I code faster than I type because with code you get autocompletion and also are repeated statements most of the time. In fact, I want to write as fast as I code :c
This video felt so weird. Is he the average? Or am I the average? I can't tell, but I've always thought everyone on the internet.. typed a lot. I can't fathom how he was at 28 WPM lol Was expecting him to be hitting like 150 or something impressive like that. Edit: Just to weird flex, my fastest was upper 150s, but I know that's not practical. I think most people plateau at like 110 because you never think that fast in normal conversation.
Mike C Thank god I thought I was the only one lol. At some point around the 120 mark I was finding myself unable to form quality sentences when writing essays and repeating short phrases in paragraphs.
Watched this video about a year ago when I was typing 30 wpm. Now I type around 80. This video is awesome and really helped me get on the right path. Typing is such a useful skill that more people should learn how to do it correctly. This video really helped me in school and many other things in life.
@@Leshgetit2025 The key is to make it fun for yourself, it was about a year ago that I wanted that video. Just do it every so often, it will start slow but your results will eventually be exponential.
@@srt-fw8nh interesting, never actually tried dvorak (and never seen one in person tbh) so I don't know the position for those keys. I thought of using "next layer" on some keyboards (with qmk firmware or something) for symbols specifically, but that's for next time since my keyboard is serving me well
Back when I was 11, I borrowed this CD where it teaches you typing. Twenty years later, I'm still glad I did it. My max so far is 130wpm. I thought I was slow until I see pretty much everyone I know type. Holy shit.
I am not sure if i touch type or not. I know where the keys are so i can focus my eyes somewhere else but only for a short time because my fingers get disoriented. I get like 60-65wpm
@@BeanieBanta That's actually not bad, I did that in my early days of typing until I learnt that the Fand J keys have a bump to help you reposition your hands. It's sometimes just simpler to take a glance and reposition your fingers but since I type in the dark (mostly in the night without a back-lit keyboard) I've been feeling out for them when my fingers get disoriented. Still glance for rarely used symbols though. I'm looking at you ~ [ ] | \
Same here, I type pretty fast normally I could type 4000 words in about 45 minutes but programming haha that thing takes a lot of time because I can't think logically as fast as I can do a brain dump.
Sean Wrona, the world's fastest typist has the same recommendation. Focus on accuracy first. Get it to a level where you make almost zero mistakes. This will get you pretty fast on its own. Then you can focus on speed
the most relatable this in this video is his say that he just want to do more and more and that’s exactly what happened to me i would be in an online class and just want to type because i really enjoyed the feeling of achievement it gave me
I’m so glad that in Elementary school I did the typing games instead of playing video games on other sites... my current fastest is 180 WPM! It’s almost a hobby for me.
It's awesome that you worked so hard at this! I think part of what held you back was switching back and forth between different keyboards--consistency really helps even if you've been typing a long time. My oldest son learned "keyboarding" in fourth grade which I think was a superb idea. Unfortunately we moved and my youngest son is in sixth grade and he hasn't learned yet. I may have to teach him (and my husband) with this website! Thanks! I'm a pro writer and I'm currently working on accuracy so I have fewer typos to correct in my manuscripts.
When you learn how to touch type, it becomes so addicting. I've spent time before starting a project "warming up" by doing a typing test. After I've finished it's usually so late that there's no point in starting the project.
@@michalkundrat01 What are you trying to achieve here? Nobody cares that you think that you're better than this guy who btw made an incredible for just 30 days. You don't get to decide whether or not it is an achievement for him. If he is happy with his performance, good for him. If you are not happy with his performance, well bad for you. People like you are the reason why many communities are percieved as toxic. If you can't accept the fact that what you consider a good typing speed is not the standard that everybody has, then at least do *everybody* a favour and stop whining about it online.
I never realized how grateful I am for "Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing" until I saw this video. I can't imagine how difficult it would be to change techniques; Like trying to change your handwriting. Nice work dude!
2:21 As a computer programmer. I have to disagree. I code as slow as molasses. Not because of slow typing speed as I can go 104wpm. But rather because programming doesn't require you to type fast. You really use more brains when coding, rather than just dashing through. Fast typing speed helps but most of the time I'd code at around 40 - 60 wpm to avoid errors like misplaced ' ; ' and whatnot. I think a fast wpm would be for typing jobs such as journalist, writers, and online bloggers. That's what I feel. (sorry bad English not my first language.)
Bruh no kidding i typed with maybe 6 fingers max and i can type 90 wpm because of cs. When you’re in the middle of a fire fight and you need to tell your friend to go you have to type fast or you die. And i dont have a mic back then
Nice video! I actually recommend practicing this every day, it really helps me. I practice mostly every day, and can type and maintain an average of above 100 easily, with a normal average of about 120-155 WPM depending on what I am typing. This took years of practice to get, but it allows me to absolutely blow through essays and reports compared to when I used to type about 30-ish WPM.
I wish I would’ve actually done the typing exercises back in grade school. Now I’m in college and relearning how to type correctly. It’s like writing with my non-dominant hand lol.
I'm in the same boat. I goofed off during my typing lessons in elementary school and now I'm trying to learn how to type properly without looking at the keys. Writing essays in highschool and college was awful because I was so painstakingly slow. I'm using keybr.com to learn the keys now.
@@mepommier how are u doing man everything going great? i dont need to type with 10 fingers now but i probably will soon so one day i just decided i was never going to peck again and now i average like 60 wpm touch typing
@@travisdingolaite6184 I'm a lot better actually. I can finally type without looking at the keys. I was averaging 18 wpm when I began touch typing, and now I'm close to 50 wpm. I still have trouble with some of the keys, particularly the ones I was learning when I had to take a break to take care of my dog ( I was practicing a couple hours a day for 2 weeks until she got sick and needed care 24/7). She recovered a while ago, but it kind of threw me off my rhythm, and I haven't been practicing as much. I also picked up more hobbies between then and now that take up my time. I was actually thinking about starting my typing routine again because I was frustrated with my accuracy. I'm a lot better than when I started, but there's still room for improvement.
You reached 70 wpm in 30 days? You're a beast man. I've only just cracked 70 wpm this year and I've been practicing for four years! But I have famously unindependent fingers. I go to move just one finger and another two will move with the one I intended to move as well.
When I was 14 I was typing at 140wpm and it’s all because when I was younger I used to play MMORPGs online. Trying to fight the monsters and speak to other players really forced me to start typing quicker. I never even realized that was considered quick until I would play typeracer in computer science class at school and would beat most people. For the most part, I don’t even use all that speed because I can’t think that quickly, but it’s useful for copying notes in lecture
Touch typing and just typing correctly is something I’m glad I took the time to learn regardless of how frustrating it was. I practiced like crazy in the beginning to go from 30 wpm to 76 wpm. It’s something that you must keep practicing on a daily basis. Even if it’s for 5 minutes. Glad you got to learn how to do it. It really is a life changer. Great video! Definitely keeps me inspired to get better.
@@apurvmakwana6085 I believe what they were trying to say is that in the case when a specific finger is normally to be press on certain key, they would use the second closest finger as a replacement. For example if you were typing a word that had “E-C” in it, you would use your left middle finger to type the E, right? But C is also in the same column of keys that E is in, thus meaning you should use your left middle finger. However they are saying that rather than put their left middle finger back down to C (in this example) they would use another finger that is simply closer. A good substitute in this example would be your left pointer finger since it’s the closest finger to C that isn’t your middle finger. Hope that helped
@@26Tim 10fastfingers and monkey type aren't legit wpm though. An office typing test includes actual sentences and punctuation. I tutored my nephew and his friends one summer to touch type and they all said they get 100+wpm with their wonky typing style on 10fast until I gave them legit sentences and they were forced to use their pinkies lol.
2:20 As a programmer I can't disagree more. To be a good programmer you need to know what you are doing and avoid bad code. Writing speed has nothing to do with being a good programmer. It's like saying that to be a good bus driver you have to be able to drive 200 km/h or to be a good surgeon you have to be able to cut patient open and close him/her as fast as possible. Quality over speed.
I agree with you. But it's also true that a programmer benefits greatly from being able to write his stuff quickly and making less typing mistakes. When you type for 8 hours a day, every small improvement in typing speed will add up to hours of saved time in the long run.
As a programmer I couldn't disagree more. You're entire argument as based on the idea that typing faster somehow equates to lower quality code/more mistakes made. How does that make sense? Being able to program closer to what your thinking is much more beneficial. Less time typing and more time focusing on the code itself.
