Aw man I wish I had mentioned this! You're absolutely correct. I had to spend some time working on my 80% accuracy before I tried to type faster haha. Definitely not the thing to neglect- thanks for dropping the comment! 🔥
@@Rayzerow it's actually two finger game and one on space..this strategy is not a good pick in long run better learn touch typing and if possible go with Dvorak keyboard layout (not recommended for absolute beginners)
My touch typing journey: WPM before touch typing: 45 Started to learn touch typing during mid August WPM during August 2020: 30 WPM during September: 45 WPM during October: 50 WPM during November: 55 WPM during December 2020: 65 EDIT: I just hit 113 wpm on a 60s test on monkeytype as of 3rd June 2021 :) Current WPM: 115 wpm I use monkeytype, tenfastfingers and typeracer now. I learnt TT from typingclub and keybr when I was a beginner. I didn't really type much during Sept/Oct/Nov, got demotivated. Also to beginners out there: it's going to be a rough path at the start, some people just give up. Keep practicing, you'll make progress for sure. Make sure to take breaks too.
Bro I literally went from ~50WPM (looking at the keyboard) to barely 10, I could feel my brains screaming WHY, but I'm not even 1 week in and I'm already at 35WPM, no regrets
I used to type 40 WPM before learning Touch Typing and then my speed gradually decreased to about 20 WPM, but after 3 months of practicing it, i am at 70-75 WPM now
Hey listen im nt getting 1 thing in ma mind that what course of typing is providng to us by tutors ,thy also advise nvr to look at the keyboard ,So any bdy wud specify me how it varies from that type of typing ? Evry one is showing thy reached 30 to 90 ,23 to 60 bt if sme learng from 0 level then how he wud reachd at 30wpm within 30 days of time
Ahaha this is great 😂 So true, too. I think if people find another layout works for them, go for it, but I'm all about working with what you have in the moment and working on your own skill versus the tools you use. Hopefully this video gave some good tips 🔥
😎 I'm also very appreciative of comments, which is most of the reason I've tried to respond to as many as I can heh heh Makes life a little easier though, ngl. Hope you got some value from the vid! :D
A couple months ago I was at 30 wpm and I thought it would be so cool if I had 60 wpm and it felt like I would never get there. Now I’m around 70 wpm and looking back I feel like I can do anything that I want to accomplish.
THAT'S THE GAME! Keep it up, all in the long game. Never forget how far you've come because you can always keep moving forward. Thanks so much for dropping a comment and keep up the great work 🔥
Started on keybr when I built my pc this past year. Never touch typed in my life, and it was amazing for a beginner. I'm now up to around 90 wpm. If you're a beginner, definitely give keybr a try. It's still on my favorites bar lol.
I've been using KeyBR a lot recently in my attempts to remap and I'm back at around 90wpm with this new mapping myself. Glad to hear there's another faithful user out there haha, keep up the good work! 🔥
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Good video. I started as a 50+ with touch typing in 2019 after typing over 30 years with 3 and a half fingers. Now I'm in the high 80's and still slowly improving. Remember it will be with ups and downs. At times you will fall back in speed but maybe a week later or so you'll make a jump to new highs. It's just like you said, just practice daily 5 minutes and you'll be amazed at how fast you will improve. But after 70WPM it will go slowly, at least for me.
Remembering the ups and downs is what it's all about- all in the long game! Many thanks for dropping your comment, always good to hear the positivity 🔥 Keep it up!
I wasn’t allowed to use computers often until late middle school and early high school, so I am just now learning how to type properly. I’m decent at pecking (I use like 3-4 fingers on each hand) but it’s just not fast enough for me. So I’m just using the proper typing method for everything except my urgent essays to force myself to learn. TH-cam comments (yes, this one), chat messages in online school, discord, etc. Hopefully I’ll get better, I have a long road ahead
I started to learn touch typing about 6-7 months ago and now I'm at 100-120 wpm. There were times where my typing speed would get stuck at a certain speed for weeks without any progress, but it did work out in the end.
Before learning touch typing, my speed was around 40-50 wpm (measured on keybr)using hunt and peck with index and middle fingers of both hands. Once I started learning touch typing, my speed dropped to 20-30 wpm (measured on monkey type and keybr). Now after practicing a lot for 2.5 months, I am at around 75-80 wpm with 95-97% accuracy (monkeytype with punctuations, numbers, with 2 minute sessions). I think by the end of 2021 (today is Oct 10, 2021), I might hit 100 wpm. I just need to give it more time. My dream speed is 190 wpm with 100% accuracy. What worked for me: To practice hitting the keys right, for the 1.5 months, I allowed myself look at the keyboard and only hit the key with the correct finger. I'm 22, I wish touch typing was taught as a skill to all computer classes in schools from kindergarten (rather than teaching shit like: this is a mouse, this is a keyboard, this is a monitor....). It as important a skill as writing. (at least in the current era).
I love seeing this kind of progress update, those triple digits are right around the corner! I think technology definitely advanced quickly enough that keyboarding being taught in schools just missed a generation. Personally a lot of it came from playing online games and looking up typing lessons, but it's much more mainstream now. Better now than never! Thanks for dropping by the vid 🔥
It really is blowing up... 😰 Thanks for stopping by and I'm so glad you got value from it! I have another, more recent, typing vid in case you're ever hungry for more 🔥
@@markbacon78 It really has, I started on an IBM Model KB8923, soon after the membrane didn't give me much improvment since its not giving me that Rollover i needed to get faster. Now using a custom Mech, GK61 I built, I ran up from 80s to above 100, and I have been using discord on the pc more than the phone to improve, and using everything even a bluetooth mech on my phone to keep up the practice. even texting with a mech on my phone. Tbh this helped, you deserve my sub!
I started touch typing at November 2020, with a wpm of 19, and now 20 March 2021 I have an consistent wpm ranging from 70-80. I am really happy with how far I have come from
Ion know if you gonna reply but I used some of these steps on here and I did really improved on my typing, I went from 30-40 WPM, now I'm a good 45-55 (sometimes I'm 60). Thanks bro.
Ayy well done! Average of 60 is right around the corner, haha. Those highest numbers exist only to show us we can reach them more frequently and then surpass them. Keep it up! 🔥
before touch typing (6 months ago) I thought I was a fast typist. I was typing at around 35 WPM. I’m still pretty much a touch typing beginner, and I’m now at around 65-75 WPM when typing actual sentences.
I've been practicing typing since the beginning of September of this year. I had played Type Racer before (another typing game) so I started with about 60WPM and now after having practiced a month in typing test (in Spanish language) I get to 80WPM solid and with peaks of up to 90WPM.
I watched this video a year ago and I forgot to thank you for helping me improve a lot. I was 58 wpm. Now I am at 93 wpm. I have surpassed everyone in my school now so this is one of the videos that has helped me get there.
Ahhhh that's so awesome to hear! :D Thank you for coming back and saying so! Those triple digits are so close... I'm sure you can practically taste 'em, haha. Keep up the great work!
@@markbacon78 I already taste them. I still haven't reached my goal but I am at 94 wpm. I could type even faster. I have a hard time doing that because I mess up and I am getting a lot better at accuracy as well so I will reach it no problem.
