I think a thread like this could be of some use. I know when I started learning Colemak, I wanted to see how fast people were compared to their original speed, but there simply was no information on it.
For this thread, post which keyboard you've used in the past. Post the corresponding speed, accuracy, and length of use. Do the same for Colemak.
QWERTY
-7 years
-80 wpm
-Horrible accuracy (85%-94%)
Dvorak
-10 months
-70-75 wpm
-Excellent accuracy (it fluctuated a lot, but mostly 94%-100%)
Colemak
-1 year
-80-85 wpm
-Excellent accuracy (same as Dvorak)
In my experience, Colemak and Dvorak were great for me accuracy wise, but I _could not_ type as fast as I do on Colemak with Dvorak. With Dvorak, I had a semi-staccato type of typing, but with Colemak, my typing is a lot more fluent.
As for QWERTY, there really isn't too much to say about it. I was extremely fast using QWERTY, but I spent most of the time hitting backspace.
My typing speed can be viewed at http://www.ryanheise.com/typing-test/re … den_Hammer