I am 17 y/o and this is about my progress (german language) over the last 10 month without any 10 fingersystem experience: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 0: 15-20 WPM Day 30: 40-50 WPM Day 60: 60-70 WPM Month 3: 70-80 WPM Month 4: 80-90 WPM -> first 100 WPM (day 143) Month 5: 90-95 WPM Month: 6: 95-100 WPM Month 10: 120 WPM (going for 150 wpm) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I practiced approximately 10-20 Minutes every day (10fastfinger, typeracer, Tipp10, monkeytype) although the first couple days it was more like 6-7 hours -> new goal is 150 wpm best & consistent 120 WPM (advanced test)
i saw this video 9 months ago and i used to typed around 40 wpm today i can type an average of 120 wpm. So yeah you're right! EDIT 1 year later ( I have not been practicing so much): TypeRacer: 102WPM; 10FastFingers: 130WPM.
@Dupa Pupa bro how i cam type more than 80 wpm ......my current speed is 50 wpm and i tried alot but i cannot increase my speed.....plz suggest i have to increasemy speed....my exam is coming
Started training in 20 may at 45 wpm average (10fastfingers), now it's 25 may and I can consistently type at 55 wpm. I'll keep working on it, thanks for the help!
I'm having trouble improving with this regiment. I've done an intentional typing practice regiment almost every day for the past 3 weeks and seen very little improvement. Here is my data: Date Results 06/22/20 10 minute time: 55 WPM 1-minute time: 51 WPM 06/23/20 10 minute time: 56 WPM 1-minute time: 54 WPM 06/24/20 10 minute time: 50 WPM 1-minute time: 62 WPM 06/25/20 Starting to count only correct words 10 minute time: 52 WPM 1-minute time: 53 WPM 06/27/20 10 minute time: 57 WPM 1-minute time: 67 WPM 06/28/20 10 minute time: 53.4 WPM 1-minute time: 58 WPM 06/29/20 10 minute time: 55.1 WPM 1-minute time: 67 WPM 06/30/20 10 minute time: 59.7 WPM 1-minute time: 65 WPM 07/02/20 10-minute time: 61.6 WPM 1-minute time: 65 WPM 07/03/20 10-minute time: 54 WPM 1-minute time: 67 WPM 07/04/20 10-minutes time: 60.5 WPM 1-minute time: 67 WPM 07/05/20 10-minute time: 56.7 WPM 1-minute time: 65 WPM 07/06/20 10-minute time: 58.6 WPM 1-minute time: 62 WPM 07/07/20 10-minute time: 61.7 WPM 1-minute time: 65 WPM 07/08/20 10-minute time: 61.5 WPM 1-minute time: 70 WPM 07/08/20 10-minute time: 51.7 WPM 1-minute time: 60 WPM 07/10/20 10-minute time: 54.9 WPM 1-minute time: 58 WPM 07/11/20 10-minute time: 52.4 WPM 1-minute time: 63 WPM 07/13/20 10-minute time: 55.5 WPM 1-minute time: 69 WPM There was a spike in the first week before it leveled off. I start every session by reminding myself about the three important tenets to be mindful of while typing: - [ ] Focus on accuracy over speed - [ ] Slow down for difficult words - [ ] Focus on the next word you’re typing I believe I am focusing on improving during my sessions but I have not seen any significant results. Though I could press on, it seems folly not to recognize that some adjustment in my practice is necessary to see improvement. I have considered some potential issues, but none seem important enough to halt progress to such a degree. One issue is that I type both space and 'b' with my left hand which occasionally slows me down. The second is that I am using a Mac Butterly mechanism keyboard (notorious for its bad typing feel among other reasons). However, I can't imagine how either of these issues would keep me mired in the 55-70 WPM range. Are my expectations for my rate of improvement too high or am I missing something in my practice? What else can I do?
Update: I just upgraded my keyboard to the Keychron K2 with Gateron brown switch V2. With just minimal practice over a few days my 10-minute marathon score is 5 WPM faster than before. I predict good things in the future as I practice more. 100 WPM, here I come! For those curious this is the model I got: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YB32H52/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Yeah I noticed the same thing - my scores are always better when I'm not consciously trying to type fast, rather I'm focusing on accuracy and a consistent pace.
you should have an effort to practise it . More repetition every minute/hour/day/month/year are different . start at good habit . and then your effortless typing will increased it depends on your repetition program . Your effortless typing will follow to your effort on exercising or practising techniques. you should have and effort to your accuracy but if you want to relax let your effortless typing do. but typing with effort is much more faster than your effortless typing.
why is this so relatable?! I did the same 10 minutes ago, my normal speed is around 50, i focused only on accuracy and went as comfortable as I can, I think i got 60 or something then.
@@WarriorHabits helo can you give me my answer please🙏 i will practice 4 hours daily and my goal is to reach 170 wpm(big dream) from 51 wpm(average) can you guess how much time it will take to reach there cause i am not going to stop training until i reach 170 wpm but i have absolutely no idea how much time it will take
I could do 60, but I couldn’t get any better, so I completely changed my way of typing, I can now do 40 but I have to look at the keyboard, if I learn to be able to not it could go to 70!
I will comment in the future how far I've gone. Right now: Avg: 50 wpm Top: 60 wpm After two months: Avg: 64 Top: 78 This is not as good as it can be though. I managed to hurt my wrist and stopped the training for almost two weeks because it made it worse.
i not using the mechial keyboard ,but now i have 60 wpm without looking keyboard before, but now i can get 100 wpm now without using the mechinal keybaord, and i want to buy cherry mx blue keyboard.
I'm just learning to touch type currently 20wpm up from 14wpm. Will update in two months my improvements. Tysvm for the helpful video. Have been learning from 10 fast fingers, great site.
Wow, I'm glad I commented on this. I'm currently 60WPM my highest is 67WPM. I need to work on my accuracy. I'm finding it hard to advance past 60Wpm comfortably. :) I really should be higher? But wow, I can't believe I've advanced from 14wpm.
Just after following Sean Wrona's tips, I did manage to get a higher average speed! I was only reading the word that I was typing, so the pauses were actually slowing me down a significant amount. Before watching this video, I was averaging 105-110, but I've started averaging around 115-120 and staying faster for longer periods of time. Thanks for making this amazing video and I'm definitely going to keep working on my speed with this deliberate practice method.
2+1 more pieces of advice. 1. Minimize tension. You might need to rotate the wrist on certain horizontal combos, lift hand when stretching for certain keys or bigrams, correct your posture, etc... 2. If you are willing to put the extra work learn how to "cognitively option select" certain letter combinations. This will work better for some layouts than for others. Learn multiple ways to input the same string of character but depending on context (word or specific substring). This must be done on reaction, it cannot be something you stop to think on what you should do, so you need to train very attentively as to not mix different inputs movements for the same sequence or you will meet cognitive dissonance and alt your typing. If practicing by rewriting shown text you need to quickly be aware of the entire word in order to react with the proper movement, you won't be able to do it if you read slow. 3. If your layout allows to use this quickly and without effort, start using ctrl+delete instead of delete and repeat on bigger word mistakes. You should aim for 100% but everyone makes mistakes sometimes, and when it is done on bigger words having an extra option helps.
i have already went from not being able to type without looking at the keyboard to now being efficient at touch typing getting an average of about 45 WPM, and I get around 95-100% accuracy after watching this. I used keybr.com to learn how to touch type, but I used 10fastfingers.com to improve my speed. I spent about a month on keybr and another month on 10fastfingers, and I can say, if you don't touch type already, keybr.com is amazing for learning the keyboard as it doesn't do the usual "type jkjkdfdf". It eases you in starting with the most common letters in the alphabet and adds more when you master the letters. It also uses some algorithm and targets letters that you aren't as fast with, and I can say this is by far the most efficient way to learn the keyboard for beginners. But once I mastered all of the keys on keybr, I started to follow this vid because I believe that 10fastfingers is better than keybr to improve speed and accuracy now that I know the keyboard. But I can say that I never would have started to type to much if it weren't for this video, so I thank you for making this.
My progress (Portuguese): 25 minutes of practice every morning. Day 1: 42 WPM (78,44% accuracy) Day 2: 42 WPM (74,56%) I'm working on using different fingers for some keys that I was used to. I'm actually typing worse and more slowly. Day 3: 49 WPM (88.53%) I'm getting more used to the new positions. Day 4: 58 WPM (94,77%) Day 5: 62 WPM (97,53%) Day 6: 61 WPM (93,52%) Day 7: 52 WPM (90,28%) R Day 8: - Day 9: 52 WPM (82,17%) Day 10: 61 WPM (94,43%) Day 11: - Day 12: 51 WPM (89,24%) Add Numbers 1234567890 Day 13: 62 WPM (96,27%) Different finger for backspace Day 14: 65 WPM (94,78%) First time TOP 25% Day 16: 63 WPM (92,35%) Adding !@#$%¨&*(){[}}/? Day 17: 54 WPM (89,63%) Day 17: 61 WPM (89%) Day 18: 55 WPM (80%) Day 19: 54 WPM (96,44%) I'm focusing on my right pinky and accents (´^`) Day 20: -- Day 21: --
Summary: Tips: 1. Accuracy over speed 2. Vary speed 3. Look ahead Exercises: 1. Blindly copy text from a book/kindle (so not looking at the screen). 2. 10mins marathon test (e.g. doing a 10mins test on 10fastfingers.com). 3. 1min speed test (like a sprint). And do the above for at least 21 days.