I can honestly agree touch typing helps so much with the speed and reliability of your typing, with my own method of typing I was already fast hitting around 90 wpm, but once I learnt touch typing I managed to hit my PB of 128 wpm :D
This comment singlehandedly restored all of my energy lmaooo - I'm super happy hear the video gave you value! I've got another one coming up in just a few days so keep an eye out- keep up the great progress 🔥🔥
@Primal Power The little achievements are indeed what keep us going, life is about the small things. Congrats on hitting 48-50-- it's only up from here! 🥳
I started one month ago and I average on 33wpm. I'll be back in one month to update. Besides that I really liked your video, please continue with the amazing work!
Hey, I started learning touch type on October 2020. On day one I was typing normally(not touch typing) at 19 wpm, I was extremely slow. After one month of practice on keybr I got to 27wpm touch typing. After another month of practice on 10 fast fingers i reached 45 wpm. After December I had a lot of school work so I practiced rarely but I reached 60wpm. One week ago I finished school so I started practicing again and I reached 77 wpm on 10fastfingers with 96% accuracy and 70wpm with 99% accuracy. The secret: practice and focus on accuracy.
Practice and focus, I love to hear it- you're absolutely right! Thanks for sharing :D Progress is a slow game but a really rewarding one. Keep up the great work! 🔥
I really enjoyed the video and I was really surprised to see you have only 343 subs and I subbed. This was pretty helpful even though I do already know some pretty good websites, but this still helped. (Btw my typing speed on a good day is around 100 :)
Thanks so much- so happy to hear it! And hey- everyone's gotta start at some number, haha. I've got another typing video I just released in case you're curious for more 🔥 Glad you got something, and soon enough those good days will be 120, 130, and higher. Keep it up!
here are some things you forgot to mention in this video(I understand it's not easy to include everything): 1.reading ahead: this is one of the least talked about but important skills,when you want to reach 120 wpm on average(or more) reading ahead is an important factor,at 120 wpm average reading 1 word ahead is enough,but if you can do more that's great(you have to for like avg 170 wpm ) 2.typing word by word instead of letter by letter: again if you want to reach 120 wpm on average you want to be typing word by word instead of letter by letter,as an example if you want to type mountain don't type m o u n t a i n ,instead think of it like a piano cord,you should drop the hands on the keyboard and mountain should appear,don't worry if this doesn't happen at first, and you can start smaller,you can break up mountain into moun and tain (also at speeds likie 160+wpm you should increase the chunk from 1 word to 2 words to as many as you can handle) 3.not typing every word at the same pace: once you are trying to get 100+ wpm you should think about that you don't have to type every word at the same pace,if there is a word with many uncommon characters slow down to avoid making a mistake. 4.have separate times to focus on accuracy and raw speed 5.this is just a thing to be remembered: progress is not linear so don't be sad if you go throw weeks or even months before you made any tangible progress. credits to john for his information his video on this topic:th-cam.com/video/oOdfefV2R1I/w-d-xo.html
I actually just saw that earlier today haha. I also discussed the reading ahead thing in my later typing video so it’s nice to know someone more qualified than me agrees 😂
Yea I never really learned how to type properly either, but when I wanted to type faster I did some googling and found some helpful articles. I'm glad this video can be one of those resources for you! 🔥
I have been practicing typing on 10FastFingers for like a month, and I went from like 40wpm to 70wpm, I just sometimes try some tests there like once in three days for maybe 15minutes
Learned to TouchType in about 3 weeks. Went from ~40 wpm ("pecking") to 14 wpm after about 3 days. After practicing in only keybr for about a week I got to 30 wpm and 80% accuracy. After the second week I was at like 40 wpm, but I felt like I was typing faster than that. Then I realised I was pressing backspace half of the time, loosing most of the gained speed. Then I just worked on my 80% accuracy. Now it's been about a month since I started learning touch typing and I'm at ~70 wpm and 95% accuracy and 60 wpm with punctuation and 90-93% accuracy. Not nearly near my goal of 100 wpm with punctuation with
Honestly right now alternating between TypeRacer, Nitro Type and 10 Fast Fingers is helping me a lot right now. Just doing it when I feel like it and I'm close to a 100wpm average from the 90 I had about a week ago
I've been using keybr for 3 days now, and for about 4 hours in total, and it really highly changed my writing speed and very quickly, I went from 70 top speed with the way I've been writing to 20-30 in the first hour of learning how to write with 10 fingers ( I was using 6-7 fingers before ) and in the second hour I finished learning the keys and started practicing them and getting used to it, in the third hour top speed then went to about 40-50 wpm and in the fourth hour, i kept doing it over and over and reached about 65-70 wpm average. I also reached 90 wpm top speed, I can guaranty the best website TO START is keybr.com, the way it helps you learn the placement of the fingers, the way it keeps making you practice specific keys etc, if you want to learn touch typing, start to keybr.com :) I am now still practicing my speed to reach about 90wpm average and then I'll focus on my accuracy ( I'm thinking about 10fastfingers where you actually have to delete what you wrote if you messed up etc.. ) Anyway thanks for recommending these websites :)
Couldn't agree more with this testament! For the longest time (and still the habit returns sometimes unfortunately) I used only two fingers on my right hand. KeyBR helped me out of that habit so absolutely an amazing site! Thanks for stopping by the video and hope you got some value out of it, thanks again for sharing! 🔥
Hey dude awesome channel. Just found it from the incredible comment from Richard s last video. Our channels are really similar. Hope you grow fast! Keep up your amazing work here on TH-cam
Ay thanks man! You have some fire thumbnails 👊 Short bite-size videos an excellent format too, I'll have to have a small binge later today! Hope you see some dope growth as well, let's grow together 🔥
i have been two finger typist all my life until last week i decided to learn typing,always thought i can do it and my 2 finger typing speed has always been between 25-35WPM, right now after week one i am at 20WPM on touch typing Hoping for great improvement in future as practicing daily for 45min Thanks for the video
This video is clean! And full of content too. Hoping to see your popularity increase, dude! And as a student myself, I quite appreciate the little study tips as a side note. Keep it up, you earned my sub!
I was around 50 wpm before touch typing, with touch typing I decreased to like 30 wpm but I forced myself to use it, it felt weird at first but now after 3 years I am 100+ wpm consistently without doing any extra effort apart from forcing myself to do touch typing and I don't regret it
Bonus tips not in this video: - Deliberate practice matters! Make an effort to fit in 10-15 minutes every day to practice typing accurately, then with pure speed (mix it up). - Ogre twitch by feeling around the keycaps to get an idea on how far your fingers need to be to get to the next key - Crescendo/gliscendo your fingers for common key combos like (ol), (ed), (fr), etc... - Natural resting position on qwerty can be (awef) (jio;) or whatever gets you to the next word faster Mega advanced tip: change up the keyboard layout every once in a while. It'll be slow at first, but focusing on technique matters so that you can return to your native keyboard layout or (gasp) you might find a layout that's faster to type on like QGMLWY (of carpalx fame) or Dvorak.
Yea- I agree with it all! I mentioned that first one a lot more in my latest typing video, but those other ones are some solid tips I don't know if I was fully aware of behind. As for layout, I'm personally a QWERTY person just because I find it pretty reliable that for any given keyboard to use, it'll be a QWERTY keyboard so it's largely a functionality thing. Getting used to diff formats is definitely good though, and if you type a lot on your own keyboard it could definitely be worth it. Thanks for dropping the comment and I hope you got some value from the vid! 🔥
All right, trying out mindful touch typing. I can currently type at about 20 WPM without looking. 2 weeks ago I was still using only my index fingers. Up until now I was using tipp 10, which is especially good for beginners because it has lessons where it slowly introduces new keys.
