12 questions · Real answers from real typists
I'm 58–62 WPM on QWERTY. Want a realistic estimate of the practice time required to hit 100. Daily 10-minute drills? 30 minutes? An hour? And what kind of practice — pure speed, accuracy focus, or weak-key drills?
Two years of 8-hour days at 110 WPM are starting to show in my left wrist. I'm ready to invest in a real split ergo. ZSA Voyager, Moonlander, Keychron Q11, Kinesis Advantage 360 — which one for someone who values speed but also doesn't want to relearn typing from scratch?
I've got a data-entry assessment next week. The job description says "60 WPM minimum, 95% accuracy on a 5-minute test." I currently average 58 WPM on 1-minute tests but I've never done a 5-minute one. Will my speed crash over 5 minutes?
I'm at 95 WPM on my MacBook keyboard and have plateaued for 8 months. Friends with mechanicals at the same skill level are pushing 120+. Is the laptop the bottleneck, or am I making excuses for a technique problem?
My ring and middle fingers are fine but pinkies feel like dead weight on combos like `Shift+P`, `Q`, and `Z`. They lag behind by ~50ms and bottleneck my whole hand. Specific drills?
I'm at ~125 WPM and considering Typeracer leagues and Monkeytype tournaments. Is there anything to gain beyond bragging rights? Have any of you turned competition results into something tangible?
Monkeytype regular text: 115 WPM. Monkeytype code mode (JavaScript): 68 WPM. Why is the gap so huge? It's not the symbols — I've drilled brackets and operators for weeks. Something else is going on.
I've got an interview in three weeks for a customer service role and the typing test requirement is 50 WPM with 90% accuracy. I currently average around 42 WPM with 88% accuracy. Is it realistic to get there in three weeks? What should my daily practice look like?
I type for work all day and got serious about speed two years ago — went from 60 to 110 WPM. Now I'm getting dull wrist pain on my left side that flares up after long sessions. Do I push through, or is this a sign something's wrong with my technique or gear?
Every keyboard review online is for gamers. I want a switch that's good for typing 8 hours a day at 100+ WPM. Linear, tactile, or clicky? Light or heavy? I currently use a membrane keyboard at 95 WPM and want to know if mechanical will actually make me faster.
I've been doing daily 1-minute tests for half a year and my average has hovered at 78–82 WPM the entire time. Accuracy is fine (96–98%) so I'm not just rushing. What actually helped you break past 100? Is it about deliberate drills on weak keys, or just typing more text overall?
Every Dvorak article online is from 2010. Real talk: if I'm typing 95 WPM on QWERTY with reasonable accuracy, am I going to be faster on Dvorak, or just have a worse time using every shared computer for the rest of my life?