Update July 29, 2020: My current average is increased to 80 to 85 WPM with accuracy of 98%. It really helped me a lot! Will update again after a month for final results.
i am gonna comment my progress this is from 10fastfingers btw started 7 june 2020 speed: 32 wpm after 1 week: 46 wpm after 2 weeks: 51 wpm After 1 month: 61 wpm
Don’t you just love this “warrior habits” guy? Not only should he have his very own RUclips channel but he needs to be on TV too! Thank you Mr. “Warrior Habits” for giving us these great tips and formula. I’ll tell you that I am seeing results way before 21 days. Thanks again. it’s working ! Yes as someone said earlier you are the best of the best out there ... and the others s_ _ _ a_ _ . 😸
Sweet vid! One year ago at this exact moment, I typed using two fingers and I had 60 wpm lol guess its cos I play the piano. 1 year later, I now touch-type with 10 fingers, and have an average of 110wpm occasionally maxing out at 140 wpm! Huge improvement thanks for your tips
''your brain is terrible at knowing what you can do and what you can't'', what a perfect statement not only for typing but for your potential in life and your goals.
I like the clarity of these recommendations, including the psychological part (i.e. that it should be uncomfortable). Copying from Kindlle is definitely something I need to practice.
I'm 13, 12 when I started touch typing, and here's a review of how my typing speed increased. Day 1: 33wpm average 1 month: 45-48wpm, stuck here for some time because I was using a faulty keyboard. 3 months: 52-56wpm 5 months: 62-67wpm 6 months - 71-75wpm 7 months - 73-79wpm 8 months - 78-85wpm In the 9th month right now, not setting any goals as typing speed naturally improves with practice, just hope to reach an average of around 120-130wpm as an adult.
thank you for this video! It has helped a ton with my typing. This video also reinforced the idea that if i want to improve on anything in life, i need to dedicate time into focusing and practicing each and everyday and making it a habit on a daily basis.
You are right man. My typing speed was 50 wpm a week ago. Now it is 60 wpm. My job requires typing speed and accuracy. It does help me to make some more money for living.
Guys this video is actually really helpful! *In literally just 2 days my speed has increased from 50 wpm to 55-60 wpm and my accuracy had increased drastically!* It may seem like a lie but believe me it's true! Also note that I typed from a chemistry textbook for the blind challenge which contained many extremely difficult words containing almost all letters and that has affected my progress a lot. On 7th Sept I was typing 50 wpm and today I'm at 55-60 wpm!!!!!
Thanks Maria! In case you're interested, the best book I've found for practicing any skill is one called Peak by Anders Ericsson - I highly recommend it because it goes into great detail about deliberate practice, a method that you can apply to accelerate skill acquisition.
This was very helpful, normally I'd get scores of 115 and such but I tried going for accuracy and my typing speed just greatly increased in one test, this guy's tips are really useful.
Thanks Ahmed, I noticed the same thing. Focusing on typing at consistent speed with high accuracy yields higher WPM scores than consciously trying to slam out the words as fast as possible.
@@WarriorHabits After following your tips for 2 months, I have increased my typing speed from 115 to 151, those tips are very useful, thank you very much.
@@WarriorHabits I haven't been practicing alot recently because I had school exams, but my daily practice routine is I start off with typeracer to warm up my fingers because typeracer has many quotes and they are very good for warming up your fingers. After I'm warmed up I go to 10ff and play multiplayer to make sure I'm warmed up enough to type fast. After I get a good score on multiplayer I go to the normal typing test and try typing in two ways. The first way is slowly with good accuracy so my accuracy for the rest of the day is good, and really quickly and trying to keep a relatively decent accuracy. The second technique has worked really good for me so I use it after I take the first two tests. I try to minimize pauses and maintain my speed even if my fingers get tired. I try not to type too hard because that would make my fingers bounce back off the key slower. If I want to type fast then I have to hit the keys lightly and try to type more with my fingers than with my whole arm. If I'm typing well at 145+ wpm then I try to sprint through the test as fast as I can while keeping the accuracy decent. I usually get 147-149 when I try that but sometimes it does increase my typing speed by alot. I do this sprint three times with a 15 second break so my fingers dont get tired then I take a break that's a bit longer then I start practicing with that sprint again. That has been increasing my typing speed greatly as I went from 140 to 150 in around 2-3 weeks. I think this way of practice helps me increase my speed because it makes my fingers more used to the words in 10fastfingers and my fingers type the words really fast because of muscle memory. Personally, I'm a text sprinter but I can type for a decent amount of time at a speed of more than 130 but less than 140. Some people work on typing for a long time and run typing marathons. One of the fastest typists in the world, Sean Wrona. can type 170 words per minute in 50 minutes and 220 words per minute in a one minute test. He is one of the people that works on being a marathon typist and a sprinter which is really good because if you work on typing for a really good time then maintaining your speed in a one minute test would not be a problem because you will eventually get used to maintaining your speed for over ten minutes. If you can do both marathon and sprints then It will be easy for you to hit your top speed and maintain it over a long period of time which will help you increase your typing speed if you keep working on sprinting more you will easily go from speeds of 140-160 in the course of two months or if you're very good at maintaining speed and sprinting then you can get it in a month and a few weeks. If you really want to improve then you can take tips from anyone that's 160+ words per minute. They usually have really good tips for typing. If you can practice with someone that's faster than you then maybe the competition and the practice will make you faster in a shorter amount of time than if you just practice. You can also try practicing in a variety of sites to increase your typing speed. You can try TyperA for hard long words and other sites so you can have a wide variety of words that your fingers will memorize and type them fast from muscle memory. I was originally speaking about how I practice but I got off topic for a bit. Sorry for that, have a nice day.
Focusing on the next word increases typing speed instantly. I could never reach 90+wpm but i did it now after the first try. A few other tips that increased my speed and accuracy where to not lift the fingers up too much and try to press only the necessary amount of pressure on the key without smashing any of them at all. (which feels really good sometimes as you may know)
Looking at the word ahead of what you're typing is important, it helps your accuracy because if you don't look ahead your brain will anticipate what the next word is going to be and in most cases it's not the correct word.
This is exactly what I've been looking for! I can get to 120 WPM sometimes on a really good day, but otherwise I do 90 to 100. Grew up with Mavis Beacon, which only records up to 120 WPM. I practice regularly already, so will happily add these to my routine. I especially love the suggestion to practice typing from a book while the screen is covered, for accuracy. Thanks!
thank you so much for this! ive been wanting to imprvoe and amd getting stuck at 110 wpm because i keep going down and up and down again. youre awesome :D I hope i can get to you level!
One point that I don't remember being mentioned, and is especially relevant if you're new to this or even more so if you've built up the wrong habit, is by STARTING your practice by typing in the home position. If you have some strange finger/hand layout that you already type decently with, like I did when I started, make the change to home position NOW as it will make it considerably easier to deal with longer typing sessions and increase your overall accuracy and speed because you'll have your fingers in the positions needed to reach each key efficiently. Doing so will also force you to begin your practice by going for accuracy if you aren't accustomed to the position because your fingers will be unfamiliar with key locations and will force you to slow down and focus on accuracy.
I went from not knowing how touch type at all and averaging at about 18-25 wpm. Now after 4-5 months I am at 65 - 75 wpm and can touch type fluently without looking or thinking about the keyboard. I am very happy with the results. P.s. I really hit a plateau at 55-60 wpm and it took me about 2 months just to get from 55 to 65/70. My goal is 100wpm
@@WarriorHabits Pretty much every day I do some typing but how much I do is inconsistent. I have done between 10 minutes a day to 2 hours sometimes. I just type texts on typeracer.
Dupa Pupa bro how i cam type more than 80 wpm ......my current speed is 50 wpm and i tried alot but i cannot increase my speed.....plz suggest i have to increasemy speed....my exam is coming
There was some good information in this video. There was one mistake when speaking about practicing from books or a Kindle (blind "coyping"). But, beside that, when typing you must be accurate as was stated in the video. Accuracy also includes using proper grammar (no texting language), correct capitalization, correct spacing, and correct punctuation. I see a lot of mistakes in the comments.
Super helpful. Can't wait to start. My trouble is that i don't have steady hands and keeping my fingers on the proper keys is so painful. My hands shake everytime i move my fingers and i have a hard time remembering to go back to the home keys.
@@WarriorHabits Not sure. When i curve my hands over the keyboard, i find it really uncomfortable. Sometimes i find that if i lay my wrist on the table, my hands don't shake as much but then my wrists start to hurt. How do i keep that from happening? Also, how do i keep from looking down at the keyboard?