Ayyy that's awesome! I'm sure you're even further now even if it's been a few days. Keep up the good work and time will deliver results! Thanks for dropping by
I was practicing everyday for about 2 weeks or so and was making great progress, but then my forearms ended up getting sore and typing now just leaves me in pain.
Rest rest rest REST! 🔥 The practice is great, but rest is super important. I talk a bit more in my latest typing video about the fact that typing is still a physical exercise. Rest up and then get back to it when you're ready
In the past 2 months, I have gone from not knowing how to touch type to having an average speed of between 70-80 wpm, where my highest ever score was 89 wpm. My improvement has started slowing down a little, but my average is still going up. The way I learned to touch type was pretty different, but what I did was look up a touch typing map which pretty much just shows you which key corresponds to which finger and then I forced myself to touch type for school assignments or work (online), it was really slow at first, and I had awful accuracy, but my speed and accuracy both got up quickly and I usually get between 96 to 98% now, I mainly use type racer and 10fastfingers to practice, as well as nitro type from time to time, and I am able to type on both a mechanical keyboard (pc) and a membrane keyboard (laptop). Honestly, it is one of the most useful skills I have ever learned and it has improved my productivity and quality of work by a large margin, I feel like I came across this video too late, but it was still an interesting watch, either way, good luck to everyone who’s typing journey is starting here. Hope, you enjoy it as much as I do. Edit: I just hit 90 wpm on type racer on a short text, I tried it again, and I got my first 100+ wpm with 100% accuracy
I started a few weeks ago with something like 40 wpm. Now I am at around 70 wpm but it seems like I am stuck there and altough my accuracy is pretty good I have like no way of getting any faster than the high seventies or sometimes if it is a good run bearly 80wpm.
Keep up the practice and push yourself- with consistent effort you WILL get there! 🔥 How far you've come is a good representation of how far you will go.
I remember back in early 2016 when I tried 10fastfingers for the first time.. I could only type 16 wpm. 16.. I then start practicing every single day. I would spend 2 to 3 hours of dedicated practice time.. Every week I increased my typing speed by 5-10. I reached 50 wpm by the end June 2016.. Then I accidentally found type racer. That's the first time I practiced typing an entire paragraph with (comma, semi colons, apostrophe, numbers, etc). As I expected, my avg speed on typeracer is 35. Slower than my avg on 10fastfingers. I didn't get discouraged. It actually inspired me to keep practicing. So several months later (October 2016 I think) I finally reached 60 wpm which in the skill level would categorised me as typemaster. I couldn't believe my eyes. I then searched for Typing Competition in TH-cam and I saw Sean Wrona got 150 wpm. The dude inspires me so much that I would spend entire weekend practicing. That's when I set the goal to reach 80 wpm (the baseline of "Megaracer" in typeracer) by December 2016. Eventually I reached 80 wpm.. But I am still not satisfied so I jokingly told my friend that I'm aiming for 100 wpm. By March 2017, I reached (90 wpm in typeracer) and (104 in 10fastfingers). I then start bump up my training a little more then I eventually hit 100 wpm in typeracer and 110 in 10fastfingers by June 2017. 1 year of practice took me from 16 wpm to 100 wpm. It's quite a journey actually.. Right now I can casually hit 120+ wpm in 10fastfingers and I have an average of 104wpm in typeracer.. Sorry for the long story.. Edit: I'm not sure whether I can still reach new height or not. I'm happy and satisfied with my current speed.
Don't apologize- I love to see it! Keeping track of progress like that and reflecting on that is amazing 🔥 In terms of whether you think you can reach new heights or not, I say you can, absolutely. A way I like to frame progress is, "if you are satisfied with what is good, you will never be satisfied with what could be great". Be content with this epic 120+ wpm, but not for too long. If you find you have the drive to start up again, I say work to be content with 130+... then keep on going up! Thank you for sharing your story 😀
I type only with my Index Finger and 2 days back I was at 36 WPM , now I'm at 51 WPM , I typed only an hour a day... My parents don't allow me more than that and I'm 13 : )
Using all your fingers and learning to touch types are easily the two things that increase your speed tenfold! That's awesome progress, keep it up and you'll see triple digits in no time! 🔥
yooo same here we dont have our own computer but i played alot of hours in computershops and practiced alot of typing here and there, today im currently 80wpm ave :)
@@markbacon78 Thank you very much , I practised touch typing and all fingers typing on keybr.com and now my speed is 63 WPM , I'm making a steady progress and here in India , you need at least 65 WPM to be a professional typist.... So , now I'm going to help my family economically as well..... Hope they allow me to practise regularly.... : D
i want to change the fact that i still do pecking. I'll be tracking my progress every week for the next 3 months. Starting point: - pecking 32 wpm - touch typing 9 wpm ( still trying to memorize the placement of the keys) 1st week update: -13 wpm (all keys) -38 wpm (using 9 keys in keybr) Update: -26 wpm in touch typing -im down to learning the last key
Those plateaus happen- find ways to push yourself! In my latest typing video I go over some methods to do that. One thing would be to start typing to your reading speed. In other words, force yourself to read fast so that you type to catch up. Chances are you'll start making a lot of errors- good! 🔥 Keep pushing yourself and you'll find ways to catch up and thus improve.
@@markbacon78 Well, it took me three weeks of learning to position my fingers with keybr.com (I still have problems with symbols) and now I'm 50-60. Now I'm moving to typeracer. I will comment again when I get to 150 or something :P I already felt a difference during work, I can type test data faster. Though I don't think it will make much difference while coding because that depends of thinking speed.
keybr with capitals and symbols has been the best way to improve for me, regular practice (on the same keyboard) really makes a difference. Apple magic keyboard for me over any mechanical.
I will say Apple keyboards are pretty nice... haha. Been using keybr a lot lately and really do enjoy it. Glad you enjoyed the vid and thanks for dropping the comment! 🔥
Definitely a bold strategy and great for application! Podcasts could be another thing to do. I like the TH-cam video idea though because then you could contribute to subtitles or something. Thanks for dropping by!
I'm not a good typer in all means (100-110wpm average 98%+), but the most important tip I have is to try to make your accuracy as high as possible. It might be slow at first, but it does help a lot in the future.
This is true! Focusing on accuracy also helps us gauge progress. If we try to push ourselves to be faster and our accuracy goes down, it means we should try to improve accuracy at that higher speed. Can be super helpful to push past plateaus! Thanks for dropping a comment 🔥
It happens! 10 Fast Fingers actually has a mode (it's the hard mode in the top 1000 words challenge) that stops the test when you make an error in a word. It stops the test and shows you what you got wrong. While it's frustrating, it's what helped me with accuracy. Another thing would be to just purposely slow down. Build up the muscle memory at a slightly slower pace, then as you build up see when you start making the errors (i.e. at what relative speed the errors begin). Work on that a little bit, push a bit faster... rinse and repeat! Hope that helps 🔥
2:01 Are you using blue or green mechanical switches? If you are, then thats why they’re so loud. If they weren’t blues or greens then stop reading. If you want a quiet mechanical keyboard try to go for the red, brown, or black switches. The black ones are a little heavier and more uncommon. But the reds smooth. The browns are like the reds, quiet, but theyre not smooth. They have a bump to them. You really know which switch you like you should try different switches
Yea I’ve always wondered about the different switches, but the truth is I’ve never actually owned a mechanical keyboard. Every time I’ve seen a friends or something they just seem louder, but one of these days I’ll give it a shot for sure! Will have to come back and check this comment and look into the switch types again haha. Thanks for sharing! 🔥
I have around 115 avg wpm, but I have some bad habits, such as never using my pinky and some keys not the recommended fingers. How important would you say it is to re learn the basic fingerings? Also in some games that I play (league) I have deep ingrained habits of using my 4th finger on Q, so do you have any advice for me?
