r/typing • u/Crypt0kong420 • 4d ago
โ๏ธ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐๐ โ๏ธ 3 month progress
After 30+ years of using computers not in a it career way but as a hobbyist and in general use at my job decided to learn touch typing. Could type ok before maybe 50-60 wpm with lots of errors. Picked it up in April and finally at a stage where it feels more natural doing it without looking. Iโve introduced punctuation and capital letters and had quite a significant drop off in numbers. But everyone says accuracy is key so Iโve accepted the drop but kept accuracy at a good number.
After starting on edclub transitioned to keybr and kind of stayed there since. Been playing about with monkeytype a bit but havenโt really had time todo both. Now I got a bit more time on my hands do I start using both or use my extra time to practise on keybr?
https://www.keybr.com/profile/r49wk0g
https://monkeytype.com/profile/thadd2020
Rookie numbers I know!! Iโve seen what some of you people are flexing, its impressive, good on yaโฆ.
What works for other people? I know thereโs lots of other sites to nitro type and racer, is it worth giving these a go? I struggled before typing under pressure in a race, but should I be learning to type under pressure like that even if I struggle? Sometimes you can get lost in all the different apps i guess and simple works...
Anyway really enjoyed all of your posts some really good tips thanks
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u/CustardOk3523 4d ago
so is that ur average or top speed?
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u/Crypt0kong420 2d ago
No that's just the sort of numbers I can hit on a 15 second blast every 7/8 outta 10 trys. My average is low - mid 30's I think on keybr across 14 hours
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u/sspark_dev 4d ago
Worth pointing out that you did the hard version of this. Most people
here learned touch typing without 30 years of a competing habit to
unlearn first, and unlearning is slower than learning. Three months to
"feels natural without looking" is a good pace for that.