@@izalith3601"You're entire argument as based on the idea that typing faster somehow equates to lower quality code/more mistakes made" No it doesn't lol
@@LaggyKikee As a programmer you never code 8 hours straight per day, most time goes to researching and thinking how to create code that is a) readable and b) reusable
I've just started learning touch typing last Sunday. I've planned to practice 20 minutes per day for one week, however just as you I've found that I tend to practice longer than that. Directly seeing and feeling how I progress from day to day is very rewarding and therefore kind of "addictive". ^^ Nice video!
I was recently inspired to learn how to touch type. I am proud, as silly as it sounds, to say that I have typed this entire message without looking at my keyboard. I only used the website for three days but now I can confidently say I know how to touch type! This video helped keep me motivated. I'm not the only adult who was yet to learn this skill. Thanks for the upload!
@@jackaylward5628 the website used in the video appears to be keybr. Even i started touch typing on keybr and typed this message without looking at the keyboard once
They do I learned in sixth grade but I just cheated and used my index fingers and now that want to learn it’s much harder I wish I did what I was supposed to in class
@@kalecardenas9645 I know they taught it when I was in school, but I think it's something that's changed relatively recently. My mom was a touch typer for the newspaper. I also had a librarian that I liked who typed faster than anyone else I'd ever seen. So I modeled myself after them. (It also helped that I hated writing with a pencil--it made my skin crawl. I wanted a way to write without having to use a pencil very badly!). I *DID* have official lessons in touch typing, but I mainly learned to type while talking to my friends on AIM. I would force myself to hold my hands in the home row and would type as much as I could without looking at the keys. I think that's the most important part: Force yourself to hold your hands in the home row, look down to type initially and force yourself to use your pinky and ring finger. The buttons for your index and middle fingers come rather naturally.
Fun fact about QWERTY keyboard I read/heard some time ago: As you said they put commonly used keys apart from each other, but there is another very important reason for it. It was designed for typewriters and if you've used an old school type writer before , when typing fast the hammers that put ink to paper tend to collide and get stuck midway. If the keys are next to each other, hammers are too. So their paths overlap most of the way to the paper, making them collide much easier. So let's say if you are writing "red" you'd have to wait for hammer to come back for every letter. When the letters are apart; hammers come from angle and only crossover is right at the end where it punches the paper, leaving it much wider leeway to clickety clicking.
I tried this and the biggest issue was unlearning my old habits, when i have work to do i often go back to my old style just because it is more consistant right now, so that undoes much of the work i put into learning touch typing
Yes, same, I worked in office setting for two years and learned some awful typing habits that took, and is still taking, a lot of conscious effort to not get back on, especially tend to come back once I’m in a hurry
This video is where it all started for me. I typed for many years with my index fingers and maybe had 25-30wpm. Now I’m at about 75 and never need to look anymore which is so nice. Just saw this vid pop up and wanted to comment because this method was effective!
Damn I just realized how lucky I am. In elementary school, we had computer lab once every week and all we did was typing games for 1 hour. We did this since 1st grade and now my average wpm is 80. I'm in middle school right now so computer lab is probably something new to some of you guys
My school did the same in about 4th maybe 5th grade, but I had been playing computer games for years so, y'know, old habits die hard. Needless to say, I didnt pay any bit of attention to the lessons and now I can only type like 90wpm max lol
I had labs on elementary, but still i consider this entire thing and video useless since i've been using a pc since i was 3, i literally didn't understand how people could be so slow at typing (i mean, in gta sa if i didn't make in time to write the cheat code in time my car would blow up so yes... That helped a lot, stress of losing the mission
Congratulations. That's great. The older I get, the more I appreciate my junior high school typing class. It was on typewriters. I do coding as a hobby and to learn more. But, my main job isn't coding. In fact, whenever my coworkers see me type, I've gotten a few stares or questions. I only type 65WPM. I'd like to get faster. But, I haven't been able to do it yet.
Hey man, I haven't commented on any of your videos yet, even though I have watched them all. Thanks for all of your quality content and education, because of your videos I was able to learn to code and get a job as a python developer. Thanks for all your hard work, please keep the quality videos coming.
This video almost feels nostalgic now. This is the one the thing which was very helpful to me during pandemic. It been 3-4 years now since i learned to touch type and now I'm typing this without even looking at the keyboard. This is amazing video
Some tips you guys may need before wanting to type fast is - Touch typing : the ability to type without looking at the keyboard which is typing using your muscle memory. - Accuracy : Accuracy matters more then speed and, accuracy gives you more wpm if you didn’t know. Being consistent when it comes to accuracy can be really beneficial when doing some productivity for work. - Type short phrases or paragraphs : Typing really big text is not really helpful as, it only improves your stamina and, not speed because, the words in there may be big and, you may not have enough stamina to type fast long enough. Short phrases or paragraphs can quickly build up speed by doing quick starts (early fast jumps in words) and, do fast typing without draining all your stamina at the same time of messing up a lot. - It’s better to start practicing until you reached 95% accuracy or higher in your average speeds then try to speed up. Trying to speed up early is like forcing your horse to go faster without even watching for the curves or jumps during a race. - Play video games as funny as it sounds it’s very beneficial. As for me I learned most of the keys in my keyboard without looking by video games. Video games can give you a pre-mature feeling of touch typing. Even though you most likely will not use the whole keyboard layout for gaming as such in key binds or settings and etc it may help you remember some keys for finger coordination and, touch typing.(Note: doing this may get you more into 3-4 finger typing like me which can be a huge drawback compared to a 10 finger speed. As it’s possible to type 120wpm using 3-4 fingers and, 90 wpm average which is me You can barley get any faster then a average experienced 10 finger typers). Use websites that do automatically generated text or, typing courses for free such as ratatype.com it may do repetitions of text but, it’s just for finger stamina , consistency and, muscle memory. It tells you where the fingers would be placed when typing and, it also offers you to type pieces of coding too. That’s all I may know or remember, but I only type with 3-4 fingers so, people who are looking to type fast with 10 fingers or wanting to type with 10 fingers I can’t help a lot when you ask questions about that. I only know a lot of 3-4 finger typing techniques and, ideas.
@@cycoticgaming7637 if you can type decently fast (especially fast enough to keep up with your thoughts) then it's quite easy. iknow for me when i type on my computer for fb messenger, or whatsapp, i basically type as much as i talk. But when i'm on my phone, i just voice note (i talk a lot) and am too lazy to type that crap out.
This is why I've been trying to make myself a custom keyboard. Not just because they feel better but because I want to make a layout with keys that suit me for typing quickly. Thanks for the tips here aswell. My current average speed with touch typing on qwerty is 140WPM but my peak when writing comfortable words together peaks 230WPM ! Gonna try out some more of these tips. I fell into the hole of speeding up too early so thanks for telling me to slow down :)
@@puppersdotme8511 yeah no problem , remember accuracy is key to higher speeds. Drop your finger speed down about 5-10 wpm your fastest and keep that up consistently till you get 95% accuracy or more then you can start getting faster. Good luck to you!
I was in exactly same boat as you about 2 months ago. Same idea, found keybr.com and learned how to touch type through it while working from home due to covid. 2 suggestions for using keybr. 1. Download an eBook, go to settings, and pick typing own text option. Paste in the field, first chapter from the book. Once you complete the chapter, replace it with the next one and so on. Downside of this, is that keybr does not remember where in the book you stopped, so chapter by chapter is the best approach I could come up with. Benefit of this, is that it will allow for using upper case letters as well as all standard symbols used in text, with the standard frequency of those coming up in the text. If you choose option in keybr exercise, it just spams upper case and symbols with every word, which I personally find unrealistic and annoying, and uncomfortable for hand movements since signs are placed rather awkwardly. 2. In the settings you can extend the length of the text in standard keybr exercises. It will help to build up some dexterity and show how good or bad you really are. I've been doing exercises at full length for a long while now. My max was 69WPM. After I watched your video I switched back to the minimum length of the text and I hit 75WPM at the first try. I find that short text gives you fall sense of confidence. In longer exercise you will be making more mistakes and you will be slower. But in the end of the day, you will be typing much more than 25 words at a time in real life. Keep practicing! I am so addicted to this I can't stop for hours sometimes once I start haha
My WPM is at 50 on average with only using 4-6 fingers. Then I tried touch typing, it went to 20 WPM. Then I practiced for hours and I went 20 to 40 WPM. Very helpful thank you!