For a very long time- and sometimes I still go back to this habit- I only used two fingers on my right hand and all five on my left. I believe this is what allowed me to go from 140 to 160. When I made the switch to using four fingers (not thumb) on my right hand, I dropped way down but as I overrid the muscle memory, I got there over time. Personally, as a result, I think it’s super important, and the more you practice- and the earlier you start to relearn this fingering- the better 🔥 As for League, I personally only use my left pinky for the left shift button. Try to relearn the fingerings, but if you have to compromise, then compromise! I don’t use the exact proper fingering, but what’s important is that you don’t have one finger covering half a keyboard. It’s all about what works for you.
When I started playing video games my wpm was like 30. After a few months I memorized the whole entire keyboard and it increased to 70-100. I’ve recently started actually practicing typing and it went up to 165. (I got 165 wpm on a school chromebook lol) my current goal is 170
I used to practice this way: I disabled my mic on discord for almost a month so that I had to type what I had to say and told the others to turn on text to speech when they've joined a vc. This may sound stupid but it gives you a lotta practice.
Maybe not every, but most certainly a large majority 😤 Been doing this for years so having an audience is something I want to make sure I can interact with as much as possible in the off chance things take off even more. I appreciate the support haha, give that hit a bit of an extra boost 😎
One tip for all you guys...try to maintain accuracy of 95+ ..certainly it will decrease the initial speed but help you in long run..
Aw man I wish I had mentioned this! You're absolutely correct. I had to spend some time working on my 80% accuracy before I tried to type faster haha. Definitely not the thing to neglect- thanks for dropping the comment! 🔥
thats right prath, good job
Yeah i am doing
Tbh, my typing speed was always around 87-97 wpm at about 98+ accuracy
That, with only 3 fingers
Can't seem to increase my speed though
@@Rayzerow it's actually two finger game and one on space..this strategy is not a good pick in long run better learn touch typing and if possible go with Dvorak keyboard layout (not recommended for absolute beginners)
I was on 40 wpm 2 weeks ago now I'm at a solid 55 wpm
YEAAAAA LET'S GOOOOO 🥳 Keep it up, that's some insane improvement- I love to hear it! Let me know what strategies continue to work for you 🔥🔥
@@markbacon78 10 fast fingers and type racer every day for 30 min or longer depends if I'm in the mood
Loving it! Keep up that consistency 🔥
2 months since 55 wpm, i am stuck at it.
@Primal Power Measurable progress, let's GO! 🔥
My touch typing journey:
WPM before touch typing: 45
Started to learn touch typing during mid August
WPM during August 2020: 30
WPM during September: 45
WPM during October: 50
WPM during November: 55
WPM during December 2020: 65
EDIT: I just hit 113 wpm on a 60s test on monkeytype as of 3rd June 2021 :)
Current WPM: 115 wpm
I use monkeytype, tenfastfingers and typeracer now. I learnt TT from typingclub and keybr when I was a beginner. I didn't really type much during Sept/Oct/Nov, got demotivated.
Also to beginners out there: it's going to be a rough path at the start, some people just give up. Keep practicing, you'll make progress for sure. Make sure to take breaks too.
Ayyy I love this! It's all about the long game, and measuring progress is where it's at. Amazingly done! 🔥 Keep it up
Bro I literally went from ~50WPM (looking at the keyboard) to barely 10, I could feel my brains screaming WHY, but I'm not even 1 week in and I'm already at 35WPM, no regrets
How many hours do guys practice? Per day
@@fluffycatcorn262 Hmm, around 20-30 mins spread out for the entire day.
@@unibrow9384 Thanks imma do that :D
I used to type 40 WPM before learning Touch Typing and then my speed gradually decreased to about 20 WPM, but after 3 months of practicing it, i am at 70-75 WPM now
It's definitely worth it- all about the long game! Keep it up 🔥
Man same, except that I'm not at the state of 15wpm with touch typing...
damn when i started about two months ago i was at about ten or eleven and know im averaging about forty to 50 wmp
Yes after I learnt touch typing my speed decreased too....but it is slowly increasing....
Hey listen im nt getting 1 thing in ma mind that what course of typing is providng to us by tutors ,thy also advise nvr to look at the keyboard ,So any bdy wud specify me how it varies from that type of typing ? Evry one is showing thy reached 30 to 90 ,23 to 60 bt if sme learng from 0 level then how he wud reachd at 30wpm within 30 days of time
Finally a video that doesn’t just tell you to use dvorak
Ahaha this is great 😂 So true, too. I think if people find another layout works for them, go for it, but I'm all about working with what you have in the moment and working on your own skill versus the tools you use. Hopefully this video gave some good tips 🔥
Of course, because you have to use workman layout! 😁👍
Why not? Awesome keyboard
@@shanewalsh1573 , dear friend, hello! To say truth, only training QWERTY stops me of trying others layouts :-)
@@DmitriNesterov yep, i understand that. If I was shitty at typing, so that's the main reason I tried dvorak
took me three months to reach solid 60 wpm from not knowing how to type at all
WHOA! :D That's some fantastic progress, keep it up! 🔥
When looking at that I spent 2 weeks I was at 55 and now I'm at 60-68
@@chris-c-ro3992 That's great! 🔥 Keep up the progress climb
What do you its your first time to touch a keyboard?
@@davidblame2480 We all start somewhere! Just focus on getting a few WPM and keep practicing, just like typing out this comment 🔥
The legends tell that the taped glass still lives on our hearts
AHAHAHAHA I'M DEAD that's hilarious 😂 I'm glad they don't go unappreciated
Clicking on this video I was not expecting such quality. You earned my sub.
Well dang, that's quite the compliment! :D I like to think I've gotten even better since, haha, glad you enjoyed it 🔥
Lol I also subbed him but didn't find any reason, maybe this was the reason...😂🤣
When you type so fast u can respond to any comment no problem
😎 I'm also very appreciative of comments, which is most of the reason I've tried to respond to as many as I can heh heh
Makes life a little easier though, ngl. Hope you got some value from the vid! :D
@@markbacon78 are you responding to comments on mobile? Because of the emoticons
Nope! Windows shortcut hack: WIN + . brings up an emoticon window to choose from 🔥
@@markbacon78 oh never knew that, was already thinking about what kind of insane typing speed you probably have on mobile lmao
LMAO - I'm probably faster on keyboard tbh but that honestly might be a funny video idea ahaha
Last two months, i kept practicing and practicing and then i went from 10 wpm to 95 wpm
Edit: 97 wpm
Edit: 100 wpm
Edit: 123 wpm
INSANITY! 🔥 Keep it up
@@markbacon78 thx
@@macrene3096 how often did you practice?