Extra tip: try to keep your fingers almost touching the keys all the time. Reduces de distance the fingers need to travel, adding a bit more speed. Also, try to move more your fingers, instead of your hands/arms.
I agree, good tips! Do you rest your wrist on the desk or elevate them so they're not resting on anything? I've seen people argue for both sides of the fence
I elevate them. Did you ever see a pianist? Same concept :D If you rest, you will have to expend a bit of time to elevate them (or else you will not be able to reach some keys). Also, keeping them elevated will keep hand/arms aligned, with a better blood flow.
90~100 WPM in Portuguese (at the 10fastfingers 1min normal typing test - but it's harder than english, because we have accents). My goal is to reach and keep a steady average 130 WPM, but I think there is something wrong with my fingers. I got to see a doctor.
In two weeks, you may need to double your practice time. Also check out the book "The First 20 Hours" by Joshua Kaufman - he's got a chapter in there about typing to 60WPM with a completely new keyboard layout (moving from QWERTY to Colemak) - there are some golden nuggets in there that might help you!
12 to 14 without looking. I'm going to start doing this daily. pretty fast when looking . Horrible when just doing touch type. I ran across this a year ago I am now going to commit to practice.
His advice is really true. I focused more on accuracy and looking at the next word and just using this I went from 52wpm to 60wpm instantly. It could be a placebo or just luck but I don’t think it is.
From my experience I would say, often time there will be roadblocks that will seem impossible to overcome. Like you are typing at your fullest but still not seeing a better result for some time. If you are averaging 50 WPM, then you may hold there for some time. It varies from person to person, but roadblocks are there to come. Tip: It's totally natural and you just have to calm down at keep going with your practice, soon you will see you are past that roadblock and going smooth. ** For those who like to have fun, www.nitrotype.com would be a nice platform where you race by typing. Personally, I like it there. ** If you are a programmer, then sites like www.speedcoder.net or typing.io will make you shiny enough. So practical.
He misspelled Sean WroNa's name lol. But seriously though, I love this video. It's really helpful - I wish more people would do "how to improve" videos in this same format.
And I’m the complete opposite lmao. I can type around 100-115 wpm, but I make so many mistakes and always have but i always know as soon as I do and spam backspace. I probably press backspace more than any other button and if I could get myself to finally stop making mistakes my wpm would go up like crazy
@@nomegusta3942 lmao its not me typing without mistakes. I've always made them but have always typed fast enough compared to everyone else I knew that it didnt matter but now that im tryna stop making mistakes its so hard lmfao
@@UpbeatTempo well try the blind challenge from a textbook which contains all kind of words containing all letters. I type from a chemistry textbook which contains a lot of words like "probability", "nucleus", "affinity", "electrostatic", "Zeff", "electronegativity" and elements like carbon, nitrogen, silicon. Even though these words are barely used but they help in increasing speed and accuracy while typing critical letters like z,x,q,p etc a lot!!
Hasnat ahmad Year late reply but I started typing when I was 9 (13 now) and I simply started by typing in a Minecraft chat on a server. I never used websites that encouraged you to use home row, I used places like 10fastfingers and Typeracer and just memorized all the keys. I get 130WPM but I’m gonna use this video to increase it
That trying to faster is one of my problem. on my first month of touchtyping I only try to get corrects word and I get pretty fast from 19wpm at the start to 40wpm on 2 weeks, by 1 month I already at 65wpm and I'm stuck at 65wpm for at least 2-3 month because I try to go faster and make a lot mistake, and I start to improved my technic because I still bottoming out a key and try to get a accurate word again I start at 45 wpm for trying not to bottoming out and my wpm bumped up to 100wpm and I got that problem again, trying to go faster rather than accurate word. Sorry for bad English
Nurdin, my experience is the same as yours. If I consciously try to type faster, it never works! Focusing on rhythm and accuracy is what works best for me.
I think my biggest screwup is the very first tip of forcing speed and then blasting through a complex word with same speed but screwing something basic up. I have no idea what my WPM (regardless of accuracy) is for finger speed, but with a ton of mistakes I drop down to around 120wpm, and sometimes I have it so bad I crawl down to even around 70wpm, which is heartwrenching!
Thank you for the quality advice! I am in the 100 to 110 range myself and I had already found that I should vary my speed for best results, but I was trying to focus on speed first then accuracy, because my fingers don't move at the 130 to 140 range naturally without extreme focus and effort. However, as you said, I should instead worry about accuracy then speed. Also, focusing on the next word ahead is common sense, I typically 'process' three words ahead and flow as fast into the next word as possible. Thank you for the advice, I have really been hitting the 100+ plateau.
Nice one Connor - you're already in the top few percent of typists worldwide, which means you're probably reaching the point of diminishing returns. That said, I'm sure you can push forward up to the 130 to 140 range within a few months. As you say, accuracy is certainly key - unless you're consistently typing at around 97% accuracy, then that's your key point of leverage. I recommend doing longer tests - the 10 minute tests on 10FF are great. After doing 10 minute tests with high accuracy for a while, you'll find the one minute test a breeze and will probably set new records. Good luck and keep me updated with your progress!
Hi, I haven't found many people that comment on the position of your body while typing. Position of the wrists and your height compared to the keyboard seem to dramatically change how the fingers reach across the keyboard. What advices would you give about this? How do you make sure you can alway go back to exactly the same position down to millimetrical precision? What are the differences between keeping your wrists down or up? Do you keep any part of your arms, like the elbows for example, in contact with the table? What's the angle you bend your elbows? How about the rotation that the wrists have to do when typing for example a 7 and then going to the shift key with the same right hand, or when you made a mistake and press delete. Don't they make you lose your reference position when you type very fast? How do you keep holding that mental map of where the keys are even when you have to move your hand around? What keeps you anchored to a reference if the hand moves around? Finally, do you always hit any key with its own finger or do you do exceptions? In online courses they say to always go with the same finger but take the word "treble" for example, if you type t r e with index - middle - ring, your index is ready to go to the b key without any hand movement, if you do as advised in my course (ratatype.com) you should use index - index - middle, which then obliges me to move my wrist a bit to reach the b. There are plenty of other words like this, what do you do? Thanks, I would really really appreciate to hear your thoughts on this, I type at 60wpm average but I'm aiming very high because I would like to be able to write down my thoughts as they arise and sometimes they just go really really fast (definitely over 200wpm, so I'd love to get there at some point before I die). Cheers
@@EnvelopeOfficial After 5 months I went from 115 wpm to 135 wpm xd dont rush your self too much here is my 10fastfingers profile: 10fastfingers.com/user/1319326/ Feel free to look at it LOL
@@iminh_x1705 wow that's pretty good! Do you use a fixed-finger-to-key method? (meaning that you always reach each key with the same finger) I have created a few challenging texts to train on using my left thumb on X and C and my ring on E in the TRE sequence. If you wanna try here they are: 10fastfingers.com/text/154464-EXC-challenge 10fastfingers.com/text/154373-exercise-and-stretch 10fastfingers.com/text/154217-Fixed-Finger-To-Key-typing-method-challenge-1
@@iminh_x1705 They are pretty much the only exceptions I use to the fixed-finger-to-key method, even though there are other letter sequences that result in inefficient finger jumping, like combinations of NUM for example. So maybe I'll introduce new variations.
I type 130 average, 177 max. Ie technically practice a ton, but I've never really looked at it like that. I just enjoy doing it when I'm bored or trying to take my mind off of something.
ive been doing this for less than a week and i went from a constant 40 wpm to a 50 wpm and my best is 52 wpm and ive only been doing this for under a week! edit: 6 days later and i average 50+ wpm with my best being 59 edit:few days later and i average 55+ wpm and my best is 63 wpm edit again: damn a few weeks later after forgetting about this comment i can now easily average high above in the 60's my best is 75 im almost averaging over 70wpm ive gotten 70+ a lot before
Why not train handwriting with my left hand (non-dominant). My progress (Portuguese): 10 minutes of practice every morning. My goal is 27 WPM within 30 days. START: Righ Hand: 30 WPM. Left hand 5,3 WMP. Day 1: 5,3 WPM Day 2: 5,3 WPM
All my fingers press into correct buttons according to the rules, but the B and 6 are so far from ehat the rules mentioned. I usually press B from my right pointer finger, and 6 with left pointer. Its kinda bad habbit tbh, and if i type with correct rules, i drop 10-20 Wpm... Will it matter in long term?
Thank you for the tips. The amount of commitment you said is true for your level typists. For those whose pace is 30 words per minute the amount of necessery commitment is much lower to make +15% speed improvement.
Certainly. I'm going to do a video shortly that shows real world results of 6 people who did deliberate practice for a number of months. Results vary by person, but all of them made really great improvement over time and are all now at least at 60WPM+ with some approaching 90 and 100WPM.