@@abdalle9449 I have the same expireince I imptoved a lot just by doing excercises on typing.com just focus on accuracy rather than on speed abd you'll be fine, speed will come after
I've been practicing for some time now and, at first, I hated typing the letter "p" because my pinky would force my ring finger to move causing an error. But after some time, that distance and pull loosened until my fingers became independent and followed what I wanted them to do. It takes time though so just keep that in mind. 👍
06:50 - there are mechanical reason for why we got stuck with QWERTY. initially the pioneers of typewriting were looking at layouts that'd group frequently used letters together. What they ended up with were typewriters that constantly got stuck because the arms to which the letters where attached blocked one another. so they were looking for a layout that would allow the letter arms to return to the starting position without other arms getting in the way. they came up with QWERTY and by time the mechanics weren't a problem anymore, QWERTY was already established and no one was keen to learn a potentially more efficient layout.
This guy is down to earth 🌎 The way he told about him being an amateur at typing boosts confidence for many people who couldn't type fast . Keep going!
I was starting out at 35 words per minute. After practicing typing with this website back in May, and now I'm reaching 105+ words per minute with little error
I'm extremely slow at typing as I haven't used a keyboard or had a pc for many years, but I recently went all out on my first ever pc build and got myself a 4090 so I can play games on the highest settings. Now I really want to learn touch typing. Besides using a phone, I'm pretty much brand new to typing and can only type around 15-20wpm average with 35 being my max and only using two to three fingers to type while looking at the keyboard. This video has inspired me to officially start my typing journey. My goal is to at least hit 60wpm average in the next month or two idk if it's possible for me in that time frame, but I'm dedicated to master typing no matter how long it takes me. As a matter of fact, I've been practicing for hours already today, and I've typed all of this out while using the home row method and not looking at the keyboard once which would've been next to impossible for me just yesterday.
Update: it's been 4 days since I started touch typing and now I'm typing at an average of 40+ wpm and a max of 52 wpm. So I'm about twice as fast as I was less than a week ago, which is kinda crazy for me. I can't wait to see how fast I am after a month of touch typing
Second update: It's been 3 weeks and I'm now typing at 60+wpm average with a top speed of 76.9wpm and 60 was my goal originally but I didn't think that I would reach that in under a month so now my goal is to hit 90-100wpm in the next 30 days. It honestly feels so wild to see how far I've come in such a short period of time especially since I couldn't even touch type when I first started and even with looking at the keyboard, I was much slower than I am today.
@@BillyOwnsYourSoulbro i am new to touch typing with average 20 to 30 wpm. How to improve to 50 to 60 wpm in touch typing?? Pls share ur experience and tips and key pints
You inspired me to improve the typing speed, my typing speed with incorrect way was around 42, tried the site and now i'm on 23 word on first day. let's see on 30th day. EDIT: after 15 days I'm able to hit 50 wpm on keybr, my top speed is 60wpm EDIT2: after 30days, i can easily hit 60+, m top speed is 82wpm.
@@anonymous-zf1qm i started too and was difficult for me because i was using yhe azerty layout, so i had to use qwerty. After 15 days i hit 74.2 wpm Update: i hit 81 wpm
I used to type using only 6 fingers, yes I know, it’s weird. I got an average of 80WPM and a PR of 122. Now however with “touch typing” I can do 17-20WPM. I can say however after 2 days my speed increased by 3x. I now have a PR of 66WPM and an average of 40-50. In other words to the person who’s reading this, don’t give up :)
You’ll get to your old speed soon. Before learning how to touch type, I had a burst speed of 60 wpm. After learning to touch type, I built back up and now hit 65 wpm. On average I type at 46 wpm but when typing essays or blog posts it rises to 58 wpm.
I started typing pretty recently (around a month ago) and I hit 70 wpm which was huge for me. Definitely helped me in just normal everyday tasks on my computer.
You're the reason that made me touch type. I've reached 20 WPM with 60% Accuracy to 112 WPM 96% Accuracy. You're the reason that gave me motivation to touch type.
Brother I started touch typing immediately after you posted this video and I am really glad you did because I can type now more effectively than before without looking at the keyboard and it's really helping me for my analytical writing test. Thank you so much 😄
I've been typing the right way for quite some time now but never tried challenging myself. I'll start the 30 day challenge and try to hit 100 wpm by the end of this. Will update after 15 days! :) Update: took a lot more time than expected but am at 110 wpm now.
i was so confused about the phrase touch typing until i realized it only meant not looking at the keyboard, then i realized i've been doing this for the last 8 years averaging around 80-100 wpm
Naturally when I start typing my fingers fall onto the keys "w,a,s and d" because I was playing alot of Minecraft before actually starting to learn to code which was also where I learned to type fast😂
I have this weird habit of "air typing" whenever i see texts, especially when i read the subtitles of an Anime or something my fingers itch and just want to move as if I'm typing the words
This reminds me of Inspector Lunge from Monster where he airs types some information and stores it in his "hard drive" (he is talking about his brain basically).
Its 1 year now and now i can consistently type at about 80wpm so today is the day i rewarded myself with my first mechanical keyboard . and yes i am typing on my redragon deimos gaming keyboard right now, thanks to Kalle for this awesome video that put me on a journey to become a pro typer from a shitty typer before. For all those reading this comment note i started at 8 wpm it took me about 3 months to get to this speed but consistency and accuracy still faltered sometimes but if you commit all it takes is just some boring moments of your day to accomplish this.
I've been practicing my typing on monkeytype lately, it has been so addicting ive basically treated it as a game where im slowly progressing towards improving my average wpm lmao
As an ex-regular typist who switched to touch-typing, I wanna mention that you CAN type fast with regular typing, but you're more likely to make mistakes. So, you're really better off learning to touch-type as it will make your life easier by helping you type faster without making many mistakes. (Also, it feels a lot more satisfying.)
Or. You can just practice regular typing, and be faster and make less mistakes. Why artificially restrict yourself because you are too lazy to take extra time learning a faster method?
Solid 80 wpm here, and practicing touch typing did teach me a lot about discipline, perseverance and english (given that my main language is portuguese). A great, fun and useful hobby.
I started this same experiment just a month back. At start my typing speed was around 10-12 wpm. I continued it for 12 days. And I ended up with 32 wpm. Later I didn't continue it. 😅 I want to be over 50wpm. May be I will start again. But exactly like you've mentioned, when I start I couldn't stop.
@@wladfan sorry to disappoint you buddy. But as I have mentioned earlier, I have stopped the experiment after reaching the 32wpm mark which is below average I know. But at that time pmy work didn't allow me to practice any longer. Now I am thinking about continuing that again. And I surely let you know if I pass my next 50wpm target. I will probably mark my progress by editing this comment or continuing this thread. I don't know 😅
i am trying this. currently on day 4. started out using two fingers, now i can type without looking although i am no speed demon. started with proper technique only being able to type around 12-15 wpm. on day 4 averaging 34 today, so not too bad but not great either. overall I think i spent about 8 hours on this and i would say its worth it just to be able to type without looking
@@unrealbot3027 I got to 85wpm max and avg around 70 now. Took me approximately 30 days to reach that. I wasn't practicing on keybr everyday but when I did it was addictive. I no longer think about typing at all and never need to look at the keyboard, so overall it was worth it for sure. Just don't get discouraged at the beginning. The increase in speed comes from accuracy first before speed. The trick is to memorize the layout of the keyboard and try to be consistent with the fingers you use to hit the different letters. Eventually once you have mastered the letters you can focus on the numbers and punctuation. At times you will feel like you hit your max, but then the next day the speed increases by a few wpm or more depending on your individual circumstances. I no longer practice on those sites. Now I just use the skill as needed to accomplish whatever it is I need to type.
Btw for anyone who is wondering firstly you really do not need all 5 fingers I can type at 100-130 wpm and I don't use my pinky for anything but the shift key. That's because the finger is weak and lacks mobility which makes it kinda unusable at high speeds. Also you don't actually need to use the "Correct typing position" for example again me I use one where my left hand hovers over wasd and moves from there and one where my right hand hovers over the entire right side of the keyboard. (I'm not recommending you use this but this is what worked for me.) Essentially find a position that is comfortable for you while still allowing you to access all of the keys. If you can do those two things it doesn't really matter where your hands are situated.
I had learnt this skill back in college. This was four years ago. It was not easy. I was using an application called typing master. I gave up twice after completing 25% course, because I got frustrated because I kept making mistakes and my fingers were feeling uncomfortable, however in the third attempt, after restarting the course, I completed the course without giving up, and in 3 months, I completed all the keys. I was reaching a mere 30-40 WPM. I was happy because now I was able to type without looking at the keyboard. After practicing even more for a year, my speed reached 60 WPM. (Not hardcore practice, just typing casually) Now 4 years after I learnt this, after using this skill at my workplace (even though my work does not involve much typing) I now reach up to 80 words per minute. This is a very COOL skill, people are quite amazed, impressed when they see me typing, and they ask me how I do it. Lol.
