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Shorthand-speed, Pitman

Shorthand-speed, Pitman
Who
Nathan Behrin
Where
United States (New York,)
When
December 1922
The highest recorded speeds ever attained under championship conditions are 300 words per minute (99.64per cent accuracy) for five minutes and 350 wpm (99.72 per cent accuracy, that is, two insignificant errors) for two minutes, by Nathan Behrin (USA) in tests in New York in December 1922. Behrin used the Pitman system, invented in 1837.