Nice! For me would also be very interesting to watch a video about typing characters like {}[]()-_=+\|!*%1234567890. Because I'm a programmer and this is what's the most uncomfartable for me to type. My speed of typing a normal text is approximately 40 WPM, but for typing this kind of characters I'm usually looking at the keyboard. I'm using 10 key less layout.
I'm not convinced about the utility of learning to touch type as a programmer. I actually co-founded a software company and so I have first hand experience of developing myself, but also working with a team of developers, and it seems to me that (most of the time) the limiting factor for developers is not the speed at which they can type, rather thinking through complex stuff like the logic, algorithms, architecture and doing debugging. Sometimes, for example, a developer may work a full 8 hour shift, but only push 10 lines of code. As a developer, I think you'd get far more benefit from deliberately practicing your coding skills. Maybe you can take on coding challenges, or do some courses at treehouse. Most importantly, though, would be to keep on building things so you can beat on your craft.
Warrior Habits I know, many programs can't type without looking at the keyboard and it's not a problem. Also I'm already working as a programmer for 14-15 years, but thanks for the tip any way :P Also 8 lines of code per day might mean shitty code in the project :)
With 14-15 years experience as a programmer then you definitely know better than me about the role. Another commented mentioned an app for programmers to practice their touch typing:- www.speedcoder.net Give it a shot, would be interested to hear what you think about it.
I'm still not sure if my wrists should be touching the desk or not, or them should be slightly off from it! Could someone tell me what would you recommend?
Ive been touch typing for about 3 weeks now (only used 2-3 fingers before at around 40 wpm) . I started at like 20-25 wpm and I am now at an average of 70-80 wpm and sometimes reach 91+. It is really a great thing to practise since you can just grind it as if it was a game and the numbers just keep going higher so you are always motivated. For now my goal is to get an average of 100wpm and then maybe ill try to push it even further :)
@@WarriorHabits I used the website you showed in the video, 10fastfingers and one thats called typingacademy. I just spend 1-3 hours a day on those websites typing. Your tips definitely help(ed) a lot, for example typing for accuracy and not speed.
Man my fingers are short but i had been able to type up to 100 wpm but i average 85 wpm, while hitting like 78-89 if there are many signs and symbols on the letter and 110 being the highest i have ever recorded on typeracer but i feel so sad about my fingers because it slows me down especially when i leave the home row to be able to reach the numbers and really tilt my wrist in order to hit the right shift, can i still improve even with my short fingers? I mean i have a really short fingers like that of a eight years old boy. Pls i really need help 🥺
This overall makes your hands and fingers more accurate so shouldn't it also help with learning the piano at least when it comes to pressing the keys on the piano more accurately
For anyone wanting to learn touch typing fast(ish), i'd recommend you go to the website typing.com.. I've been doing it for about 3 hours total and I can type at around 20-30 wpm
I go half of that speed but with only like two-three fingers, never really typed properly but it became my muscle memory so my hands go around the keyboard like crazy for the lack of fingers I've been using. So 55-65wpm with nearly perfect accuracy
Mr. Warrior thank you for the time you spent making this helpful video, I am 59 years old and my goal is to reach 60 wpm from now to december starting almost from 0 because I ever type with two or three fingers, Do you beleive I can make it? I mean without see the Keyboard, Alfredo Soto from Sahuayo México
Without doubt you can make 60WPM. I'm unsure whether a few months is enough - that seems to vary by person. I ran an experiment with a team of 7 people in the Philippines, some of whom could barely type 20 WPM. In 6 months, all of them have hit a 70WPM speed, and some are approaching 100 now. I'm going to make a video about this shortly, so stay tuned, but there's no doubt you can get to 60WPM with consistent and deliberate daily practice. My advice is to learn the correct technique early on and to be consistent with your practice, even when you're bored and you feel like you've hit a plateau. It needs to be daily, or at least five times a week, for 20-30 minutes per day.
How are you doing now. Did you reached your goal? I'm 56 and started 2 months ago and slowly improving. At 36 WPM now and counting. Was doing around 45 WPM with 3.5 fingers but finally wanna learn to touch type so I can focus on my screen and don't have to peek-and-hunt.
I recommend typeracer over ten fast finger as it copy quote or paragraph from movie or book. It also comes with instant death mode which is ideal for accuracy.
You can also use the "hardcore mode" in 10FastFingers (under the "top 1000" menu). It's much better than TypeRacer because you don't need to reach for the mouse to accept those annoying little popups. You just tap enter and start typing again.
I am 17 y/o and this is about my progress (german language) over the last 10 month without any 10 fingersystem experience:
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Day 0: 15-20 WPM
Day 30: 40-50 WPM
Day 60: 60-70 WPM
Month 3: 70-80 WPM
Month 4: 80-90 WPM -> first 100 WPM (day 143)
Month 5: 90-95 WPM
Month: 6: 95-100 WPM
Month 10: 120 WPM (going for 150 wpm)
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I practiced approximately 10-20 Minutes every day (10fastfinger, typeracer, Tipp10, monkeytype) although the first couple days it was more like 6-7 hours -> new goal is 150 wpm best & consistent 120 WPM (advanced test)
damn great work! I'm 80wpm at the minute. Need to remember to practice each day. (Also nail down correct typing fingers)
Bei mir ist bei 70 einfach Schluss. Ich werde da nicht mehr schneller, obwohl ich jeden Tag mehrere tausend Wörter tippe.
Inspirational kiddo! Keep at it. Make it 115!
@M de Boer Why are you so salty? Plus, his second post wasn't bragging in the slightest you illiterate moron
@M de Boer It appears you don't know how to form coherent sentences either
I really commend this guy for continuing to learn something that he would already be considered as an expert at
i saw this video 9 months ago and i used to typed around 40 wpm today i can type an average of 120 wpm. So yeah you're right!
EDIT 1 year later (
I have not been practicing so much):
TypeRacer: 102WPM;
10FastFingers: 130WPM.
Wow, nice result Jose - what does your practice schedule look like?
So it takes 9 months to reach 120wpm???
@@AmanAman-ht8uc Yes, In my case, maybe you can do it faster or slower it depends on the person.
@Dupa Pupa bro how i cam type more than 80 wpm ......my current speed is 50 wpm and i tried alot but i cannot increase my speed.....plz suggest i have to increasemy speed....my exam is coming
@@arjunjamwal3490 You are closer than you think. Keep up practicing. One day, it will just "click". The deliberate practice is key though.
he looks like a counterfeit Mark Zuckerberg
Human version of Mark.
This is actually Zuckerberg's Human gene donor
Budget Mark Zuckerberg*
@@JATOO0 Suckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg looks like a counterfeit version of him tbh
Practicing typing these days. Whenever I lose motivation or get frustrated, I watch your video. It helps . Thanks for making this video.
Started training in 20 may at 45 wpm average (10fastfingers), now it's 25 may and I can consistently type at 55 wpm. I'll keep working on it, thanks for the help!
I'm having trouble improving with this regiment. I've done an intentional typing practice regiment almost every day for the past 3 weeks and seen very little improvement. Here is my data:
Date Results
06/22/20 10 minute time: 55 WPM
1-minute time: 51 WPM
06/23/20 10 minute time: 56 WPM
1-minute time: 54 WPM
06/24/20 10 minute time: 50 WPM
1-minute time: 62 WPM
06/25/20 Starting to count only correct words
10 minute time: 52 WPM
1-minute time: 53 WPM
06/27/20 10 minute time: 57 WPM
1-minute time: 67 WPM
06/28/20 10 minute time: 53.4 WPM
1-minute time: 58 WPM
06/29/20 10 minute time: 55.1 WPM
1-minute time: 67 WPM
06/30/20 10 minute time: 59.7 WPM
1-minute time: 65 WPM
07/02/20 10-minute time: 61.6 WPM
1-minute time: 65 WPM
07/03/20 10-minute time: 54 WPM
1-minute time: 67 WPM
07/04/20 10-minutes time: 60.5 WPM
1-minute time: 67 WPM
07/05/20 10-minute time: 56.7 WPM
1-minute time: 65 WPM
07/06/20 10-minute time: 58.6 WPM
1-minute time: 62 WPM
07/07/20 10-minute time: 61.7 WPM
1-minute time: 65 WPM
07/08/20 10-minute time: 61.5 WPM
1-minute time: 70 WPM
07/08/20 10-minute time: 51.7 WPM
1-minute time: 60 WPM
07/10/20 10-minute time: 54.9 WPM
1-minute time: 58 WPM
07/11/20 10-minute time: 52.4 WPM
1-minute time: 63 WPM
07/13/20 10-minute time: 55.5 WPM
1-minute time: 69 WPM
There was a spike in the first week before it leveled off. I start every session by reminding myself about the three important tenets to be mindful of while typing:
- [ ] Focus on accuracy over speed
- [ ] Slow down for difficult words
- [ ] Focus on the next word you’re typing
I believe I am focusing on improving during my sessions but I have not seen any significant results. Though I could press on, it seems folly not to recognize that some adjustment in my practice is necessary to see improvement. I have considered some potential issues, but none seem important enough to halt progress to such a degree. One issue is that I type both space and 'b' with my left hand which occasionally slows me down. The second is that I am using a Mac Butterly mechanism keyboard (notorious for its bad typing feel among other reasons). However, I can't imagine how either of these issues would keep me mired in the 55-70 WPM range.