About the Qwerty layout explanation there is no good reason behind it really or the reason behind it is a relic of the past when key jamming was a thing if you want a layout that make sense(for english text) check out Dvorak.
It is actually really nice to see the expected progression in 30 days. From my experiences I can say that switching to a mechanical keyboard slowed me down, when compared to chiclet style on my mbp. But it is maybe influenced by the type of switches as well, idk. Also, I've heard that using a DVORAK layout will greatly improve the typing speed, if anyone have tried that it would be nice to know!
Dvorak is scientifically a little efficient in key placement but i don't think that will a significant difference I've typed in Qwerty for past 2 years my average speed was 55 wpm Last month I've switched to Dvorak and i average about 60 wpm and i think the increase is purely because I've put more effort while learning
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I used to type in DVORAK for half a year and my speed improved significantly. But i decided to go back to QWERTZ (i'm German) because i have to work on other peoples machines alot in my job and switching between Layouts all the time slowed me down in the end. If you just use your own machines i think it's worth giving it a shot.
I am training for a year and I recently broke my typing record and now my record is 92 wpm on 10fasfingers(pro typing speed) with non-mechanical keyboard
oh i’m so much better on a non mechanical lol but that’s probably cause i’ve been using mac’s for most my life the switch to mechanical was bizarre to say the least lol my hands are still kinda confused
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Hey I really wanted to know how you have dual language keycaps/ qwerty(eng) with German keycaps? Where can I get them?
"I have 670 wpm with 2% accuracy"
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That's incredible LMAO!!
Thats dumb fast...
Same lol
who else wishes they could code as fast as they type? 😂
I code faster than I type because with code you get autocompletion and also are repeated statements most of the time. In fact, I want to write as fast as I code :c
Yeah the script templates I use help a lot
@@sebastiansoto4168 that's only if your ide offers code completion though
@@jonnylaw4569 ...why would it not? What have you done with your life Jonny?
@@jonnylaw4569 well if not, you should use which does have it
Who else came here just to see what touch typing was just to find out its normal typing?
yep
Me
Rofl yup
This video felt so weird. Is he the average? Or am I the average? I can't tell, but I've always thought everyone on the internet.. typed a lot. I can't fathom how he was at 28 WPM lol
Was expecting him to be hitting like 150 or something impressive like that.
Edit: Just to weird flex, my fastest was upper 150s, but I know that's not practical. I think most people plateau at like 110 because you never think that fast in normal conversation.
Mike C Thank god I thought I was the only one lol.
At some point around the 120 mark I was finding myself unable to form quality sentences when writing essays and repeating short phrases in paragraphs.
Watched this video about a year ago when I was typing 30 wpm. Now I type around 80. This video is awesome and really helped me get on the right path. Typing is such a useful skill that more people should learn how to do it correctly. This video really helped me in school and many other things in life.
Now I am going to practice typing and come back here 6 months later.
How many days a week do you practice
@@Leshgetit2025 The key is to make it fun for yourself, it was about a year ago that I wanted that video. Just do it every so often, it will start slow but your results will eventually be exponential.
@@michaelk2191 But it's not fun, it's frustrating to touch type
Same except I'm at 50 don't care enough lol
"Each finger is responsible for three letters", except for the index fingers which are doing double the work
You forgot numbers and pinky. Right pinky has more job to do than index, and it is annoying since my pinky doesn't have strength
@@SuperSohaizai yeah poor right pinky carries all the load when coding
@@srt-fw8nh yeah I liked Dvorak layout much better than qwerty, but it is too late I guess. I already invested so much time in qwerty
@@srt-fw8nh interesting, never actually tried dvorak (and never seen one in person tbh) so I don't know the position for those keys.
I thought of using "next layer" on some keyboards (with qmk firmware or something) for symbols specifically, but that's for next time since my keyboard is serving me well
@@_ashyou exactly, since people don't code that much back in the days, so we have to stick with qwerty, feelsbadman
Back when I was 11, I borrowed this CD where it teaches you typing. Twenty years later, I'm still glad I did it. My max so far is 130wpm. I thought I was slow until I see pretty much everyone I know type. Holy shit.
That's som God level shit
Lemme guess the software's name is typing mastet?
My record was like 104wpm on typeracer when the grammatic is very easy.
130wpm is really fast, gj bro
I am not sure if i touch type or not. I know where the keys are so i can focus my eyes somewhere else but only for a short time because my fingers get disoriented. I get like 60-65wpm
@@BeanieBanta That's actually not bad, I did that in my early days of typing until I learnt that the Fand J keys have a bump to help you reposition your hands. It's sometimes just simpler to take a glance and reposition your fingers but since I type in the dark (mostly in the night without a back-lit keyboard) I've been feeling out for them when my fingers get disoriented.
Still glance for rarely used symbols though. I'm looking at you ~ [ ] | \
If I do a word typing test then I average at around 100 WPM, but there's no way I could ever code at such a speed. My brain doesn't work that fast. :D
how did u take that word typing test?
I got 95 wpm
@@hyt69 You can type "Type test" in google and it will list many sites where you can take the test.
@@shawnjames3242 kiddo you're saying random wpm under every comment lol
Same here, I type pretty fast normally I could type 4000 words in about 45 minutes but programming haha that thing takes a lot of time because I can't think logically as fast as I can do a brain dump.
He is practicing on keybr , a website used learn touch typing.
Thank you.
Thank you for that! I had been rewinding trying to find it, but I don’t think he mentions it anywhere. At least not that I could find.
The only reason why I'm here is so I can quickly defend myself in Among Us when i'm playing with randoms.
Same
Omg 🤭🤣🤣 logic hatsoff
@Zachzedzach yeah, that's true 💯
@Zachzedzach An/A Ipad/Tablet is the worst device to play on because your fingers need to travel a mile to get to each key.
@Zachzedzach especcialy when you are already used to vertical typing
Been doing this for about 4 months @ 25mins a day, got from 41 wpm to 91!
After all this time, I have just one recommendation - *ACCURACY IS KEY* !
Sean Wrona, the world's fastest typist has the same recommendation. Focus on accuracy first. Get it to a level where you make almost zero mistakes. This will get you pretty fast on its own. Then you can focus on speed
@@glokta1 true because when i don't get a lot wrong I can type 70+ but when I get a lot of wrong mines like 60+
I think if you get a better keyboard I think it will also help
pun intended!
How accurate do you get? (in %)
“If you can do it slow, you can do it fast”
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the most relatable this in this video is his say that he just want to do more and more and that’s exactly what happened to me i would be in an online class and just want to type because i really enjoyed the feeling of achievement it gave me
I'ts weird like when i started i couldn't stop practicing it was so addicting.
Yeah, it happened to me too.
Same, i am now a keyboard enthusiast
The sound is the key ingrediment
Same here
deadass I be spending so much time just typing now
Everyone in the comments bragging "I've been typing since first grade"
While there's me who didn't know the internet existed till I was 10
Don't feel bad bro, I learnt about the internet in my college.
@@piyushbansal2358 i found out internet when i was 12 yo .-.
You are not alone bro
thats lowkey a flex. u never had to experience the toxicness of the internet
Wait what's Internet?
I’m so glad that in Elementary school I did the typing games instead of playing video games on other sites... my current fastest is 180 WPM! It’s almost a hobby for me.
180 is absurd, nice
same, the boys in my elementary school would always compete on nitro type to see who can type the fastest
gd 180 is crazy i wanna see that in action
Why do you have to flex in a RUclips video
Sure dude, IM SO GLAD THAT IN ELEMENTARY I DID THE TYPING GAME, stfu like that would get u to 180,
It's awesome that you worked so hard at this! I think part of what held you back was switching back and forth between different keyboards--consistency really helps even if you've been typing a long time. My oldest son learned "keyboarding" in fourth grade which I think was a superb idea. Unfortunately we moved and my youngest son is in sixth grade and he hasn't learned yet. I may have to teach him (and my husband) with this website! Thanks! I'm a pro writer and I'm currently working on accuracy so I have fewer typos to correct in my manuscripts.
Me: Practicing my typing skills
My FBI Agent: *here you go kid*
Bro literally the same thing happened to me. I was trying to practice three hours ago . I didn’t watch any vids I just went to RUclips and saw this.
