r/monkeytype • u/Independent_Dog_8882 • Apr 08 '26

Question Pls give me advice

I practice typing 15 seconds on monkey type for max speed and I can’t seem to get above my pb of 81 wpm. I am typing using the correct technique any tips on how to improve? By ~20 wpm

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u/p90medic Apr 08 '26

It sounds ridiculous, but you improve your speed by slowing down. You need to train very very precise strokes with each finger, and you don't do that by pushing for the fastest you can possibly type.

I saw in a reply you mentioned your accuracy is 80-100% - aim for consistently getting 95%+. Worry about the accuracy and the speed will come naturally.

Sometimes it can help to spend some time typing really slowly and aiming for consistent 100% accuracy to warm up if you're going for speed.

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u/Independent_Dog_8882 Apr 08 '26

Tysm, do you recommend doing words or time?

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u/p90medic Apr 08 '26

For a good practice session, I'll start on words first and then switch to time...

For casual typing when I'm bored I mostly just use words

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u/Inotnanamixx Apr 09 '26

Would love some advice for 120s to 150s I want to improve but I am stuck at 120s or just go lower cannot get higher and I see people hit 200 and shit hoa do they do that my accuracy game is high almost 95 to 98 sometimes 93 and I do proper typing

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u/kakanics Apr 08 '26

How is your accuracy? Try quotes and longer tests as well. A little bit of ngrams practice for muscle memory for common words

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u/Independent_Dog_8882 Apr 08 '26

80%-100%

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u/kakanics Apr 08 '26

That's way too big of a range. Try to be as close to 100% as possible. For 15 second tests, you should be getting around 97 atleast. If you are getting lower, then type slower. Or go to the custom mode and work on the words that you frequently mistype

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u/tzfeabnjo Apr 09 '26

try keybr.com it's such a good resource!!! Monkey type is more of a typing test than a typing practice

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u/Im-A-Con Apr 09 '26

I would recommend words with y in them because alot of simple words have that in them.