Are my expectations for my rate of improvement too high or am I missing something in my practice? What else can I do?
Update: I just upgraded my keyboard to the Keychron K2 with Gateron brown switch V2. With just minimal practice over a few days my 10-minute marathon score is 5 WPM faster than before. I predict good things in the future as I practice more. 100 WPM, here I come!
For those curious this is the model I got:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YB32H52/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I just recently noticed that if im ONLY focusing on the accuracy and not on the speed my scores were usually higher than normally.
Yeah I noticed the same thing - my scores are always better when I'm not consciously trying to type fast, rather I'm focusing on accuracy and a consistent pace.
you should have an effort to practise it . More repetition every minute/hour/day/month/year are different . start at good habit . and then your effortless typing will increased it depends on your repetition program . Your effortless typing will follow to your effort on exercising or practising techniques. you should have and effort to your accuracy but if you want to relax let your effortless typing do. but typing with effort is much more faster than your effortless typing.
@@melmugas6590 XD
why is this so relatable?! I did the same 10 minutes ago, my normal speed is around 50, i focused only on accuracy and went as comfortable as I can, I think i got 60 or something then.
@@WarriorHabits helo can you give me my answer please🙏
i will practice 4 hours daily and my goal is to reach 170 wpm(big dream) from 51 wpm(average)
can you guess how much time it will take to reach there cause i am not going to stop training until i reach 170 wpm but i have absolutely no idea how much time it will take
I started last month and have reached from 8wps to almost 28-30. First days were quite draining and frustrating but now it's much better
I can't even go for 2wps 😂😂😂😂😂
I could do 60, but I couldn’t get any better, so I completely changed my way of typing, I can now do 40 but I have to look at the keyboard, if I learn to be able to not it could go to 70!
@@gwahx2116 oh cool
TiGeR TuSks yeah I did it as a joke because I couldn’t think of anything else lmao
I started typing on my membrane keyboard from 3 july 2020 and today I am at 38-40 wpm.
I will comment in the future how far I've gone.
Right now:
Avg: 50 wpm
Top: 60 wpm
After two months:
Avg: 64
Top: 78
This is not as good as it can be though. I managed to hurt my wrist and stopped the training for almost two weeks because it made it worse.
Alkade screw it, I’ll start today too
U didn’t even comment how far U have gone
@@soydulhasan80 It hasn't been two months yet
thats nice, when i was 14 i was practising and now at 16 im typing at 80-112 word per minute
Something funny, i have an average of 130 wpm. I didnt type for about 2 weeks. Then i got 150 wpm average
My speed was stuck at 25 wpm and was not increasing ...after this video it went suddenly to 32 wpm ..thank you man..
Glad to hear that.
My challenge to you is to do 30 minutes of practice for 30 days. I think you'll double your typing speed, at least.
Good luck!
@RoyalPizzaKing dam son give tips
@@CristianHDiaz don't stop, keep a good pace, and type words right after you hit space
@@bruhman4509 typing with my pinky finger slows downs my speed a lot and irritates me . How should I improve?
sourabh jambale Keep on typing with it, you’ll get more comfortable with practice.
using a clickity clackity razer keyboard with rbg will improve your wpm by 20
no cap
love the solo leveling pfp
legit man
Rob doesn’t increase speed that’s just a implied joke.
i found full sized keyboards to be easier to type on compared to laptops
"rbg"
I have a 18 wps without looking on the keyboard
Consistent daily practice for two months and you'll be double or triple that number
I started at 8.
I am now stuck at 51 for over 32 days.
i not using the mechial keyboard ,but now i have 60 wpm without looking keyboard before, but now i can get 100 wpm now without using the mechinal keybaord, and i want to buy cherry mx blue keyboard.
he said 18 words per SECOND lol
Tobias Samsøe Sørensen lol do you see second
I'm just learning to touch type currently 20wpm up from 14wpm. Will update in two months my improvements. Tysvm for the helpful video. Have been learning from 10 fast fingers, great site.
it's been two months so how have you gone?
How are you now?
Wow, I'm glad I commented on this. I'm currently 60WPM my highest is 67WPM. I need to work on my accuracy. I'm finding it hard to advance past 60Wpm comfortably. :)
I really should be higher? But wow, I can't believe I've advanced from 14wpm.
Went from average 105 wpm to 155 average in 2 months however I worked much more than 20 minutes a day
i recently figured that its more of a "Reading" than typing! improve on how you read typing will increase on its own!
Just after following Sean Wrona's tips, I did manage to get a higher average speed! I was only reading the word that I was typing, so the pauses were actually slowing me down a significant amount. Before watching this video, I was averaging 105-110, but I've started averaging around 115-120 and staying faster for longer periods of time. Thanks for making this amazing video and I'm definitely going to keep working on my speed with this deliberate practice method.
2+1 more pieces of advice.
1. Minimize tension. You might need to rotate the wrist on certain horizontal combos, lift hand when stretching for certain keys or bigrams, correct your posture, etc...
2. If you are willing to put the extra work learn how to "cognitively option select" certain letter combinations. This will work better for some layouts than for others. Learn multiple ways to input the same string of character but depending on context (word or specific substring). This must be done on reaction, it cannot be something you stop to think on what you should do, so you need to train very attentively as to not mix different inputs movements for the same sequence or you will meet cognitive dissonance and alt your typing. If practicing by rewriting shown text you need to quickly be aware of the entire word in order to react with the proper movement, you won't be able to do it if you read slow.
3. If your layout allows to use this quickly and without effort, start using ctrl+delete instead of delete and repeat on bigger word mistakes. You should aim for 100% but everyone makes mistakes sometimes, and when it is done on bigger words having an extra option helps.
I like your second point: that this is work to improve. it should be frustrating... and it requires focus.
focus, practice, accuracy, repeat
i have already went from not being able to type without looking at the keyboard to now being efficient at touch typing getting an average of about 45 WPM, and I get around 95-100% accuracy after watching this. I used keybr.com to learn how to touch type, but I used 10fastfingers.com to improve my speed. I spent about a month on keybr and another month on 10fastfingers, and I can say, if you don't touch type already, keybr.com is amazing for learning the keyboard as it doesn't do the usual "type jkjkdfdf". It eases you in starting with the most common letters in the alphabet and adds more when you master the letters. It also uses some algorithm and targets letters that you aren't as fast with, and I can say this is by far the most efficient way to learn the keyboard for beginners. But once I mastered all of the keys on keybr, I started to follow this vid because I believe that 10fastfingers is better than keybr to improve speed and accuracy now that I know the keyboard. But I can say that I never would have started to type to much if it weren't for this video, so I thank you for making this.
My progress (Portuguese):
25 minutes of practice every morning.
Day 1: 42 WPM (78,44% accuracy)
Day 2: 42 WPM (74,56%) I'm working on using different fingers for some keys that I was used to. I'm actually typing worse and more slowly.
Day 3: 49 WPM (88.53%) I'm getting more used to the new positions.
Day 4: 58 WPM (94,77%)
Day 5: 62 WPM (97,53%)
Day 6: 61 WPM (93,52%)
Day 7: 52 WPM (90,28%) R
Day 8: -
Day 9: 52 WPM (82,17%)
Day 10: 61 WPM (94,43%)
Day 11: -
Day 12: 51 WPM (89,24%) Add Numbers 1234567890
Day 13: 62 WPM (96,27%) Different finger for backspace
Day 14: 65 WPM (94,78%) First time TOP 25%
Day 16: 63 WPM (92,35%) Adding !@#$%¨&*(){[}}/?
Day 17: 54 WPM (89,63%)
Day 17: 61 WPM (89%)
Day 18: 55 WPM (80%)
Day 19: 54 WPM (96,44%) I'm focusing on my right pinky and accents (´^`)
Day 20: --
Day 21: --
Have you started typing yesterday ? Mine is 35 wpm(100% accuracy) ...I am starting today? Wanna be my accountability partner?
@@aishwaryapravatnalini1999 Yes. Today is my 3rd day of practice. I'm about to star my practice. Let's motivate each other!
@@aishwaryapravatnalini1999 How's your progress going ?
Summary:
Tips:
1. Accuracy over speed
2. Vary speed
3. Look ahead
Exercises:
1. Blindly copy text from a book/kindle (so not looking at the screen).
2. 10mins marathon test (e.g. doing a 10mins test on 10fastfingers.com).
3. 1min speed test (like a sprint).
And do the above for at least 21 days.
Right now my average speed is 75 wpm. And my accuracy is 90%. Thanks for the tip! Will do it and I will come back after 2 months for the results.
Don't forget to update us, I am at 30 Avg and 35 Top. I score 30 with Capital letter and Punctuations.
