Sherry Bryant, Harrisburg, Pa. won the 2012 Speed Contest. Melanie Humphrey-Sonntag, RDR, CRR, of Wheaton, Il., earned second place and Douglas J. Zweizig, RDR, CRR, Philadelphia, PA., earned third place in the Speed Contest.
Contestants write and transcribe three five-minute legs—220 Literary, 230 Legal Opinion, and 280 Testimony—and qualify for each with an accuracy score of 95% or better. The best combined score wins the championship.
Overall combined scores
| 1. | Sherry J. Bryant | 23 | 99.380% |
| 2. | Melanie L. Humphrey-Sonntag | 28 | 99.233% |
| 3. | Douglas J. Zweizig | 31 | 99.184% |
| 4. | Donna M. Urlaub | 34 | 99.053% |
| 5. | Jo Ann Bryce | 41 | 98.838% |
| 6. | John Wissenbach | 58 | 98.490% |
| 7. | Dee Boenau | 71 | 98.070% |
| 8. | Sara Watt | 81 | 97.753% |
| 9. | Kathy A. Cortopassi | 95 | 97.377% |
| 10. | Debra A. Dibble | 111 | 96.967% |
| 11. | Ronald L. Cook | 121 | 96.758% |
Literary
| 1. | Donna M. Urlaub | 2 | 99.818% |
| 2. | John Wissenbach | 4 | 99.636% |
| 2. | Douglas J. Zweizig | 4 | 99.636% |
| 2. | Sherry J. Bryant | 4 | 99.636% |
| 3. | Dee Boenau | 5 | 99.545% |
| 4. | Louise M. Becker | 8 | 99.273% |
| 5. | Melanie L. Humphrey-Sonntag | 9 | 99.182% |
| 6. | Darlene D. Fuller | 10 | 99.091% |
| 7. | Kathy A. Cortopassi | 11 | 99.000% |
| 7. | Ronald L. Cook | 11 | 99.000% |
| 8. | Sara Watt | 14 | 98.727% |
| 9. | Jo Ann Bryce | 15 | 98.636% |
| 10. | Debra A. Dibble | 17 | 98.455% |
| 11. | Lea A. Lumpkin | 18 | 98.364% |
| 12. | Joyce Z. Casey | 20 | 98.182% |
| 13. | Rich Germosen | 25 | 97.727% |
| 14. | Lillian M. Freiler | 27 | 97.545% |
| 15. | Janice Plomp | 32 | 97.091% |
| 16. | Naren Jansen | 50 | 95.455% |
Legal Opinion
| 1. | Melanie L. Humphrey-Sonntag | 8 | 99.304% |
| 2. | Sherry J. Bryant | 9 | 99.217% |
| 3. | Douglas J. Zweizig | 10 | 99.130% |
| 4. | Jo Ann Bryce | 17 | 98.522% |
| 5. | John Wissenbach | 20 | 98.261% |
| 6. | Donna M. Urlaub | 24 | 97.913% |
| 7. | Amanda L. Maze | 34 | 97.043% |
| 8. | Dee Boenau | 40 | 96.522% |
| 9. | Sara Watt | 44 | 96.174% |
| 10. | Debra A. Dibble | 54 | 95.304% |
| 11. | Maureen McCarthy | 56 | 95.130% |
| 11. | Kathy A. Cortopassi | 56 | 95.130% |
| 11. | Ronald L. Cook | 56 | 95.130% |
Q&A
| 1. | 1. Donna M. Urlaub | 8 | 99.429% |
| 2. | Jo Ann Bryce | 9 | 99.357% |
| 3. | Sherry J. Bryant | 10 | 99.286% |
| 4. | Melanie L. Humphrey-Sonntag | 11 | 99.214% |
| 5. | Darlene D. Fuller | 17 | 98.786% |
| 5. | Douglas J. Zweizig | 17 | 98.786% |
| 6. | Joyce Z. Casey | 23 | 98.357% |
| 6. | Lea A. Lumpkin | 23 | 98.357% |
| 6. | Sara Watt | 23 | 98.357% |
| 7. | Dee Boenau | 26 | 98.143% |
| 8. | Kathy A. Cortopassi | 28 | 98.000% |
| 9. | Rich Germosen | 30 | 97.857% |
| 10. | Naren Jansen | 33 | 97.643% |
| 11. | John Wissenbach | 34 | 97.571% |
| 12. | Debra A. Dibble | 40 | 97.143% |
| 13. | Amanda L. Maze | 45 | 96.786% |
| 14. | Maureen McCarthy | 52 | 96.286% |
| 14. | Lillian M. Freiler | 52 | 96.286% |
| 15. | Shannon Taylor-Scott | 53 | 96.214% |
| 16. | Ronald L. Cook | 54 | 96.143% |
| 17. | Kathryn A. Thomas | 63 | 95.500% |
| 18. | Allison L. Kimmel | 66 | 95.286% |
