So 10ish words per minute? Not blazing fast but for leading research pretty darn good! 40 WPM it probably beats the average human and most cell phone applications.
‘Words’ in WPM is standardized to 5 characters
Zylog Z80: 1
Intel 8086: 2
PowerPC: 4
Apple M1: 8
IBM Selectric: 5
> Studies compiled by Amundson (1995) show that copying rates using handwriting at the 1st grade level are about 5 words per minute (WPM) on average, but by the end of elementary school at the 5th and 6th grade level are about 10 to 12 WPM.
Source https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/hiat/resourc...
30-40 WPM was the target for high school computer typing courses in the 90s (my experience, may have been a similar target earlier and I don't know the target for courses targeting typewriters), and this was a time when computers weren't ubiquitous like today. It's very feasible to hit that target in a few months especially if you learn proper hand placement (hunt & peck, two finger typists, will have a longer ramp up time but can often still hit those speed targets).