So I've been typing since I was a kid and I learned touch typing a few years ago. I just played games and never really focused on my speed and still could get around 90WPM on average. I started typing after joining this sub on websites like Monkeytype two months ago and couldn't get higher than 110WPM.

Saw a lot of advice on here like focusing on accuracy and speed would come itself. It kinda worked and after a few days, I got up to 114 100%. I was happy and thought it was working. Then I was stuck here for weeks again. Couldn't get higher. Saw another tip on here yesterday where the guy said to turn on blind mode and just type as fast as I can. The logic behind it was that I had to train my fingers to move faster too and purely focusing on accuracy wouldn't do that. I followed it and I instantly got upto 119WPM 97%. Turned my laptop off and tried again today and I already felt my speed increasing again. Two tries later and I got this score.

The point of this post is I personally believe that it is a mixture of both focusing on accuracy while occasionally training your fingers to move faster too. This is the best tip for increasing speed in my opinion after trying to increase my speed for the last two months.

I'll also drop an update later if I see consistent increase in speed or hit a plateau.

For me it's probably "system". The back and fourth from "s" to "y" then straight to "t" is so awkward.

previous PB was 156

My old PBs for these tests have stood for years, today was the day they got broken! Hopefully I can break into the 170 club very soon...

I realized that I never use my right ring finger and pinky when I type. If I make an effort to keep my right hand on the home row, I can type with my ring finger, but when I try to type with my pinky I genuinely forget where all the keys are. I'm left-handed and injured my right index finger for a couple of months earlier this year, so that's possibly part of why I do this?

Anyway, is it worth it to relearn typing properly? I can generally type ~100 wpm with like 99% accuracy, but I'm afraid that my unconventional (wrong) way of typing will fail me at some point or is holding me back from typing better.

Typed on MacBook Neo

- 50 words
- English
- 100% accuracy
- 138 WPM

I'm in my second year of college majoring in a stem degree so obviously I'm using the computer alot. Honestly growing up I never used computers much so I'm just now getting into that stuff. For the past couple weeks I've dedicated my days to improving my typing speed but I'm still not satisfied. I have noticed improvement though since I used to average 25, now my average is around 45-50, I occasionally score in the 60s aswell. If there's any tips on how to improve please share.

This was on a phone...

Today marks exactly one year since I started touch typing. Before that, I used to hunt and peck. I honestly thought I’d be above 100 WPM by now. I practice for 30 minutes every day and rarely miss a day.

I am learning touch typing for the first time and I also had few hunt and peck experiences. I have a tablet and a phone and there were very few instances where used physical keyboard of my cousins and use it to fill exam forms . But now I am learning touch typing from the past 8 days 20 minutes a day . But my speed is only 10 wpm although I know which finger control which keys and I don't look at the keyboard i have to subconsciously remind myself about the keys and finger to press it . Is it normal or am i too slow . what needs to be done . I am practicing from typing club and I am on lesson 119

i recently learned touch typing about 2 weeks ago, now im consistently at 70-79 wpm, with a peak of 87wpm. I had a hard time typing word like "people", "public". some 'P' word I can type with no problem is "type" "plan", I don't know why that is, I'm stuck at 80wpm and can only go fast if there's no/ few 'P' letter. Is there a fix for this?

This is how I type as of now, and I average about 71-75 wpm with about 90% and above accuracy, plus I can type with my eyes closed.

However, I get tired quickly when typing and sometimes I stumble which forces me to rewrite the same word a few times before I get it. Plus, my typing feels sluggish and slow. How can I improve?

(I'm kind of stuck on only using my thumb to ring finger, I cant seem to use my pinky no matter how hard I try) (Oh and also I don't have a proper keyboard, only a laptop)

After seeing a post, I got curious and started scrolling, I noticed that most people were typing a certain way, and that it was entirely different from how I have my entire life. I saw the "corrent hand placement" chart, so I tried to do typing tests using that method, 5 minutes in and my right wrist is extremely sore and I had to take a break. Is that a normal issue to have, and I just need to work through it? I would say I basically only type with my index fingers, and mostly with my left hand. I wouldn't have cared initially, however another thing I noticed, was how high the wpm scores and accuracy % were, on this sub, and just googling, and at best, I'm getting like 50-60 wpm with like a ~75% accuracy, which I'd say accurately reflects my everyday typing experience. I'm so used to thinking of the words in my head when I type, so I can look at my keyboard the whole time, but in a test, I can't really look away from the screen, so I feel like I have no idea what I'm doing.

Basically, is it worth persuing "fixing" my typewriting or is it fine as is?

I broke my wrist when I was a kid, it was treated properly, and is to have supposedly healed, but I'm throwing that out there, cause of the extreme soreness in my right wrist specifically.

can a good Samaritan spare 1 minute of their time to help with a https://www.typing.com/student/typing-test/1-minute\* results/screenshot pleasssss

Quote: "In that cell you found something that mattered more to you than life."

Quote source: V for Vendetta

This is on a 64c quote - a bit longer than my other top scores. I spent hardly any time on this one compared to my 'hotlines' pb of 450wpm, so I think I am making progress!

You can try the quote here: https://typegg.io/solo/wyayyjd_8636

Doing this consistently for about 15 months now. Feel like I've settled into a bit of a plateau around this range and wanted to see how others think about it.

I just got 86 WPM with perfect accuracy on a digital screen! I'll also try to post my physical keyboard speeds too. If you have any tips for improving mobile typing speed, feel free to share them down below.

Website: monkeytype

This is a longer quote and basically my 2nd real attempt; I think I can push this score a lot more.

You can try it here: https://typegg.io/solo/tmyktmy_0241