That FBI agent just trying to help us out my dude
Definitely not your FBI agent just Google being creepy with how they recommend you things lol
I think my FBI agent is secretly in love with me 😍
I just searched "Typing Trainer Online" like an hour ago and this got recommend.
When you learn how to touch type, it becomes so addicting. I've spent time before starting a project "warming up" by doing a typing test.
After I've finished it's usually so late that there's no point in starting the project.
started a year ago and I still practice it everyday when I don't have anything better to do
SAME I GO ON FOREVER
@@Qizot I usually just do typing tests while I'm listening to podcasts on the side
When I finished all tasks at work I do typing test so people think I'm still working and so they don't bother 😂
I have never related to a comment as much as this one !
7:28 Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure that the qwerty keyboard layout was invented to avoid jamming the keys on typewriters.
I used to think that too but apparently it’s a fake explanation for the qwerty layout’s history.
@@michalkundrat01 What are you trying to achieve here? Nobody cares that you think that you're better than this guy who btw made an incredible for just 30 days. You don't get to decide whether or not it is an achievement for him. If he is happy with his performance, good for him. If you are not happy with his performance, well bad for you. People like you are the reason why many communities are percieved as toxic. If you can't accept the fact that what you consider a good typing speed is not the standard that everybody has, then at least do *everybody* a favour and stop whining about it online.
ihavezerohealth stfu
No one actually knows the really reason for the qwerty layout, although that’s one popular theory as to why it came about
@@plzitzjustmahcheezits909 What you said
I never realized how grateful I am for "Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing" until I saw this video. I can't imagine how difficult it would be to change techniques; Like trying to change your handwriting. Nice work dude!
The keyboard is the Ducky One 2 SF if anyone was wondering
*His
@@sagargawle4417Sorry, robot.
Thanks man! Really appreciate it
@@republicofserbia no D:
Darth Stal hey kids This guy is man, not a woman... We are not robots.
2:21 As a computer programmer. I have to disagree. I code as slow as molasses. Not because of slow typing speed as I can go 104wpm. But rather because programming doesn't require you to type fast. You really use more brains when coding, rather than just dashing through. Fast typing speed helps but most of the time I'd code at around 40 - 60 wpm to avoid errors like misplaced ' ; ' and whatnot. I think a fast wpm would be for typing jobs such as journalist, writers, and online bloggers. That's what I feel. (sorry bad English not my first language.)
yup, fast typing is more for typing without thinking tasks
I keep doing : or ' instead of ;
Your English is very good as your seccond language 👌🏼
That and having a setup where you can use a lot of shortcuts. 30 rpm is far from good, but it's an acceptable speed for most things.
He said what he did there. He was joking about programmer perceived as fast typer as in movies.
Doing 80-100 WPM, learned typing fast while raging at teammates in online games.
Joking, but communicating online helped me.
Lol u mean csgo xD
Bruh no kidding i typed with maybe 6 fingers max and i can type 90 wpm because of cs. When you’re in the middle of a fire fight and you need to tell your friend to go you have to type fast or you die. And i dont have a mic back then
type faster, rage quicker
True
Games without voice comms forces you to type as fast as you can 🤷♂️
Nice video! I actually recommend practicing this every day, it really helps me. I practice mostly every day, and can type and maintain an average of above 100 easily, with a normal average of about 120-155 WPM depending on what I am typing. This took years of practice to get, but it allows me to absolutely blow through essays and reports compared to when I used to type about 30-ish WPM.
I wish I would’ve actually done the typing exercises back in grade school. Now I’m in college and relearning how to type correctly. It’s like writing with my non-dominant hand lol.
You can do it, i just re learned every placement at 21, its ok
exactly
I'm in the same boat. I goofed off during my typing lessons in elementary school and now I'm trying to learn how to type properly without looking at the keys. Writing essays in highschool and college was awful because I was so painstakingly slow. I'm using keybr.com to learn the keys now.
@@mepommier how are u doing man everything going great? i dont need to type with 10 fingers now but i probably will soon so one day i just decided i was never going to peck again and now i average like 60 wpm touch typing
@@travisdingolaite6184 I'm a lot better actually. I can finally type without looking at the keys. I was averaging 18 wpm when I began touch typing, and now I'm close to 50 wpm. I still have trouble with some of the keys, particularly the ones I was learning when I had to take a break to take care of my dog ( I was practicing a couple hours a day for 2 weeks until she got sick and needed care 24/7). She recovered a while ago, but it kind of threw me off my rhythm, and I haven't been practicing as much. I also picked up more hobbies between then and now that take up my time. I was actually thinking about starting my typing routine again because I was frustrated with my accuracy. I'm a lot better than when I started, but there's still room for improvement.
Me : Practicing my typing skills
Government spying on me - This guy is confusing us with false words
Laughing
Thanks for my funny today
😂😂😂😂😂
I like how humble this guy seem.
same he seems like such a sweet person
It's actually calming just to hear him talk.
@@gavin3598 What is he's native language?
You reached 70 wpm in 30 days? You're a beast man. I've only just cracked 70 wpm this year and I've been practicing for four years! But I have famously unindependent fingers. I go to move just one finger and another two will move with the one I intended to move as well.
im trying to type 70 wpm i beat my score at 60wpm and i look at the keyboard sometime my eyes go off and i stil, dont use the right thing....
My fingers sont let me type
I'm at 35 wpm in two weeks. I hope I can get to atleast 60 by next week because I can now type all letters comfortably
@@rebelprime it took me over 1 month to hit 35 wpm
@@Leshgetit2025 That's still great. I'm now at 60 wpm
When I was 14 I was typing at 140wpm and it’s all because when I was younger I used to play MMORPGs online. Trying to fight the monsters and speak to other players really forced me to start typing quicker. I never even realized that was considered quick until I would play typeracer in computer science class at school and would beat most people. For the most part, I don’t even use all that speed because I can’t think that quickly, but it’s useful for copying notes in lecture
in my school u still have to take all notes and do all ur work by hand
@@dhrutube same
Are you sure it's not ROBLOX? Lmao.
@@stalker.923 Lmao those salty roblox kids
@@LK-ho1dg wait is that how college works?? Damn I can't wait to be one then
Touch typing and just typing correctly is something I’m glad I took the time to learn regardless of how frustrating it was. I practiced like crazy in the beginning to go from 30 wpm to 76 wpm. It’s something that you must keep practicing on a daily basis. Even if it’s for 5 minutes. Glad you got to learn how to do it. It really is a life changer. Great video! Definitely keeps me inspired to get better.
My method is. “Use the closest finger unless a finger that just typed in closer.”
I literally do the same thing and i average on 125 to 135 and my top score on 10fast fingers was like 157
Sry i dont get it .... can u explain plz....
@@apurvmakwana6085 I believe what they were trying to say is that in the case when a specific finger is normally to be press on certain key, they would use the second closest finger as a replacement. For example if you were typing a word that had “E-C” in it, you would use your left middle finger to type the E, right? But C is also in the same column of keys that E is in, thus meaning you should use your left middle finger. However they are saying that rather than put their left middle finger back down to C (in this example) they would use another finger that is simply closer. A good substitute in this example would be your left pointer finger since it’s the closest finger to C that isn’t your middle finger. Hope that helped
@@ItsMercerSantos what no pussy does to a man
@@26Tim 10fastfingers and monkey type aren't legit wpm though. An office typing test includes actual sentences and punctuation. I tutored my nephew and his friends one summer to touch type and they all said they get 100+wpm with their wonky typing style on 10fast until I gave them legit sentences and they were forced to use their pinkies lol.
2:20 As a programmer I can't disagree more. To be a good programmer you need to know what you are doing and avoid bad code. Writing speed has nothing to do with being a good programmer. It's like saying that to be a good bus driver you have to be able to drive 200 km/h or to be a good surgeon you have to be able to cut patient open and close him/her as fast as possible. Quality over speed.
I agree with you. But it's also true that a programmer benefits greatly from being able to write his stuff quickly and making less typing mistakes. When you type for 8 hours a day, every small improvement in typing speed will add up to hours of saved time in the long run.
It is very good to type faster, you can save so much time specially if you're one of those who likes to add notes frequently.
As a programmer I couldn't disagree more. You're entire argument as based on the idea that typing faster somehow equates to lower quality code/more mistakes made. How does that make sense? Being able to program closer to what your thinking is much more beneficial. Less time typing and more time focusing on the code itself.