@@matik9099 uhh everyday but i stopped last two months ago because i think 128 wpm is enough for me
@@matik9099 im still planning to get 200 wpm though
I was at 60wpm then I switched to touch typing over the past 2 days and I’m now down to 20wpm. It’s a tough process but definitely worth it
I am down to about 90wpm myself with remapping, but I'm sure it'll be worth it as you said! Let's surpass our old speeds 🔥 Keep up the great work!
A couple months ago I was at 30 wpm and I thought it would be so cool if I had 60 wpm and it felt like I would never get there. Now I’m around 70 wpm and looking back I feel like I can do anything that I want to accomplish.
THAT'S THE GAME! Keep it up, all in the long game. Never forget how far you've come because you can always keep moving forward. Thanks so much for dropping a comment and keep up the great work 🔥
Started on keybr when I built my pc this past year. Never touch typed in my life, and it was amazing for a beginner. I'm now up to around 90 wpm. If you're a beginner, definitely give keybr a try. It's still on my favorites bar lol.
I've been using KeyBR a lot recently in my attempts to remap and I'm back at around 90wpm with this new mapping myself. Glad to hear there's another faithful user out there haha, keep up the good work! 🔥
When you wakeup your entire family by tying ,you are progressing
Empirical metric 100
and use blue switches and slam your keyboard
@@0divide136 why is this comment so true xD
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Good video. I started as a 50+ with touch typing in 2019 after typing over 30 years with 3 and a half fingers. Now I'm in the high 80's and still slowly improving. Remember it will be with ups and downs. At times you will fall back in speed but maybe a week later or so you'll make a jump to new highs. It's just like you said, just practice daily 5 minutes and you'll be amazed at how fast you will improve. But after 70WPM it will go slowly, at least for me.
Remembering the ups and downs is what it's all about- all in the long game! Many thanks for dropping your comment, always good to hear the positivity 🔥 Keep it up!
I wasn’t allowed to use computers often until late middle school and early high school, so I am just now learning how to type properly. I’m decent at pecking (I use like 3-4 fingers on each hand) but it’s just not fast enough for me.
So I’m just using the proper typing method for everything except my urgent essays to force myself to learn. TH-cam comments (yes, this one), chat messages in online school, discord, etc. Hopefully I’ll get better, I have a long road ahead
A long road, but not an impossible one! With consistency you will get better for sure. I wish you the best of luck and keep up the practice! 🔥
I started to learn touch typing about 6-7 months ago and now I'm at 100-120 wpm. There were times where my typing speed would get stuck at a certain speed for weeks without any progress, but it did work out in the end.
Ayyy all about the long game- love to hear it! Keep up the good work 🔥
@@markbacon78 Thanks man, you too!
Before learning touch typing, my speed was around 40-50 wpm (measured on keybr)using hunt and peck with index and middle fingers of both hands.
Once I started learning touch typing, my speed dropped to 20-30 wpm (measured on monkey type and keybr).
Now after practicing a lot for 2.5 months, I am at around 75-80 wpm with 95-97% accuracy (monkeytype with punctuations, numbers, with 2 minute sessions).
I think by the end of 2021 (today is Oct 10, 2021), I might hit 100 wpm. I just need to give it more time.
My dream speed is 190 wpm with 100% accuracy.
What worked for me: To practice hitting the keys right, for the 1.5 months, I allowed myself look at the keyboard and only hit the key with the correct finger.
I'm 22, I wish touch typing was taught as a skill to all computer classes in schools from kindergarten (rather than teaching shit like: this is a mouse, this is a keyboard, this is a monitor....).
It as important a skill as writing. (at least in the current era).
I agree with it being as important as writing nowadays I’m lucky my school taught us to type
@@chillrats7730 Nice!!
Skills taught in childhood or teenage years become natural
I love seeing this kind of progress update, those triple digits are right around the corner!
I think technology definitely advanced quickly enough that keyboarding being taught in schools just missed a generation. Personally a lot of it came from playing online games and looking up typing lessons, but it's much more mainstream now. Better now than never! Thanks for dropping by the vid 🔥
This video just blowed up and I love it! It's informative, concise and has everything I need! Thank you!
It really is blowing up... 😰 Thanks for stopping by and I'm so glad you got value from it! I have another, more recent, typing vid in case you're ever hungry for more 🔥
I started at 20 wpm, now running 120s after 1 and a half months of typing after watching this video of how to improve. Thanks man~
ABSOLUTE MADLAD 🔥 Keep up the great work! Happy to hear this video gave you some value
@@markbacon78 It really has, I started on an IBM Model KB8923, soon after the membrane didn't give me much improvment since its not giving me that Rollover i needed to get faster. Now using a custom Mech, GK61 I built, I ran up from 80s to above 100, and I have been using discord on the pc more than the phone to improve, and using everything even a bluetooth mech on my phone to keep up the practice. even texting with a mech on my phone. Tbh this helped, you deserve my sub!
I started touch typing at November 2020, with a wpm of 19, and now 20 March 2021 I have an consistent wpm ranging from 70-80. I am really happy with how far I have come from
That's insanity! Amazing job! Progress is indeed a long game and you have discovered that. Keep up the great work! 🔥
Ion know if you gonna reply but I used some of these steps on here and I did really improved on my typing, I went from 30-40 WPM, now I'm a good 45-55 (sometimes I'm 60). Thanks bro.
Ayy well done! Average of 60 is right around the corner, haha. Those highest numbers exist only to show us we can reach them more frequently and then surpass them. Keep it up! 🔥
I love how you are encouraging people in the comments with kind words.
Amazing and really helpful video mate, you earned a sub
Have a nice day :)
Thanks for the sub and for stopping by the vid! You have a great day yourself 🎶
before touch typing (6 months ago) I thought I was a fast typist. I was typing at around 35 WPM. I’m still pretty much a touch typing beginner, and I’m now at around 65-75 WPM when typing actual sentences.
AWWW YEAAAA 🔥 Keep up the great progress! Triple digits inbound.
@@markbacon78 oh hello there, thanks!
I'm at the same speed too , Learning touch typing as of now Will update if I actually get faster , Touch Typing as of now as well !!! :D
I've been practicing typing since the beginning of September of this year. I had played Type Racer before (another typing game) so I started with about 60WPM and now after having practiced a month in typing test (in Spanish language) I get to 80WPM solid and with peaks of up to 90WPM.
Amazing! Keep up the great work 🔥
I watched this video a year ago and I forgot to thank you for helping me improve a lot. I was 58 wpm. Now I am at 93 wpm. I have surpassed everyone in my school now so this is one of the videos that has helped me get there.
Ahhhh that's so awesome to hear! :D Thank you for coming back and saying so! Those triple digits are so close... I'm sure you can practically taste 'em, haha. Keep up the great work!
@@markbacon78 I already taste them. I still haven't reached my goal but I am at 94 wpm. I could type even faster. I have a hard time doing that because I mess up and I am getting a lot better at accuracy as well so I will reach it no problem.
