I dont know what to say other than in really around computers and I like video games. I remember being taught how to type properly when I was younger but I feel that my pinkes are just so slow to react (?). And since I play games a lot, that means I use my mouse heavily. The mouse just uses index and middle finger. So I mostly use this method of 3L 2R (3L 3R if you consider the fact i 99% of the time use my right thumb to hit space). I feel so comfortable like this, it just makes sense. Yet I constantly hear people say how you need to use 5L 5R to type "properly".

I might just be speculating at this ppint but the wrist movement prevents stiffness and the motion and non-fixed position could help reduce carpel tunnel? Cuz I feel that my left wrist is the one to get sore and this happens when I play WASD games where my wrist is fixed.

Thoughts?

These are above tests that I did. As you can see, I'm not a great typist. Depending on how you count it, I either use three or four fingers. I've been using a computer for a more than a decade, so relearning how to type seems really arduous. Although to be fair I'm really not sure that I've made in progress in my speed and accuracy since like middle school (in fact, I may have gotten worse). Any thoughts on how long I can expect to be slower than I am now?

Kid me > SIGHHHHHHHHH

I only use 6 fingers to type. Middle 3 fingers on each hand so no pinkies or thumbs. I also feel like I don't really know where each letter is as in it seems like I have a muscle memory of a ton of words. I would have a tough time if the word is rarely used, would have to really look at the keyboard. Sometimes when typing, I would accidentally type another similar word instead of the word I wanted to type. Spacebar is usually tapped by the right index finger.

Is it worth learning the traditional method though, where each finger is assigned their own letter? I can average like 85 WPM with like 95% accuracy. If I'm feeling good, I could get 100 WPM.

120 WPM 100% accuracy 1 minute... Did it once or twice maybe thrice

but this was when the site was younger and had Capitals randomly

Now they dumbed it down

Because I have a lot of talents and I'm ADD it's tricky for me to do now

so, the issue is I started learning touch typing (not constantly) from 2024. through 2023 and 2024, I saw enough linear improvements alongside the journey of learning touch typing. But the issue is, since I started this year (2026), I made a promise that I will practice everyday so I can break the 145wpm barrier. But that unfortunately didn't happen, because at the start of this year, my max 60s wpm was 120wpm, just now, right now, I was able to brake that barrier by just +2 wpm difference from 11 months of semi-daily practicing. The issue is, that I am a constant user of my computer, I sit infront of my computer for straight 8 or 6 hours, whether for school or work, any advice or things to do so I can have slightly bigger jump than +2 wpm through 11 months ? what am I doing wrong exactly ? Thanks for all my fellas.

I never thought I am going share this on Reddit. I used to type at 8wpm one month ago today I hit 46 wpm I am so happy I really love your guys suggestion keybr and monkey type helps a lot 🫶

Wow! grinded Keybr for 30 minutes today on python mode and it really helped out :D

Started with 40wpm 75 accuracy hunt and peck

Yay i got 85wpm second try! (last pb was 59wpm)

Aula F75. Great typing experience with creamy sound.

I'm not sure If I can do it now but I used to be able to type 120 WPM perfectly as a kid

When I say perfectly I mean 100% accuracy and no mistakes were made

Also I can shoot half court shots and I barely play basketball

QWERTY

I have a wooting keyboard and am wondering if lowering or raising it can help at all with speed or even accuracy and what you guys have found

Any tips?

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tl;dr: i made monkeytyperacer.com - it's like typeracer but with monkeytype style tests and ui

I've always wanted to play typeracer.com with friends but with the beautiful UX of monkeytype

So, this past weekend, I decided to just bite the bullet and make my own.

I play tested it yesterday with one of my friends and we had a ton of fun, and I improved it a lot.

It's open-source, and honestly I just want to share the joy with others.

Would love feedback!

Warning: I haven't aggressively tested the matchmaking and the only users so far have been me and my friend so let me know if that's off. I specifically have NO BOTS if you enter a race even though that means you wait if there is nobody else online.

I see most people here post performance on eng 200. But at some point you want to train the bigrams on more words, and your performance on en 1k is perhaps more representative of your real world performance? I lost 10 wpm going to eng 1k, but I think it's the right thing to do for me at this time. What was your experience? and how much wpm did you loose?

I type with only my middle finger on my right hand and also use it for space. My left hand predominantly uses my pointer finger and my other fingers for WASD and keys close to WASD. I think I could type way faster with better form, but is it even worth fixing?

My students had to learn to type anyway, and they were practicing on random words when they could have been typing the Our Father. So I spent the last year building Holy Keys: 327 lessons from the home row to about 45 wpm, where kids type prayers, the Psalms (Douay-Rheims), the Baltimore Catechism and the lives of 602 saints. As they type a line correctly, a real chant melody plays one note at a time. Mistakes make a soft sound, never a buzzer.

It’s built for homeschool families: you set it once and the daily lessons, review of missed keys and accuracy gates run themselves. No ads, no open chat.

There’s a free typing test (no sign up) where your kids type the Our Father or Psalm 23 and print a certificate: holykeys.app/free-typing-test.html

I’d love honest feedback: what makes a typing program actually stick in your house, and what makes you quit one?

That's my typing speed with the "right" hand placement and i genuinely just suck