@@izalith3601"You're entire argument as based on the idea that typing faster somehow equates to lower quality code/more mistakes made" No it doesn't lol
@@LaggyKikee As a programmer you never code 8 hours straight per day, most time goes to researching and thinking how to create code that is a) readable and b) reusable
I've just started learning touch typing last Sunday. I've planned to practice 20 minutes per day for one week, however just as you I've found that I tend to practice longer than that. Directly seeing and feeling how I progress from day to day is very rewarding and therefore kind of "addictive". ^^ Nice video!
Keep doing it! What keyboard are you using?
I was recently inspired to learn how to touch type. I am proud, as silly as it sounds, to say that I have typed this entire message without looking at my keyboard. I only used the website for three days but now I can confidently say I know how to touch type! This video helped keep me motivated. I'm not the only adult who was yet to learn this skill. Thanks for the upload!
what was the website called?
@@jackaylward5628 try typing club for a start. Then practice on monkeytype
@@jackaylward5628 the website used in the video appears to be keybr. Even i started touch typing on keybr and typed this message without looking at the keyboard once
@@jackaylward5628keybr
Is this my first, “why aren’t they teaching this to kids anymore” moment? Seems like it’s more and more important nowadays.
They do I learned in sixth grade but I just cheated and used my index fingers and now that want to learn it’s much harder I wish I did what I was supposed to in class
@@kalecardenas9645 I know they taught it when I was in school, but I think it's something that's changed relatively recently.
My mom was a touch typer for the newspaper. I also had a librarian that I liked who typed faster than anyone else I'd ever seen. So I modeled myself after them. (It also helped that I hated writing with a pencil--it made my skin crawl. I wanted a way to write without having to use a pencil very badly!).
I *DID* have official lessons in touch typing, but I mainly learned to type while talking to my friends on AIM. I would force myself to hold my hands in the home row and would type as much as I could without looking at the keys. I think that's the most important part: Force yourself to hold your hands in the home row, look down to type initially and force yourself to use your pinky and ring finger. The buttons for your index and middle fingers come rather naturally.
my school teach us about this
They still teach it, at least in my school
they still teach it, but everyone hates it and nobody actually does it
Fun fact about QWERTY keyboard I read/heard some time ago:
As you said they put commonly used keys apart from each other, but there is another very important reason for it.
It was designed for typewriters and if you've used an old school type writer before , when typing fast the hammers that put ink to paper tend to collide and get stuck midway. If the keys are next to each other, hammers are too. So their paths overlap most of the way to the paper, making them collide much easier. So let's say if you are writing "red" you'd have to wait for hammer to come back for every letter.
When the letters are apart; hammers come from angle and only crossover is right at the end where it punches the paper, leaving it much wider leeway to clickety clicking.
@Kanaba Nakamura don't we already did? There are tons of different layouts available
I tried this and the biggest issue was unlearning my old habits, when i have work to do i often go back to my old style just because it is more consistant right now, so that undoes much of the work i put into learning touch typing
Same here.
Same thing for me. How're you
doing now about a year later?
Yes, same, I worked in office setting for two years and learned some awful typing habits that took, and is still taking, a lot of conscious effort to not get back on, especially tend to come back once I’m in a hurry
@@singasong785Ikr!
2:44 "I know I may not look too clever, but..."
that's my life in a nutshell. you just gained a subscriber
Same!
Finished Computer Science without learning how to type properly.
Now I'm on my 11th day of practicing the right way on monkeytype
This video is where it all started for me. I typed for many years with my index fingers and maybe had 25-30wpm. Now I’m at about 75 and never need to look anymore which is so nice. Just saw this vid pop up and wanted to comment because this method was effective!
Damn I just realized how lucky I am. In elementary school, we had computer lab once every week and all we did was typing games for 1 hour. We did this since 1st grade and now my average wpm is 80. I'm in middle school right now so computer lab is probably something new to some of you guys
Yeah...you are very lucky
In my country,theres no computer when in elementary school
I hope you never feel unfortunate in your life :)
I have the computers in my school too and we practice a lot but my average is just 66wpm and my fastest typing speed is 76wpm.
Yeah i did the same, lots of typing games in middle school. Now im in college and am writing 83wpm and it makes exams and essays much easier.
My school did the same in about 4th maybe 5th grade, but I had been playing computer games for years so, y'know, old habits die hard. Needless to say, I didnt pay any bit of attention to the lessons and now I can only type like 90wpm max lol
I had labs on elementary, but still i consider this entire thing and video useless since i've been using a pc since i was 3, i literally didn't understand how people could be so slow at typing (i mean, in gta sa if i didn't make in time to write the cheat code in time my car would blow up so yes... That helped a lot, stress of losing the mission
Congratulations. That's great. The older I get, the more I appreciate my junior high school typing class. It was on typewriters. I do coding as a hobby and to learn more. But, my main job isn't coding. In fact, whenever my coworkers see me type, I've gotten a few stares or questions. I only type 65WPM. I'd like to get faster. But, I haven't been able to do it yet.
whats you ig miss Becca if i may ask
Hey man, I haven't commented on any of your videos yet, even though I have watched them all. Thanks for all of your quality content and education, because of your videos I was able to learn to code and get a job as a python developer. Thanks for all your hard work, please keep the quality videos coming.
That’s really cool to hear, I’m happy that my videos were able to be of some help! And I appreciate you saying this! :)
This video almost feels nostalgic now. This is the one the thing which was very helpful to me during pandemic. It been 3-4 years now since i learned to touch type and now I'm typing this without even looking at the keyboard. This is amazing video
League of legends players in a heated argument: *230 WPM*
My reason for learning exactly
after killing the nexus type . ggwp ez kids
yep...same with WoW hahaha
Some tips you guys may need before wanting to type fast is
- Touch typing : the ability to type without looking at the keyboard which is typing using your muscle memory.
- Accuracy : Accuracy matters more then speed and, accuracy gives you more wpm if you didn’t know. Being consistent when it comes to accuracy can be really beneficial when doing some productivity for work.
- Type short phrases or paragraphs : Typing really big text is not really helpful as, it only improves your stamina and, not speed because, the words in there may be big and, you may not have enough stamina to type fast long enough. Short phrases or paragraphs can quickly build up speed by doing quick starts (early fast jumps in words) and, do fast typing without draining all your stamina at the same time of messing up a lot.
- It’s better to start practicing until you reached 95% accuracy or higher in your average speeds then try to speed up. Trying to speed up early is like forcing your horse to go faster without even watching for the curves or jumps during a race.
- Play video games as funny as it sounds it’s very beneficial. As for me I learned most of the keys in my keyboard without looking by video games. Video games can give you a pre-mature feeling of touch typing. Even though you most likely will not use the whole keyboard layout for gaming as such in key binds or settings and etc it may help you remember some keys for finger coordination and, touch typing.(Note: doing this may get you more into 3-4 finger typing like me which can be a huge drawback compared to a 10 finger speed. As it’s possible to type 120wpm using 3-4 fingers and, 90 wpm average which is me You can barley get any faster then a average experienced 10 finger typers).
Use websites that do automatically generated text or, typing courses for free such as ratatype.com it may do repetitions of text but, it’s just for finger stamina , consistency and, muscle memory. It tells you where the fingers would be placed when typing and, it also offers you to type pieces of coding too.
That’s all I may know or remember, but I only type with 3-4 fingers so, people who are looking to type fast with 10 fingers or wanting to type with 10 fingers I can’t help a lot when you ask questions about that. I only know a lot of 3-4 finger typing techniques and, ideas.
Extra Details how do you have Time to write this holy sh#t
Is it really 10 finger typing tho, who uses both their thumbs 😂
@@cycoticgaming7637 if you can type decently fast (especially fast enough to keep up with your thoughts) then it's quite easy. iknow for me when i type on my computer for fb messenger, or whatsapp, i basically type as much as i talk. But when i'm on my phone, i just voice note (i talk a lot) and am too lazy to type that crap out.
This is why I've been trying to make myself a custom keyboard. Not just because they feel better but because I want to make a layout with keys that suit me for typing quickly. Thanks for the tips here aswell. My current average speed with touch typing on qwerty is 140WPM but my peak when writing comfortable words together peaks 230WPM ! Gonna try out some more of these tips. I fell into the hole of speeding up too early so thanks for telling me to slow down :)
@@puppersdotme8511 yeah no problem , remember accuracy is key to higher speeds. Drop your finger speed down about 5-10 wpm your fastest and keep that up consistently till you get 95% accuracy or more then you can start getting faster. Good luck to you!