I can honestly agree touch typing helps so much with the speed and reliability of your typing, with my own method of typing I was already fast hitting around 90 wpm, but once I learnt touch typing I managed to hit my PB of 128 wpm :D
WOOO! Only up from there, too. Keep it up 🔥
Typing my notes really helped me. It helped me at school and I improved from 15WPM to 40 in only a week
Ayyy that's the game! Glad to hear you had a similar positive experience with that.
Great video. Fast, clear, informative, no unnecessary distractions. I'm going to use your tips and tools for typing. Thanks
Legends say that Mark Bacon's WPM will be as fast as flash. Keep up the good work man! I improved because of this tips and tricks, thank you so much.
This comment singlehandedly restored all of my energy lmaooo - I'm super happy hear the video gave you value! I've got another one coming up in just a few days so keep an eye out- keep up the great progress 🔥🔥
@@markbacon78 Same to you.
HE HAS MADE THIS VIDEO LIKE HE HAS ACHIEVED EVERYTHING
IN LIFE
I have no idea how to interpret this comment 🧐
@@markbacon78 well that's high iq move man!
@Primal Power The little achievements are indeed what keep us going, life is about the small things. Congrats on hitting 48-50-- it's only up from here! 🥳
@@markbacon78 I was not tryna offend you guys
@@igawchu3854 nah bro stand on your statement
Those glasses makes you look like an op *_otaku_* protagonist
DUDE YOU-
I'm dead 😂 This is so true. Hope you got some value, thanks for dropping the joke, that made my day 🔥
@@markbacon78 hehehe
I started one month ago and I average on 33wpm. I'll be back in one month to update. Besides that I really liked your video, please continue with the amazing work!
I'll keep an eye out! 🔥 Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for dropping by- keep up the good practice! :D
Hey, I started learning touch type on October 2020. On day one I was typing normally(not touch typing) at 19 wpm, I was extremely slow. After one month of practice on keybr I got to 27wpm touch typing. After another month of practice on 10 fast fingers i reached 45 wpm. After December I had a lot of school work so I practiced rarely but I reached 60wpm. One week ago I finished school so I started practicing again and I reached 77 wpm on 10fastfingers with 96% accuracy and 70wpm with 99% accuracy. The secret: practice and focus on accuracy.
Practice and focus, I love to hear it- you're absolutely right! Thanks for sharing :D Progress is a slow game but a really rewarding one. Keep up the great work! 🔥
@@markbacon78 thank you for the video
thanks alot 149 speed and i didn't even put alot of effort and i am 11 years old but if i type normaly i type around 150 wmp :)
Only up from here 😤 Keep it up! :D
Ty dude. I went from 60 to 76 ish. I am 10 :D
@@yes718 KEEP 👏 IT 👏 GOING 👏 Awesome progress, love to hear it!
@@thaict7689 my highest is 131 lol
@@markbacon78 ty man
It took me roughly about 1 month to reach the 100 wpm mark from not knowing how to type at all. Just grinded keybr an hour a day.
Love to hear it! Consistency is where it's all at- keep it up 🔥
I really enjoyed the video and I was really surprised to see you have only 343 subs and I subbed. This was pretty helpful even though I do already know some pretty good websites, but this still helped.
(Btw my typing speed on a good day is around 100 :)
Thanks so much- so happy to hear it! And hey- everyone's gotta start at some number, haha. I've got another typing video I just released in case you're curious for more 🔥
Glad you got something, and soon enough those good days will be 120, 130, and higher. Keep it up!
That was a great video. With a shockingly high quality. You will definitely become a big channel if you keep making videos. You earned my sub man...
Haha, thanks Lukas! I really appreciate that 🔥 Here's to hoping the growth continues.
Thanks so much! You helped me get from 90 wpm to 110 - 120!
YAHHHHHH! That's insane progress! 🔥 Keep it up
here are some things you forgot to mention in this video(I understand it's not easy to include everything):
1.reading ahead:
this is one of the least talked about but important skills,when you want to reach 120 wpm on average(or more) reading ahead is an important factor,at 120 wpm average reading 1 word ahead is enough,but if you can do more that's great(you have to for like avg 170 wpm )
2.typing word by word instead of letter by letter:
again if you want to reach 120 wpm on average you want to be typing word by word instead of letter by letter,as an example if you want to type mountain don't type m o u n t a i n ,instead think of it like a piano cord,you should drop the hands on the keyboard and mountain should appear,don't worry if this doesn't happen at first, and you can start smaller,you can break up mountain into moun and tain (also at speeds likie 160+wpm you should increase the chunk from 1 word to 2 words to as many as you can handle)
3.not typing every word at the same pace:
once you are trying to get 100+ wpm you should think about that you don't have to type every word at the same pace,if there is a word with many uncommon characters slow down to avoid making a mistake.
4.have separate times to focus on accuracy and raw speed
5.this is just a thing to be remembered:
progress is not linear so don't be sad if you go throw weeks or even months before you made any tangible progress.
credits to john for his information
his video on this topic:th-cam.com/video/oOdfefV2R1I/w-d-xo.html
I actually just saw that earlier today haha. I also discussed the reading ahead thing in my later typing video so it’s nice to know someone more qualified than me agrees 😂
@@markbacon78 all the info was from john LMAO
Yes I know... I meant I saw that video just earlier today :P
@@markbacon78 oh now i get it
@@markbacon78 what a coincidence
school didnt teach me how to type so im here
Yea I never really learned how to type properly either, but when I wanted to type faster I did some googling and found some helpful articles. I'm glad this video can be one of those resources for you! 🔥
I have been practicing typing on 10FastFingers for like a month, and I went from like 40wpm to 70wpm, I just sometimes try some tests there like once in three days for maybe 15minutes
That's awesome progress! 🔥 The consistency is what's key there- triple digits are right around the corner, keep it up! :D
Learned to TouchType in about 3 weeks. Went from ~40 wpm ("pecking") to 14 wpm after about 3 days. After practicing in only keybr for about a week I got to 30 wpm and 80% accuracy. After the second week I was at like 40 wpm, but I felt like I was typing faster than that. Then I realised I was pressing backspace half of the time, loosing most of the gained speed. Then I just worked on my 80% accuracy. Now it's been about a month since I started learning touch typing and I'm at ~70 wpm and 95% accuracy and 60 wpm with punctuation and 90-93% accuracy. Not nearly near my goal of 100 wpm with punctuation with
Honestly right now alternating between TypeRacer, Nitro Type and 10 Fast Fingers is helping me a lot right now. Just doing it when I feel like it and I'm close to a 100wpm average from the 90 I had about a week ago
Woooooo! 🔥 Keep it up, 100 average is right around the corner
I've been using keybr for 3 days now, and for about 4 hours in total, and it really highly changed my writing speed and very quickly, I went from 70 top speed with the way I've been writing to 20-30 in the first hour of learning how to write with 10 fingers ( I was using 6-7 fingers before ) and in the second hour I finished learning the keys and started practicing them and getting used to it, in the third hour top speed then went to about 40-50 wpm and in the fourth hour, i kept doing it over and over and reached about 65-70 wpm average.
