik Christian Oct 20, 2004
27 Qwerty Palm T3 56.45 42.51 Patrick Yam Oct 15, 2004
28 Qwerty PPC 57.43 41.79 Sam Riley Oct 17, 2004
30 Qwerty Palm NX 58.58 40.96 Zoltan Heizler Oct 8, 2004
33 Qwerty Palm T3 68.62 34.97 Jim Belich Oct 13, 2004
Average Speed: 46.54  

Handwriting Methods — 36.59 wpm

Rank Method Time WPM Participant Date
21 CalliGrapher PPC 47.18 50.87 Hendrik Christian Oct 16, 2004
29 Decuma PPC 57.91 41.44 Hendrik Christian Oct 16, 2004
34 Graffiti 76.95 31.18 Steve Isenberg Nov 6, 2004
35 Graffiti 2 78.43 30.60 Josh Logan Oct 19, 2004
36 Graffiti 2 T3 83.14 28.86 Jim Belich Oct 13, 2004
Average Speed: 36.59  

 


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