Fastest typist on a manual typewriter in a five minute test

- Who
- Carole Forristall Waldschlager Bechen
- Where
- United States (Dixon,)
- When
- 02 April 1959
The highest recorded speeds attained with a ten-word penalty per error on a manual machine in five minutes is 176 wpm net by Carole Forristall Waldschlager Bechen (USA) at Dixon, Illinois, USA on 2 Apr 1959.