I was in exactly same boat as you about 2 months ago. Same idea, found keybr.com and learned how to touch type through it while working from home due to covid.
2 suggestions for using keybr.
1. Download an eBook, go to settings, and pick typing own text option. Paste in the field, first chapter from the book. Once you complete the chapter, replace it with the next one and so on.
Downside of this, is that keybr does not remember where in the book you stopped, so chapter by chapter is the best approach I could come up with.
Benefit of this, is that it will allow for using upper case letters as well as all standard symbols used in text, with the standard frequency of those coming up in the text. If you choose option in keybr exercise, it just spams upper case and symbols with every word, which I personally find unrealistic and annoying, and uncomfortable for hand movements since signs are placed rather awkwardly.
2. In the settings you can extend the length of the text in standard keybr exercises. It will help to build up some dexterity and show how good or bad you really are.
I've been doing exercises at full length for a long while now. My max was 69WPM. After I watched your video I switched back to the minimum length of the text and I hit 75WPM at the first try.
I find that short text gives you fall sense of confidence. In longer exercise you will be making more mistakes and you will be slower. But in the end of the day, you will be typing much more than 25 words at a time in real life.
Keep practicing! I am so addicted to this I can't stop for hours sometimes once I start haha
My WPM is at 50 on average with only using 4-6 fingers. Then I tried touch typing, it went to 20 WPM. Then I practiced for hours and I went 20 to 40 WPM. Very helpful thank you!
I finally started learning how to type a few weeks ago, and this suddenly pops up in my recommended🤔 Kinda regret not learning to type sooner.
I started with a typing speed of 9 words per minute and after one month is reach 32 words per minute
Did u learn it from wesite
@@abdalle9449 I have the same expireince I imptoved a lot just by doing excercises on typing.com just focus on accuracy rather than on speed abd you'll be fine, speed will come after
I have the same experience and I'm also using typing.com
I type 96 words perminute and i have been training for less than a year ;v;
@@vitaliclips amazing👏👏👏 kinda jealous 🔥😼
The "p" , "q", and "a" keys are also hard for me since my pinky fingers are slightly bent.
I had same thoughts but after practicing it is not that bad anymore. Keep your wrist in air.
I've been practicing for some time now and, at first, I hated typing the letter "p" because my pinky would force my ring finger to move causing an error. But after some time, that distance and pull loosened until my fingers became independent and followed what I wanted them to do. It takes time though so just keep that in mind. 👍
low rows forces me into uncormfortable bending of fingers, it is freakin' annoying.
huh, I type p with my ring finger.
@mr.1n5an_e can i get 30 wpm In one month am new one in typing
06:50 - there are mechanical reason for why we got stuck with QWERTY. initially the pioneers of typewriting were looking at layouts that'd group frequently used letters together. What they ended up with were typewriters that constantly got stuck because the arms to which the letters where attached blocked one another. so they were looking for a layout that would allow the letter arms to return to the starting position without other arms getting in the way. they came up with QWERTY and by time the mechanics weren't a problem anymore, QWERTY was already established and no one was keen to learn a potentially more efficient layout.
I'm glad that I took up touch typing lessons because before that my typing was fast but not as fast.
When i first started trying to improve my typing speed i was at 18 wpm. A month later and i’m at an avg of 54 wpm and a best of 62wpm
can i get 30wpm in one month I am a new learner
@@harisjerry1013 with practise, of course
@@gia8703 how much time in a day?
2 hr
In case if want like 80-90 then consider 4-5 hrs
This guy is down to earth 🌎
The way he told about him being an amateur at typing boosts confidence for many people who couldn't type fast . Keep going!
bro you are better than me on your first day of typing
I started my journey 3 days ago. Hopefully I'll see an improvement. Literally the video I needed.
How is it?
How’d it go?
imagine needing to look at a keyboard
imagine typing correctly
i type with the wasd default hand position
@ which controller
Alpha
Left hand WASD and right hand normal gang B)
@@johnchristian7788 the keyboard
i dont use a hand position i just type lol
I was starting out at 35 words per minute. After practicing typing with this website back in May, and now I'm reaching 105+ words per minute with little error
Wow bro am at 7wpm at touch typing .
Wow, could you please share how many hours you practiced at keybr.com for that
I'm extremely slow at typing as I haven't used a keyboard or had a pc for many years, but I recently went all out on my first ever pc build and got myself a 4090 so I can play games on the highest settings.
Now I really want to learn touch typing. Besides using a phone, I'm pretty much brand new to typing and can only type around 15-20wpm average with 35 being my max and only using two to three fingers to type while looking at the keyboard.
This video has inspired me to officially start my typing journey.
My goal is to at least hit 60wpm average in the next month or two idk if it's possible for me in that time frame, but I'm dedicated to master typing no matter how long it takes me. As a matter of fact, I've been practicing for hours already today, and I've typed all of this out while using the home row method and not looking at the keyboard once which would've been next to impossible for me just yesterday.
Update: it's been 4 days since I started touch typing and now I'm typing at an average of 40+ wpm and a max of 52 wpm.
So I'm about twice as fast as I was less than a week ago, which is kinda crazy for me.
I can't wait to see how fast I am after a month of touch typing
Second update: It's been 3 weeks and I'm now typing at 60+wpm average with a top speed of 76.9wpm and 60 was my goal originally but I didn't think that I would reach that in under a month so now my goal is to hit 90-100wpm in the next 30 days.
It honestly feels so wild to see how far I've come in such a short period of time especially since I couldn't even touch type when I first started and even with looking at the keyboard, I was much slower than I am today.
@@BillyOwnsYourSoul bro now how many wpm?
@@BillyOwnsYourSoulbro i am new to touch typing with average 20 to 30 wpm. How to improve to 50 to 60 wpm in touch typing?? Pls share ur experience and tips and key pints
u have alot of courage to come out and say that u cant type well. im proud :D
this isn't about sexuality it doesn't take that much courage
@@paper2222 What
You inspired me to improve the typing speed, my typing speed with incorrect way was around 42, tried the site and now i'm on 23 word on first day. let's see on 30th day.
EDIT: after 15 days I'm able to hit 50 wpm on keybr, my top speed is 60wpm
EDIT2: after 30days, i can easily hit 60+, m top speed is 82wpm.
How bout now?
@@anonymous-zf1qm i started too and was difficult for me because i was using yhe azerty layout, so i had to use qwerty.
After 15 days i hit 74.2 wpm
Update: i hit 81 wpm
@@anonymous-zf1qm Today(24th day) i hit 74wpm, I average around 56wpm.
Pog, motivates me to keep going :)
Wow!!! Niceeeeeee
The thought of Kalle using his index finger to end every line of code with a semi colon is terrifying lol
this video made me learn touch typing. now is 80-95 in 10fingers. cheers..
Glad I learned this in grade school, probably one of the more useful things I got out of school.
I used to type using only 6 fingers, yes I know, it’s weird. I got an average of 80WPM and a PR of 122. Now however with “touch typing” I can do 17-20WPM. I can say however after 2 days my speed increased by 3x. I now have a PR of 66WPM and an average of 40-50. In other words to the person who’s reading this, don’t give up :)
i use three fingers lmfao
You’ll get to your old speed soon. Before learning how to touch type, I had a burst speed of 60 wpm. After learning to touch type, I built back up and now hit 65 wpm. On average I type at 46 wpm but when typing essays or blog posts it rises to 58 wpm.
I’m in the same boat rn. Hoping to reach at least 70 by the time schools starts with good accuracy
I started typing pretty recently (around a month ago) and I hit 70 wpm which was huge for me. Definitely helped me in just normal everyday tasks on my computer.
You're the reason that made me touch type. I've reached 20 WPM with 60% Accuracy to 112 WPM 96% Accuracy. You're the reason that gave me motivation to touch type.
Brother I started touch typing immediately after you posted this video and I am really glad you did because I can type now more effectively than before without looking at the keyboard and it's really helping me for my analytical writing test. Thank you so much 😄
Okay, i am going to say that this has been one of the best videos I have watched on youtube learning wise.
I've been typing the right way for quite some time now but never tried challenging myself. I'll start the 30 day challenge and try to hit 100 wpm by the end of this. Will update after 15 days! :)
Update: took a lot more time than expected but am at 110 wpm now.
Update?
@@lazyone4142 110 wpm on an average now.
@@nishantkumar-jz2hu it's been like two days that i started and mine is so slow
@@lazyone4142 you'll improve mate, just stay consistent. Good luck!