I will also update later my progress
I will follow this. I'm at 72 average. If
Wondering how you will be doing after 2 months.
Update July 29, 2020:
My current average is increased to 80 to 85 WPM with accuracy of 98%. It really helped me a lot! Will update again after a month for final results.
i am gonna comment my progress
this is from 10fastfingers btw
started 7 june 2020 speed: 32 wpm
after 1 week: 46 wpm
after 2 weeks: 51 wpm
After 1 month: 61 wpm
may i ask how many minutes a day have you practiced ?
@@Marie-Sunny in the first week it was about an hour or so but in the second week it was only about 15-20 minutes
Don’t you just love this “warrior habits” guy? Not only should he have his very own RUclips channel but he needs to be on TV too! Thank you Mr. “Warrior Habits” for giving us these great tips and formula. I’ll tell you that I am seeing results way before 21 days. Thanks again. it’s working ! Yes as someone said earlier you are the best of the best out there ... and the others s_ _ _ a_ _ . 😸
Sweet vid! One year ago at this exact moment, I typed using two fingers and I had 60 wpm lol guess its cos I play the piano. 1 year later, I now touch-type with 10 fingers, and have an average of 110wpm occasionally maxing out at 140 wpm! Huge improvement thanks for your tips
This is one of the only videos that has tips that go beyond the basics.
''your brain is terrible at knowing what you can do and what you can't'', what a perfect statement not only for typing but for your potential in life and your goals.
I like the clarity of these recommendations, including the psychological part (i.e. that it should be uncomfortable). Copying from Kindlle is definitely something I need to practice.
Great video mate. Thanks for putting it together :)
that was the best video on not just making one type better but motivating the man out of him.
I'm 13, 12 when I started touch typing, and here's a review of how my typing speed increased.
Day 1: 33wpm average
1 month: 45-48wpm, stuck here for some time because I was using a faulty keyboard.
3 months: 52-56wpm
5 months: 62-67wpm
6 months - 71-75wpm
7 months - 73-79wpm
8 months - 78-85wpm
In the 9th month right now, not setting any goals as typing speed naturally improves with practice, just hope to reach an average of around 120-130wpm as an adult.
I have found your videos to be extremely helpful and of good quality. Thank you.
I am happy that I have found this video 😊
thank you for this video! It has helped a ton with my typing. This video also reinforced the idea that if i want to improve on anything in life, i need to dedicate time into focusing and practicing each and everyday and making it a habit on a daily basis.
You are right man. My typing speed was 50 wpm a week ago. Now it is 60 wpm. My job requires typing speed and accuracy. It does help me to make some more money for living.
Nice work Hoang, what does your practice regimen look like?
I've been typing with 4 fingers my whole life, so now I'm actually trying to relearn the proper typing without looking at my keyboard.
www.typing.com/student/lessons
This site is great for relearning
@@lukacspolgar5988 yup even I learned from typing.com
Guys this video is actually really helpful! *In literally just 2 days my speed has increased from 50 wpm to 55-60 wpm and my accuracy had increased drastically!* It may seem like a lie but believe me it's true!
Also note that I typed from a chemistry textbook for the blind challenge which contained many extremely difficult words containing almost all letters and that has affected my progress a lot.
On 7th Sept I was typing 50 wpm and today I'm at 55-60 wpm!!!!!
This is an amazingly helpful video that applies to more than just typing in the realm of improving any skill. Thank you for posting this!
Thanks Maria!
In case you're interested, the best book I've found for practicing any skill is one called Peak by Anders Ericsson - I highly recommend it because it goes into great detail about deliberate practice, a method that you can apply to accelerate skill acquisition.
@@WarriorHabits Thank you! I'll check it out
This was very helpful, normally I'd get scores of 115 and such but I tried going for accuracy and my typing speed just greatly increased in one test, this guy's tips are really useful.
Thanks Ahmed, I noticed the same thing.
Focusing on typing at consistent speed with high accuracy yields higher WPM scores than consciously trying to slam out the words as fast as possible.
Ahmed, glad to hear that my tips helped you. 115 is already really fast - nice work!
@@WarriorHabits After following your tips for 2 months, I have increased my typing speed from 115 to 151, those tips are very useful, thank you very much.
@@user3623 That's an awesome result. You're faster than me now :) What does your daily practice routine look like?
@@WarriorHabits I haven't been practicing alot recently because I had school exams, but my daily practice routine is I start off with typeracer to warm up my fingers because typeracer has many quotes and they are very good for warming up your fingers. After I'm warmed up I go to 10ff and play multiplayer to make sure I'm warmed up enough to type fast. After I get a good score on multiplayer I go to the normal typing test and try typing in two ways. The first way is slowly with good accuracy so my accuracy for the rest of the day is good, and really quickly and trying to keep a relatively decent accuracy. The second technique has worked really good for me so I use it after I take the first two tests. I try to minimize pauses and maintain my speed even if my fingers get tired. I try not to type too hard because that would make my fingers bounce back off the key slower. If I want to type fast then I have to hit the keys lightly and try to type more with my fingers than with my whole arm. If I'm typing well at 145+ wpm then I try to sprint through the test as fast as I can while keeping the accuracy decent. I usually get 147-149 when I try that but sometimes it does increase my typing speed by alot. I do this sprint three times with a 15 second break so my fingers dont get tired then I take a break that's a bit longer then I start practicing with that sprint again. That has been increasing my typing speed greatly as I went from 140 to 150 in around 2-3 weeks. I think this way of practice helps me increase my speed because it makes my fingers more used to the words in 10fastfingers and my fingers type the words really fast because of muscle memory. Personally, I'm a text sprinter but I can type for a decent amount of time at a speed of more than 130 but less than 140. Some people work on typing for a long time and run typing marathons. One of the fastest typists in the world, Sean Wrona. can type 170 words per minute in 50 minutes and 220 words per minute in a one minute test. He is one of the people that works on being a marathon typist and a sprinter which is really good because if you work on typing for a really good time then maintaining your speed in a one minute test would not be a problem because you will eventually get used to maintaining your speed for over ten minutes. If you can do both marathon and sprints then It will be easy for you to hit your top speed and maintain it over a long period of time which will help you increase your typing speed if you keep working on sprinting more you will easily go from speeds of 140-160 in the course of two months or if you're very good at maintaining speed and sprinting then you can get it in a month and a few weeks. If you really want to improve then you can take tips from anyone that's 160+ words per minute. They usually have really good tips for typing. If you can practice with someone that's faster than you then maybe the competition and the practice will make you faster in a shorter amount of time than if you just practice. You can also try practicing in a variety of sites to increase your typing speed. You can try TyperA for hard long words and other sites so you can have a wide variety of words that your fingers will memorize and type them fast from muscle memory. I was originally speaking about how I practice but I got off topic for a bit. Sorry for that, have a nice day.
MAN THIS VIDEO SOLELY SOLVES MY RESEARCH FOR HOW TO TYPE FATER. THANKS MAN
Focusing on the next word increases typing speed instantly. I could never reach 90+wpm but i did it now after the first try. A few other tips that increased my speed and accuracy where to not lift the fingers up too much and try to press only the necessary amount of pressure on the key without smashing any of them at all. (which feels really good sometimes as you may know)
Looking at the word ahead of what you're typing is important, it helps your accuracy because if you don't look ahead your brain will anticipate what the next word is going to be and in most cases it's not the correct word.
I'll comment on the progress after practising for two months following this video.
Before watching this video
Current Speed: 62 WPM.
Two months After: 10fastfingers my 1 minute test speed is 78 WPM.
I'll be here before the end of the year to confirm I hit 100 WPM.
I started typing in keyboard without looking from zero and I type maximum 31wpm, 4days left since I started!!!( I practice 4 or 5 hours a day).
This is exactly what I've been looking for! I can get to 120 WPM sometimes on a really good day, but otherwise I do 90 to 100. Grew up with Mavis Beacon, which only records up to 120 WPM. I practice regularly already, so will happily add these to my routine. I especially love the suggestion to practice typing from a book while the screen is covered, for accuracy. Thanks!
Fantastic advice! I went looking for advice how to improve my 100wpm average - looks like I came to just the right place!!
Just tested at 10fastfingers and I'm 56 wpm (but using laptop keyboard i reached 65wpm)
Today its 30 May 2020. I'm gonna be updating every 2 months
and?
thank you so much for this! ive been wanting to imprvoe and amd getting stuck at 110 wpm because i keep going down and up and down again.
youre awesome :D I hope i can get to you level!
One point that I don't remember being mentioned, and is especially relevant if you're new to this or even more so if you've built up the wrong habit, is by STARTING your practice by typing in the home position. If you have some strange finger/hand layout that you already type decently with, like I did when I started, make the change to home position NOW as it will make it considerably easier to deal with longer typing sessions and increase your overall accuracy and speed because you'll have your fingers in the positions needed to reach each key efficiently. Doing so will also force you to begin your practice by going for accuracy if you aren't accustomed to the position because your fingers will be unfamiliar with key locations and will force you to slow down and focus on accuracy.
