7 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?
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?
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?
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'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?