I also reached 90 wpm top speed, I can guaranty the best website TO START is keybr.com, the way it helps you learn the placement of the fingers, the way it keeps making you practice specific keys etc, if you want to learn touch typing, start to keybr.com :) I am now still practicing my speed to reach about 90wpm average and then I'll focus on my accuracy ( I'm thinking about 10fastfingers where you actually have to delete what you wrote if you messed up etc.. ) Anyway thanks for recommending these websites :)
Couldn't agree more with this testament! For the longest time (and still the habit returns sometimes unfortunately) I used only two fingers on my right hand. KeyBR helped me out of that habit so absolutely an amazing site! Thanks for stopping by the video and hope you got some value out of it, thanks again for sharing! 🔥
Ayy 80 average now, I'll keep updating my progress I guess lmao
HECK YEA! I love to see it 😀
@@markbacon78 Are you from France btw?
@@Kerto I am not, haha 😅
Was not expcting a guy with 300 subs have such good quality.
We all gotta start somewhere, right 😂 Glad you liked the video and it exceeded your expectations 🔥
Hey dude awesome channel. Just found it from the incredible comment from Richard s last video.
Our channels are really similar. Hope you grow fast! Keep up your amazing work here on TH-cam
Ay thanks man! You have some fire thumbnails 👊 Short bite-size videos an excellent format too, I'll have to have a small binge later today! Hope you see some dope growth as well, let's grow together 🔥
@@markbacon78 🤝👌
i have been two finger typist all my life until last week i decided to learn typing,always thought i can do it and my 2 finger typing speed has always been between 25-35WPM, right now after week one i am at 20WPM on touch typing Hoping for great improvement in future as practicing daily for 45min Thanks for the video
Glad you enjoyed! I have another video all about the finger remapping and touch typing, happy to hear it's working out for you. Keep it up! 🔥
This video is clean! And full of content too. Hoping to see your popularity increase, dude! And as a student myself, I quite appreciate the little study tips as a side note. Keep it up, you earned my sub!
Ayy thanks so much! I really appreciate comments like this 😀 Super glad to hear you got something out of it, here's to the up and up!
@@markbacon78 No sweat, man, you deserve them, to the up and up indeed!
I was around 50 wpm before touch typing, with touch typing I decreased to like 30 wpm but I forced myself to use it, it felt weird at first but now after 3 years I am 100+ wpm consistently without doing any extra effort apart from forcing myself to do touch typing and I don't regret it
That’s the spirit! The long game is where it’s at, even though it might bring us backward in the big picture. Keep it up! 🔥
this is lowkey the best help ever!!!
Ahaha, super glad you enjoyed! Thanks for dropping by :D
Bonus tips not in this video:
- Deliberate practice matters! Make an effort to fit in 10-15 minutes every day to practice typing accurately, then with pure speed (mix it up).
- Ogre twitch by feeling around the keycaps to get an idea on how far your fingers need to be to get to the next key
- Crescendo/gliscendo your fingers for common key combos like (ol), (ed), (fr), etc...
- Natural resting position on qwerty can be (awef) (jio;) or whatever gets you to the next word faster
Mega advanced tip: change up the keyboard layout every once in a while. It'll be slow at first, but focusing on technique matters so that you can return to your native keyboard layout or (gasp) you might find a layout that's faster to type on like QGMLWY (of carpalx fame) or Dvorak.
Yea- I agree with it all! I mentioned that first one a lot more in my latest typing video, but those other ones are some solid tips I don't know if I was fully aware of behind.
As for layout, I'm personally a QWERTY person just because I find it pretty reliable that for any given keyboard to use, it'll be a QWERTY keyboard so it's largely a functionality thing. Getting used to diff formats is definitely good though, and if you type a lot on your own keyboard it could definitely be worth it.
Thanks for dropping the comment and I hope you got some value from the vid! 🔥
All right, trying out mindful touch typing. I can currently type at about 20 WPM without looking. 2 weeks ago I was still using only my index fingers. Up until now I was using tipp 10, which is especially good for beginners because it has lessons where it slowly introduces new keys.
Ayyy that's awesome! I'm sure you're even further now even if it's been a few days. Keep up the good work and time will deliver results! Thanks for dropping by
Thanks. Very helpful recommendations. I went from 35 to 48 wpm today!
Ayyy that's awesome- keep up the good work! 🔥
Without practising or anything I took a test for the first time in my life and got 102 wpm with 97% accuracy.. a week later I’m averaging 112-115 WPM
Heck yes 🔥 Keep it up!
Thanks for the vid you have earned yourself a like and a new subscribe.
So glad you enjoyed- thanks for stopping by! 🔥
I was practicing everyday for about 2 weeks or so and was making great progress, but then my forearms ended up getting sore and typing now just leaves me in pain.
Rest rest rest REST! 🔥 The practice is great, but rest is super important. I talk a bit more in my latest typing video about the fact that typing is still a physical exercise. Rest up and then get back to it when you're ready
For this quality you definetly deserve a sub, keep up the good work.
Thank you so much, that means a lot to me! Hope you enjoyed and get some value out of my other videos 🔥
In the past 2 months, I have gone from not knowing how to touch type to having an average speed of between 70-80 wpm, where my highest ever score was 89 wpm. My improvement has started slowing down a little, but my average is still going up. The way I learned to touch type was pretty different, but what I did was look up a touch typing map which pretty much just shows you which key corresponds to which finger and then I forced myself to touch type for school assignments or work (online), it was really slow at first, and I had awful accuracy, but my speed and accuracy both got up quickly and I usually get between 96 to 98% now, I mainly use type racer and 10fastfingers to practice, as well as nitro type from time to time, and I am able to type on both a mechanical keyboard (pc) and a membrane keyboard (laptop). Honestly, it is one of the most useful skills I have ever learned and it has improved my productivity and quality of work by a large margin, I feel like I came across this video too late, but it was still an interesting watch, either way, good luck to everyone who’s typing journey is starting here. Hope, you enjoy it as much as I do.
Edit: I just hit 90 wpm on type racer on a short text, I tried it again, and I got my first 100+ wpm with 100% accuracy
Ayyy this is awesome! I love hearing this sort of story. Progress is all in the long game. Keep up the good work! 🔥
Thx
am i the only one who noticed how flawless his skin is >
The power of color correction, probably 🔥
did not recon, could not stop staring at his taped glasses and ask myself WHY!?!
A month ago i was at about 28-33 WPM and now my record is 51!
AWH YEAA keep it up!
good high quality vid.
Thanks, glad you think so! Hope you got something out of it 🔥
Was on 60 wpm a few weeks ago, now at a solid 135. Thanks!
Ayy great work! Keep it up 🔥
Thank you so much! I have been stuck at 120-130 WPM for a while and I hope that these tips will help me push foward! :)
Love to see it! That 130 range can be a tough plateau to get out of, but it's possible- keep it up! 🔥
about 1 month and 1 week ago I averaged 65 words per minute, and now I average 100wpm, and my best is 112wpm
INSANNNNNNE PROGRESS! 🔥 Keep it up!
I now reach 120wpm with peaks of 130 ... I feel powerful >:D (in the Spanish typing test)
Ayyyy! Spanish is way more difficult because of the occasional accents too, haha, well done!
I started a few weeks ago with something like 40 wpm.
Now I am at around 70 wpm but it seems like I am stuck there and altough my accuracy is pretty good I have like no way of getting any faster than the high seventies or sometimes if it is a good run bearly 80wpm.
Keep up the practice and push yourself- with consistent effort you WILL get there! 🔥 How far you've come is a good representation of how far you will go.
I remember back in early 2016 when I tried 10fastfingers for the first time.. I could only type 16 wpm. 16..