I went from not knowing how touch type at all and averaging at about 18-25 wpm. Now after 4-5 months I am at 65 - 75 wpm and can touch type fluently without looking or thinking about the keyboard. I am very happy with the results.
P.s. I really hit a plateau at 55-60 wpm and it took me about 2 months just to get from 55 to 65/70. My goal is 100wpm
Great job for being consistent with the practice - what does your practice schedule look like?
Ayy, I'm around the same level
@@WarriorHabits Pretty much every day I do some typing but how much I do is inconsistent. I have done between 10 minutes a day to 2 hours sometimes. I just type texts on typeracer.
nice dude u can definetly get it im gonna start on improving my average is 98wpm but i have been taught how to blind type in school
Dupa Pupa bro how i cam type more than 80 wpm ......my current speed is 50 wpm and i tried alot but i cannot increase my speed.....plz suggest i have to increasemy speed....my exam is coming
There was some good information in this video. There was one mistake when speaking about practicing from books or a Kindle (blind "coyping"). But, beside that, when typing you must be accurate as was stated in the video. Accuracy also includes using proper grammar (no texting language), correct capitalization, correct spacing, and correct punctuation. I see a lot of mistakes in the comments.
Totally agree Stephanie, good points.
Super helpful. Can't wait to start. My trouble is that i don't have steady hands and keeping my fingers on the proper keys is so painful. My hands shake everytime i move my fingers and i have a hard time remembering to go back to the home keys.
Stephanie is this because of an existing condition that you have?
@@WarriorHabits Not sure. When i curve my hands over the keyboard, i find it really uncomfortable. Sometimes i find that if i lay my wrist on the table, my hands don't shake as much but then my wrists start to hurt. How do i keep that from happening? Also, how do i keep from looking down at the keyboard?
You are quite literally the CrossFit instructor of typing.
Extra tip: try to keep your fingers almost touching the keys all the time. Reduces de distance the fingers need to travel, adding a bit more speed. Also, try to move more your fingers, instead of your hands/arms.
I agree, good tips!
Do you rest your wrist on the desk or elevate them so they're not resting on anything? I've seen people argue for both sides of the fence
I elevate them. Did you ever see a pianist? Same concept :D
If you rest, you will have to expend a bit of time to elevate them (or else you will not be able to reach some keys).
Also, keeping them elevated will keep hand/arms aligned, with a better blood flow.
Yeah good points, I have experimented with both approaches and do tend to type faster with wrists elevated.
What's your WPM btw?
90~100 WPM in Portuguese (at the 10fastfingers 1min normal typing test - but it's harder than english, because we have accents).
My goal is to reach and keep a steady average 130 WPM, but I think there is something wrong with my fingers. I got to see a doctor.
That must be much harder with languages that have accents - nice job, man!
I have been edging since two months and now my coitus improved from 4.7 minutes to 9.2minutes.
Hey paul ur speed is amazing... my speed is 40 wpm in software..!!m looking forward to improve it....i will keep ur tips in my mind...tnx...
Consistent daily practice for two months and you'll push that number up
Thanks for this video. I have about two weeks to improve my typing speed for a job.
In two weeks, you may need to double your practice time. Also check out the book "The First 20 Hours" by Joshua Kaufman - he's got a chapter in there about typing to 60WPM with a completely new keyboard layout (moving from QWERTY to Colemak) - there are some golden nuggets in there that might help you!
yea, literally all of sean wrona's tips. glad they work!
Thanks for sharing the programs and methods.
12 to 14 without looking. I'm going to start doing this daily. pretty fast when looking . Horrible when just doing touch type. I ran across this a year ago I am now going to commit to practice.
His advice is really true. I focused more on accuracy and looking at the next word and just using this I went from 52wpm to 60wpm instantly. It could be a placebo or just luck but I don’t think it is.
From my experience I would say, often time there will be roadblocks that will seem impossible to overcome. Like you are typing at your fullest but still not seeing a better result for some time. If you are averaging 50 WPM, then you may hold there for some time. It varies from person to person, but roadblocks are there to come.
Tip: It's totally natural and you just have to calm down at keep going with your practice, soon you will see you are past that roadblock and going smooth.
** For those who like to have fun, www.nitrotype.com would be a nice platform where you race by typing. Personally, I like it there.
** If you are a programmer, then sites like www.speedcoder.net or typing.io will make you shiny enough. So practical.
He misspelled Sean WroNa's name lol.
But seriously though, I love this video. It's really helpful - I wish more people would do "how to improve" videos in this same format.
I've always had almost 100% accuracy. I couldn't allow myself to make mistakes
Wish I had your habit. I was instead obsessed with speed and now I can type 40 wpm but with like 15 mistakes😞😞 (in keybr)
And I’m the complete opposite lmao. I can type around 100-115 wpm, but I make so many mistakes and always have but i always know as soon as I do and spam backspace. I probably press backspace more than any other button and if I could get myself to finally stop making mistakes my wpm would go up like crazy
@@UpbeatTempo same wtf i can literally feel the mistakes in my fingers just waiting to culminate
@@nomegusta3942 lmao its not me typing without mistakes. I've always made them but have always typed fast enough compared to everyone else I knew that it didnt matter but now that im tryna stop making mistakes its so hard lmfao
@@UpbeatTempo well try the blind challenge from a textbook which contains all kind of words containing all letters. I type from a chemistry textbook which contains a lot of words like "probability", "nucleus", "affinity", "electrostatic", "Zeff", "electronegativity" and elements like carbon, nitrogen, silicon. Even though these words are barely used but they help in increasing speed and accuracy while typing critical letters like z,x,q,p etc a lot!!
I type 143 wpm without home keys, that's how you know you have no life.
haha, damn that's impressive :) Any tips?
Sean Wrona also doesn't type the "standard" way because he's a self-taught touch typist. Way to go buddy!
That's me too 😭 I feel like the odd one out in my family
what?? how to do
typing without home keys
Hasnat ahmad Year late reply but I started typing when I was 9 (13 now) and I simply started by typing in a Minecraft chat on a server. I never used websites that encouraged you to use home row, I used places like 10fastfingers and Typeracer and just memorized all the keys. I get 130WPM but I’m gonna use this video to increase it
the legendary typist sean wroma
I average 115 now, gonna try this out! I play fingerstyle guitar too, am wondering if that helps.
Pretty much all instruments involving using your fingers will help
That trying to faster is one of my problem. on my first month of touchtyping I only try to get corrects word and I get pretty fast from 19wpm at the start to 40wpm on 2 weeks, by 1 month I already at 65wpm and I'm stuck at 65wpm for at least 2-3 month because I try to go faster and make a lot mistake, and I start to improved my technic because I still bottoming out a key and try to get a accurate word again I start at 45 wpm for trying not to bottoming out and my wpm bumped up to 100wpm and I got that problem again, trying to go faster rather than accurate word. Sorry for bad English
Nurdin, my experience is the same as yours. If I consciously try to type faster, it never works! Focusing on rhythm and accuracy is what works best for me.
I think my biggest screwup is the very first tip of forcing speed and then blasting through a complex word with same speed but screwing something basic up. I have no idea what my WPM (regardless of accuracy) is for finger speed, but with a ton of mistakes I drop down to around 120wpm, and sometimes I have it so bad I crawl down to even around 70wpm, which is heartwrenching!
I use too much backspace and this hinders my speed. What should I do. I need some suggestions.
Before: This took me 100 minutes to type
After: This took me 1 second to type
Thank you for the quality advice! I am in the 100 to 110 range myself and I had already found that I should vary my speed for best results, but I was trying to focus on speed first then accuracy, because my fingers don't move at the 130 to 140 range naturally without extreme focus and effort. However, as you said, I should instead worry about accuracy then speed. Also, focusing on the next word ahead is common sense, I typically 'process' three words ahead and flow as fast into the next word as possible.
Thank you for the advice, I have really been hitting the 100+ plateau.
Nice one Connor - you're already in the top few percent of typists worldwide, which means you're probably reaching the point of diminishing returns. That said, I'm sure you can push forward up to the 130 to 140 range within a few months.
As you say, accuracy is certainly key - unless you're consistently typing at around 97% accuracy, then that's your key point of leverage.
I recommend doing longer tests - the 10 minute tests on 10FF are great. After doing 10 minute tests with high accuracy for a while, you'll find the one minute test a breeze and will probably set new records.
Good luck and keep me updated with your progress!
Hi, I haven't found many people that comment on the position of your body while typing. Position of the wrists and your height compared to the keyboard seem to dramatically change how the fingers reach across the keyboard.
What advices would you give about this? How do you make sure you can alway go back to exactly the same position down to millimetrical precision? What are the differences between keeping your wrists down or up? Do you keep any part of your arms, like the elbows for example, in contact with the table? What's the angle you bend your elbows?