Inspiring
i was so confused about the phrase touch typing until i realized it only meant not looking at the keyboard, then i realized i've been doing this for the last 8 years averaging around 80-100 wpm
I have been doing the exact same thing for about two weeks now.
Naturally when I start typing my fingers fall onto the keys "w,a,s and d" because I was playing alot of Minecraft before actually starting to learn to code which was also where I learned to type fast😂
Lmao I also learned typing "fast" in minecraft I average about 80 wpm
70*
I learned english and fast typing through minecraft
@@freshenup6195 hahah Nice I learned å lot of english there too
I have this weird habit of "air typing" whenever i see texts, especially when i read the subtitles of an Anime or something my fingers itch and just want to move as if I'm typing the words
This reminds me of Inspector Lunge from Monster where he airs types some information and stores it in his "hard drive" (he is talking about his brain basically).
Omg I do this too!! Thought I was the only one 😂
You just infected me.
I actually do that. I just open a browser window or word and try to type out the subtitles before they go out.
I did this too when I was learning! It just became a habit for me at a certain point and built my muscle memory for touch typing.
Its 1 year now and now i can consistently type at about 80wpm so today is the day i rewarded myself with my first mechanical keyboard . and yes i am typing on my redragon deimos gaming keyboard right now, thanks to Kalle for this awesome video that put me on a journey to become a pro typer from a shitty typer before.
For all those reading this comment note i started at 8 wpm it took me about 3 months to get to this speed but consistency and accuracy still faltered sometimes but if you commit all it takes is just some boring moments of your day to accomplish this.
you wont believe i was just typing on keybr.com when got this notification
me too I was typing in keybr.com too, man I think I am addicted.
FBI is watching you
thank you for actually linking the website. I was looking in his description like 'wait, what website was this??'
@@officialAXVin well its CBI here.
@@mydogshiro 😁
I've been practicing my typing on monkeytype lately, it has been so addicting ive basically treated it as a game where im slowly progressing towards improving my average wpm lmao
As an ex-regular typist who switched to touch-typing, I wanna mention that you CAN type fast with regular typing, but you're more likely to make mistakes. So, you're really better off learning to touch-type as it will make your life easier by helping you type faster without making many mistakes. (Also, it feels a lot more satisfying.)
What's touch typing
@@braulioherrera8418 if you dont know just google it, kinda lame that you came on a video about touch typing to ask what touch typing is :/
Or. You can just practice regular typing, and be faster and make less mistakes. Why artificially restrict yourself because you are too lazy to take extra time learning a faster method?
Solid 80 wpm here, and practicing touch typing did teach me a lot about discipline, perseverance and english (given that my main language is portuguese). A great, fun and useful hobby.
Who else thought touch typing is typing by just *touching* the keys, rather than pressing them?
Lol me
Yeah, but touch typing i see there is actually 10-finger typing
Ye lol i still dont know what touch typing is 😂
@@goat905 It's typing with your 10 fingers without looking
@@NicksStuff oh ty!
I thought my man was gonna show us how to type on a touch screen all star trek like
I started this same experiment just a month back. At start my typing speed was around 10-12 wpm. I continued it for 12 days. And I ended up with 32 wpm. Later I didn't continue it. 😅 I want to be over 50wpm. May be I will start again. But exactly like you've mentioned, when I start I couldn't stop.
How fast can you type now? Seeing the results is addictive :)
@@wladfan sorry to disappoint you buddy. But as I have mentioned earlier, I have stopped the experiment after reaching the 32wpm mark which is below average I know. But at that time pmy work didn't allow me to practice any longer. Now I am thinking about continuing that again. And I surely let you know if I pass my next 50wpm target. I will probably mark my progress by editing this comment or continuing this thread. I don't know 😅
i am trying this. currently on day 4. started out using two fingers, now i can type without looking although i am no speed demon. started with proper technique only being able to type around 12-15 wpm. on day 4 averaging 34 today, so not too bad but not great either. overall I think i spent about 8 hours on this and i would say its worth it just to be able to type without looking
How's it coming along for you?
I'm starting tommorow
@@unrealbot3027 got to 85wpm max avg 68 in around 30days and no longer look at kb to type.
@@unrealbot3027 I got to 85wpm max and avg around 70 now. Took me approximately 30 days to reach that. I wasn't practicing on keybr everyday but when I did it was addictive. I no longer think about typing at all and never need to look at the keyboard, so overall it was worth it for sure. Just don't get discouraged at the beginning. The increase in speed comes from accuracy first before speed. The trick is to memorize the layout of the keyboard and try to be consistent with the fingers you use to hit the different letters. Eventually once you have mastered the letters you can focus on the numbers and punctuation. At times you will feel like you hit your max, but then the next day the speed increases by a few wpm or more depending on your individual circumstances. I no longer practice on those sites. Now I just use the skill as needed to accomplish whatever it is I need to type.
I can learn how to touch type in 2 seconds if I’m raging in the chat or talking shit
Kalle is such a humble man
Madlove✌️❤️
The thing about practicing typing is that when you start..... You.Cannot.Stop.
Btw for anyone who is wondering firstly you really do not need all 5 fingers I can type at 100-130 wpm and I don't use my pinky for anything but the shift key. That's because the finger is weak and lacks mobility which makes it kinda unusable at high speeds. Also you don't actually need to use the "Correct typing position" for example again me I use one where my left hand hovers over wasd and moves from there and one where my right hand hovers over the entire right side of the keyboard. (I'm not recommending you use this but this is what worked for me.) Essentially find a position that is comfortable for you while still allowing you to access all of the keys. If you can do those two things it doesn't really matter where your hands are situated.
He looks like a temp from the office giving interview and Michael gonna interrupt him any minute
Use your fingers - that's what she said
Level 100: Now replicate this typing speed while editing a document in VIM
even though I type faster I envy his progress. It took me years!
I had learnt this skill back in college. This was four years ago. It was not easy. I was using an application called typing master. I gave up twice after completing 25% course, because I got frustrated because I kept making mistakes and my fingers were feeling uncomfortable, however in the third attempt, after restarting the course, I completed the course without giving up, and in 3 months, I completed all the keys.
I was reaching a mere 30-40 WPM. I was happy because now I was able to type without looking at the keyboard.
After practicing even more for a year, my speed reached 60 WPM. (Not hardcore practice, just typing casually)
Now 4 years after I learnt this, after using this skill at my workplace (even though my work does not involve much typing) I now reach up to 80 words per minute.
This is a very COOL skill, people are quite amazed, impressed when they see me typing, and they ask me how I do it. Lol.
Same but I can type around 110 wpm
About the Qwerty layout explanation there is no good reason behind it really or the reason behind it is a relic of the past when key jamming was a thing if you want a layout that make sense(for english text) check out Dvorak.
Or Colemak.
-this post was made by the Colemak Collective (Dvorak is cool though)
There's always QGMLWY
It is actually really nice to see the expected progression in 30 days. From my experiences I can say that switching to a mechanical keyboard slowed me down, when compared to chiclet style on my mbp. But it is maybe influenced by the type of switches as well, idk. Also, I've heard that using a DVORAK layout will greatly improve the typing speed, if anyone have tried that it would be nice to know!
The problem with a different keyboard layout is that: good luck typing on any other machine than your own.
Dvorak is scientifically a little efficient in key placement but i don't think that will a significant difference
I've typed in Qwerty for past 2 years my average speed was 55 wpm
Last month I've switched to Dvorak and i average about 60 wpm
and i think the increase is purely because I've put more effort while learning
I used to type in DVORAK for half a year and my speed improved significantly. But i decided to go back to QWERTZ (i'm German) because i have to work on other peoples machines alot in my job and switching between Layouts all the time slowed me down in the end.
If you just use your own machines i think it's worth giving it a shot.
I am training for a year and I recently broke my typing record and now my record is 92 wpm on 10fasfingers(pro typing speed) with non-mechanical keyboard
oh i’m so much better on a non mechanical lol but that’s probably cause i’ve been using mac’s for most my life the switch to mechanical was bizarre to say the least lol my hands are still kinda confused
I'm literally addicted to typing man I just can't stop practising and it is kinda fascinating
Almost all video shots of kalle is like Commercials, 😍 Loved it
Divide the practice into parts:
part 1: practice 1/2/3 finger zone at a time
I type at 7 wpm 😁
Edit: now I type at 70 wpm (practice makes you perfect iam the example)
wew!
i type 20 wpm and can't exceed that😔
is there any tips or advice other than practice?
@@اسامهمحمد-ع7م5ت start with keybr then move to other sites when you get better