r/typing

Is 45/50 wpm good for someone thats younger than 13? Thanks for any advice or comment for the future! (Just to clear this up, my friend who has this wpm typing has been wondering about it so im asking people.)

I'm new to this, but I've been known as the one who types fast my whole life, like when you have to log in using your credentials in a computer class at university, everyone turns around at the noise my keyboard makes and what my fingers are doing without having to look at the keyboard while typing.

I finally decided to measure how fast I can really type, not just in a lazy one-off way like before when friends would ask me for a rough estimate, but I mean actually try to set records over and over until I realize I reached my limits, as well as my keyboard's, which is a Logitech G512 mechanical keyboard with brown switches (EU hardware layout, US software layout). I absolutely love this keyboard, but I feel like key travel is long and requires a decent amount of force when it comes to raw speed, otherwise I like how it feels since it doesn't matter outside of this competition.

Anyway, I've been trying 3 different scenarios for the last couple of hours with minimal breaks (I know that's a horrible idea, but I was too curious about the final results, so it was really addicting) and this was so intense and stressful that I'm definitely taking a cold shower in a bit since I'm too sweaty right now (in my defense, it's really hot here), but it was totally worth it.

Here it is (all default settings aside from what's listed below):

1. 175 wpm / 100% accuracy (88% consistency) in 15 seconds for lowercase words only.
2. 154 wpm / 100% accuracy (84% consistency) in 15 seconds with full punctuation (capitalization, symbols like single and double quotation marks, dashes and so on) and numbers (up to 4 digits).
3. 137 wpm / 100% accuracy (79% consistency) in 60 seconds, same conditions as above. This is the one that killed me and I have no intentions of attempting it again or it will literally kill me. The problem here was getting the accuracy from 99% to 100% because I would always make one or two mistakes as a result trying to type too fast and struggling to maintain focus at the same time which is a recipe for disaster. The thing is, the one or two mistakes that I'd make over and over again wouldn't even meaningfully slow me down at all (I think my previous best was 132 wpm / 99% accuracy), it's just that I can be a bit of a perfectionist sometimes, so I wanted 100% accuracy across the board. Personally, I don't think it should count if you made mistakes because, well, anyone could type faster at the expense of accuracy.

I achieved all 3 of these personal bests within a few minutes apart from each other.

Thoughts?

By the way, for some additional context:

At first, I only practiced the first scenario last night for around 15 minutes (made it to 157 wpm / 100% accuracy) because I wanted to go for the biggest possible number as an indicator of plain speed at which my fingers can accurately press keys on the keyboard, rather than some real-world office scenario or whatever.

I never bothered with these typing tests before because they all default at like 30 and especially 60 seconds which feels like eternity to me and trying to focus on something this intense for that long is just "too much" for me in terms of stress (and it's not representative of my actual speed as a result, which is annoying), so I tend to avoid such things these days which is really unfortunate because I've always enjoyed chasing high scores in time-based stuff like this and just video games, but I don't handle it well anymore.

However, I felt like only 15 seconds and plain lowercase words could be seen as artificially inflated for showing off and not so representative, almost like it's something you can "cheat" at since it's much easier to optimize the run to perfection and regardless of that, the skill floor is still much lower since you only use the easiest, most frequently used part of the keyboard which doesn't require stretching your fingers all over the thing. Well, that just feels cheap to me, so I enabled everything for it to be realistic, but still kept it at 15 seconds because I cannot properly concentrate for 30 or 60 seconds. Then, to be 100% fair, I did not 30, but 60 seconds (so that there are no idealistic estimates by the computer) and with everything enabled.

Thanks in advance. Looking forward to seeing your results, especially in different scenarios like me.

I've found it is very hard to type "uninitiated" without slowing down and sounding it out in my head. Had to go back and remove an extra T just then. Never comes out right. If I just go for it, it feels like the wild west and I'm shooting all directions. T's. I's. N's. Something always left out or added that doesn't belong. I'm not a bad typist, I code and write for a big portion of my living. This word though. Is it just me?

I used to type with just two fingers and I am now trying to type with ten fingers for about 4 months now. I was getting 40wpm with two fingers, and now with ten, I am still at 40-45 and I am making a lot of errors, slowing me down further. I can't dedicate time for practicing, but I am having a lot to type everyday, so I am trying to practice while working. I am not seeing any progress in the last two months. I am especially struggling with my little finger and with punctuations. What can I do to improve while working?

I am trying to make the transition to moving more fingers on purpose at the same time with intention.

I am starting to be able to do it in home row keystroke drills, inward rolls, and the occasional syllable or word that I have hard wired into my hands but I have not figured out how to do it slowly and with intention.. I get lucky occasionally but when I do I usually stumble and fall on my face immediately after I perform my little dance.. i.e. Practice the specific skill of one finger typing , one finger returning to home row, one finger heading to the next key all at the same time.

Does anyone have drills they like for this that provide bang for the buck?

Ever since I was young I always used my own method of typing which was through typing with 5 fingers on the left and one finger pressed on the other finger on the right. It seemed right to me, as I was pretty fast and accurate with it, ranging from 90 to 100% accuracy with 115 WPM.

However, when my teacher came to my house to tutor me on some hardware lessons, he noticed my typing and said i needed to look "smart and elegant" when typing. I tried to tell him it was my way, but then he got my parents involved. Now they're forcing me to practice with that. stupid typing technique 2 times a day for 15 minutes. I already gave it a try; it's ridiculous.

Any ideas on how to convince my very "intelligent" teacher and parents?

How can I increase my accuracy ? I feel like doing only 15 sec on monkeytype made me worse

I've been wanting to use a more ergonomic keyboard at work like the Logitech Wave or Logitech Ergo K860. When my finger joints were flaring up, I bought the Logitech Wave keyboard to try and the attached wrist/palm wrists triggered my wrist pain. I usually position my wrist rest about 4-5cm from the mechanical keyboard I currently use and haven't experienced any issues. I really liked the wave keyboard and if I could have repositioned the wrist rest, it would have been perfect. Does anyone have the same experience?

I have been trying to master touch typing for some time.
I have mastered all the punctuations and alphabets.
but while trying to learn numbers, one issue i constantly feel is

unable to reach 1,9,0 keys .......until now i dont move my wrists; just finger movements would be sufficient at all but to reach these keys, I feel like i need to move my hand (may be because of short pinkie fingers)

do you guys too move your wrists or hand while typing these or just moving fingers sufficient??
Also, do you guys rest your wrist or keep it in air

What were the most infamous words that you had difficulty learning to type quickly?