How about the rotation that the wrists have to do when typing for example a 7 and then going to the shift key with the same right hand, or when you made a mistake and press delete. Don't they make you lose your reference position when you type very fast? How do you keep holding that mental map of where the keys are even when you have to move your hand around? What keeps you anchored to a reference if the hand moves around?
Finally, do you always hit any key with its own finger or do you do exceptions? In online courses they say to always go with the same finger but take the word "treble" for example, if you type t r e with index - middle - ring, your index is ready to go to the b key without any hand movement, if you do as advised in my course (ratatype.com) you should use index - index - middle, which then obliges me to move my wrist a bit to reach the b. There are plenty of other words like this, what do you do?
Thanks, I would really really appreciate to hear your thoughts on this, I type at 60wpm average but I'm aiming very high because I would like to be able to write down my thoughts as they arise and sometimes they just go really really fast (definitely over 200wpm, so I'd love to get there at some point before I die). Cheers
@@EnvelopeOfficial After 5 months I went from 115 wpm to 135 wpm xd dont rush your self too much
here is my 10fastfingers profile: 10fastfingers.com/user/1319326/
Feel free to look at it LOL
@@iminh_x1705 wow that's pretty good! Do you use a fixed-finger-to-key method? (meaning that you always reach each key with the same finger)
I have created a few challenging texts to train on using my left thumb on X and C and my ring on E in the TRE sequence. If you wanna try here they are:
10fastfingers.com/text/154464-EXC-challenge
10fastfingers.com/text/154373-exercise-and-stretch
10fastfingers.com/text/154217-Fixed-Finger-To-Key-typing-method-challenge-1
@@iminh_x1705 They are pretty much the only exceptions I use to the fixed-finger-to-key method, even though there are other letter sequences that result in inefficient finger jumping, like combinations of NUM for example. So maybe I'll introduce new variations.
I type 130 average, 177 max. Ie technically practice a ton, but I've never really looked at it like that. I just enjoy doing it when I'm bored or trying to take my mind off of something.
lm just learned something today, feel happy because your video is really helpful.
I learned a lot. Thank you so much for your tips.
I am late, very much so. But I believe that it's Sean Wrona, not Wroma.
Sir, you are correct.
ive been doing this for less than a week and i went from a constant 40 wpm to a 50 wpm and my best is 52 wpm and ive only been doing this for under a week!
edit: 6 days later and i average 50+ wpm with my best being 59
edit:few days later and i average 55+ wpm and my best is 63 wpm
edit again: damn a few weeks later after forgetting about this comment i can now easily average high above in the 60's my best is 75 im almost averaging over 70wpm ive gotten 70+ a lot before
I have been practising everyday for about 1,5 h for about three weeks now. Can´t get above 30 wpm no matter what. Very frustrating
Why not train handwriting with my left hand (non-dominant).
My progress (Portuguese):
10 minutes of practice every morning.
My goal is 27 WPM within 30 days.
START: Righ Hand: 30 WPM. Left hand 5,3 WMP.
Day 1: 5,3 WPM
Day 2: 5,3 WPM
All my fingers press into correct buttons according to the rules, but the B and 6 are so far from ehat the rules mentioned.
I usually press B from my right pointer finger, and 6 with left pointer.
Its kinda bad habbit tbh, and if i type with correct rules, i drop 10-20 Wpm...
Will it matter in long term?
Thank you for the tips. The amount of commitment you said is true for your level typists. For those whose pace is 30 words per minute the amount of necessery commitment is much lower to make +15% speed improvement.
Certainly. I'm going to do a video shortly that shows real world results of 6 people who did deliberate practice for a number of months. Results vary by person, but all of them made really great improvement over time and are all now at least at 60WPM+ with some approaching 90 and 100WPM.
Nice! For me would also be very interesting to watch a video about typing characters like {}[]()-_=+\|!*%1234567890. Because I'm a programmer and this is what's the most uncomfartable for me to type. My speed of typing a normal text is approximately 40 WPM, but for typing this kind of characters I'm usually looking at the keyboard. I'm using 10 key less layout.
I'm not convinced about the utility of learning to touch type as a programmer. I actually co-founded a software company and so I have first hand experience of developing myself, but also working with a team of developers, and it seems to me that (most of the time) the limiting factor for developers is not the speed at which they can type, rather thinking through complex stuff like the logic, algorithms, architecture and doing debugging.
Sometimes, for example, a developer may work a full 8 hour shift, but only push 10 lines of code.
As a developer, I think you'd get far more benefit from deliberately practicing your coding skills. Maybe you can take on coding challenges, or do some courses at treehouse. Most importantly, though, would be to keep on building things so you can beat on your craft.
Warrior Habits I know, many programs can't type without looking at the keyboard and it's not a problem. Also I'm already working as a programmer for 14-15 years, but thanks for the tip any way :P Also 8 lines of code per day might mean shitty code in the project :)
With 14-15 years experience as a programmer then you definitely know better than me about the role.
Another commented mentioned an app for programmers to practice their touch typing:- www.speedcoder.net
Give it a shot, would be interested to hear what you think about it.
have you tryed colmak/workman/norman?
i'm using dvorak but I ain't much happy about it, but it's muuuch better then qwerty
I'm still not sure if my wrists should be touching the desk or not, or them should be slightly off from it! Could someone tell me what would you recommend?
Ive been touch typing for about 3 weeks now (only used 2-3 fingers before at around 40 wpm) . I started at like 20-25 wpm and I am now at an average of 70-80 wpm and sometimes reach 91+. It is really a great thing to practise since you can just grind it as if it was a game and the numbers just keep going higher so you are always motivated. For now my goal is to get an average of 100wpm and then maybe ill try to push it even further :)
That's incredible progress for only 2 weeks practice... What's your daily practice regime?
@@WarriorHabits I used the website you showed in the video, 10fastfingers and one thats called typingacademy. I just spend 1-3 hours a day on those websites typing. Your tips definitely help(ed) a lot, for example typing for accuracy and not speed.
Man my fingers are short but i had been able to type up to 100 wpm but i average 85 wpm, while hitting like 78-89 if there are many signs and symbols on the letter and 110 being the highest i have ever recorded on typeracer but i feel so sad about my fingers because it slows me down especially when i leave the home row to be able to reach the numbers and really tilt my wrist in order to hit the right shift, can i still improve even with my short fingers? I mean i have a really short fingers like that of a eight years old boy. Pls i really need help 🥺
This overall makes your hands and fingers more accurate so shouldn't it also help with learning the piano at least when it comes to pressing the keys on the piano more accurately
I can type 40wpm. My goal is 50wpm. I have 10 days for job. Do you think i can make it.
This is my journey too 150 WPM (average) :)
May, 2020 --> Average: 68 WPM
July 2020?
September?
Thanks for such valuable info😃
For anyone wanting to learn touch typing fast(ish), i'd recommend you go to the website typing.com.. I've been doing it for about 3 hours total and I can type at around 20-30 wpm
I go half of that speed but with only like two-three fingers, never really typed properly but it became my muscle memory so my hands go around the keyboard like crazy for the lack of fingers I've been using. So 55-65wpm with nearly perfect accuracy
Mr. Warrior thank you for the time you spent making this helpful video, I am 59 years old and my goal is to reach 60 wpm from now to december starting almost from 0 because I ever type with two or three fingers, Do you beleive I can make it? I mean without see the Keyboard, Alfredo Soto from Sahuayo México
Without doubt you can make 60WPM. I'm unsure whether a few months is enough - that seems to vary by person.
I ran an experiment with a team of 7 people in the Philippines, some of whom could barely type 20 WPM. In 6 months, all of them have hit a 70WPM speed, and some are approaching 100 now.
I'm going to make a video about this shortly, so stay tuned, but there's no doubt you can get to 60WPM with consistent and deliberate daily practice.
My advice is to learn the correct technique early on and to be consistent with your practice, even when you're bored and you feel like you've hit a plateau. It needs to be daily, or at least five times a week, for 20-30 minutes per day.
How are you doing now. Did you reached your goal? I'm 56 and started 2 months ago and slowly improving. At 36 WPM now and counting. Was doing around 45 WPM with 3.5 fingers but finally wanna learn to touch type so I can focus on my screen and don't have to peek-and-hunt.
I have been practicing for about 2 weeks and my WPM in the 10fastfingers is like 56 on average.
Let's see in 1 month ahead.
Jul 11th, 2020:
10fastfingers:
Top Speed: 84 WPM
Average: 74 WPM
Keybr:
Top Speed: 85.8
Average: 66.5
I just want know .. do we need machincal keyboard for good results ?
I recommend typeracer over ten fast finger as it copy quote or paragraph from movie or book.
It also comes with instant death mode which is ideal for accuracy.
Good point about the instant death mode. I didn't know about that feature!
You can also use the "hardcore mode" in 10FastFingers (under the "top 1000" menu). It's much better than TypeRacer because you don't need to reach for the mouse to accept those annoying little popups. You just tap enter and start typing again.
I love typing, it's so satisfying !
Join the typing club it’s awesome
thanks man... really helpful tips👍
Your links are not working, can you fix it?