I then start practicing every single day. I would spend 2 to 3 hours of dedicated practice time..
Every week I increased my typing speed by 5-10. I reached 50 wpm by the end June 2016..
Then I accidentally found type racer. That's the first time I practiced typing an entire paragraph with (comma, semi colons, apostrophe, numbers, etc).
As I expected, my avg speed on typeracer is 35. Slower than my avg on 10fastfingers. I didn't get discouraged. It actually inspired me to keep practicing.
So several months later (October 2016 I think) I finally reached 60 wpm which in the skill level would categorised me as typemaster.
I couldn't believe my eyes. I then searched for Typing Competition in TH-cam and I saw Sean Wrona got 150 wpm. The dude inspires me so much that I would spend entire weekend practicing.
That's when I set the goal to reach 80 wpm (the baseline of "Megaracer" in typeracer) by December 2016.
Eventually I reached 80 wpm.. But I am still not satisfied so I jokingly told my friend that I'm aiming for 100 wpm. By March 2017, I reached (90 wpm in typeracer) and (104 in 10fastfingers).
I then start bump up my training a little more then I eventually hit 100 wpm in typeracer and 110 in 10fastfingers by June 2017.
1 year of practice took me from 16 wpm to 100 wpm. It's quite a journey actually..
Right now I can casually hit 120+ wpm in 10fastfingers and I have an average of 104wpm in typeracer..
Sorry for the long story..
Edit: I'm not sure whether I can still reach new height or not. I'm happy and satisfied with my current speed.
Don't apologize- I love to see it! Keeping track of progress like that and reflecting on that is amazing 🔥
In terms of whether you think you can reach new heights or not, I say you can, absolutely. A way I like to frame progress is, "if you are satisfied with what is good, you will never be satisfied with what could be great". Be content with this epic 120+ wpm, but not for too long. If you find you have the drive to start up again, I say work to be content with 130+... then keep on going up!
Thank you for sharing your story 😀
@@markbacon78 Okay. Thanks man 🙏🏼
amazing video!!! great production, i will definitely be watching more vidoes!!!
Awesome, thank you! So glad to hear you enjoyed- much more after that vid and even more to come 🔥 I appreciate the comment!
The highest WPM I've ever achieved was like 182 WPM.
I type only with my Index Finger and 2 days back I was at 36 WPM , now I'm at 51 WPM , I typed only an hour a day...
My parents don't allow me more than that and I'm 13 : )
Using all your fingers and learning to touch types are easily the two things that increase your speed tenfold! That's awesome progress, keep it up and you'll see triple digits in no time! 🔥
yooo same here we dont have our own computer but i played alot of hours in computershops and practiced alot of typing here and there, today im currently 80wpm ave :)
@@markbacon78 Thank you very much , I practised touch typing and all fingers typing on keybr.com and now my speed is 63 WPM , I'm making a steady progress and here in India , you need at least 65 WPM to be a professional typist.... So , now I'm going to help my family economically as well..... Hope they allow me to practise regularly.... : D
@@kevsteramp2065 WoW !!!
That is fast... keep it up !
: D
Thanks man, currently im practicing a new keyboard layout (workman)at 50wpm started like a month ago
Haha. Took me a long week just to get from 20 to now 40+. I’m happy but still needs more improvement.
The long game is what counts, keep it up! 🔥
i want to change the fact that i still do pecking. I'll be tracking my progress every week for the next 3 months.
Starting point:
- pecking 32 wpm
- touch typing 9 wpm ( still trying to memorize the placement of the keys)
1st week update:
-13 wpm (all keys)
-38 wpm (using 9 keys in keybr)
Update:
-26 wpm in touch typing
-im down to learning the last key
Progress is a long game! Keep up the good work and you'll be touch typing beyond your pecking speed in no time :D
@@markbacon78 thank youu for replying!! 😄 This will motivate me everytime practicing becomes to frustrating
I never really typed, I went from 20 to about 70 wpm in 1 month, thanks so much.
Ayyy I love to see it, keep it up! :D
@@markbacon78 do you have any idea how long it takes to learn a new layout, im thinking on learning colemak
I reached 100 wpm about 3 years ago but I haven't really improved since I get like 120 best and it's not very consistent.
Those plateaus happen- find ways to push yourself! In my latest typing video I go over some methods to do that. One thing would be to start typing to your reading speed. In other words, force yourself to read fast so that you type to catch up. Chances are you'll start making a lot of errors- good! 🔥 Keep pushing yourself and you'll find ways to catch up and thus improve.
@@markbacon78 omg I finally get what was slwoing me down.. I was typing fast but my eyes were slow
I remember being at 30 wpm and man just practice made me improve into a 85 wpm😼
Perfect may not exist, but practice will get you as close as you can get! Keep it up 🔥
I was ~50 with 6 fingers and now that I'm learning 10 fingers I'm ~24
Progress is slow at first, but soon you'll be way past that 50wpm. Keep it up! :D
@@markbacon78 Well, it took me three weeks of learning to position my fingers with keybr.com (I still have problems with symbols) and now I'm 50-60. Now I'm moving to typeracer. I will comment again when I get to 150 or something :P
I already felt a difference during work, I can type test data faster. Though I don't think it will make much difference while coding because that depends of thinking speed.
Thank you Mark for encouraging me for typing i now type 80 wpm
That's awesome, keep it up!
keybr with capitals and symbols has been the best way to improve for me, regular practice (on the same keyboard) really makes a difference. Apple magic keyboard for me over any mechanical.
I will say Apple keyboards are pretty nice... haha. Been using keybr a lot lately and really do enjoy it. Glad you enjoyed the vid and thanks for dropping the comment! 🔥
My best was 55 wpm. I'm happy because I'm 9
Ayyy that's great! I'm sure you'll speed up in no time.
@@markbacon78 thanks! :)
At 9, I probably couldn't even type 30 wpm at all. You really are gonna be an amazing typist as soon as you keep this up and maybe even surpass me.
I was on 15 words per minutes like a month ago and now I am on 60 words per minute and I am so proud lol.
I TOO AM PROUD :D Keep it up 🔥
@@markbacon78 Thank you hopefully i can do better and hopefully you reach 190 WPM
A tip : Open up a note pad while watching TH-cam and try and type every word of the TH-cam video
Definitely a bold strategy and great for application! Podcasts could be another thing to do. I like the TH-cam video idea though because then you could contribute to subtitles or something. Thanks for dropping by!
I'm not a good typer in all means (100-110wpm average 98%+), but the most important tip I have is to try to make your accuracy as high as possible. It might be slow at first, but it does help a lot in the future.
This is true! Focusing on accuracy also helps us gauge progress. If we try to push ourselves to be faster and our accuracy goes down, it means we should try to improve accuracy at that higher speed. Can be super helpful to push past plateaus! Thanks for dropping a comment 🔥
@@markbacon78 my peak on 10ff is 158 wpm my final goal is 200 wpm
This was an awesome video woooooo! Loved the intro heh. Great job Mark :)
Thank you shaur :D
I've achieved 45 wpm in around 16 days...typing fast was one of my new year resolutions 😄...my goal is 100 wpm...I wonder how much time it'll take
Keep up consistent practice and you'll be good in no time! :D
What is your speed now bro..?
I got used to focusing on speed rather than accuracy and I want to fix it. Help! ;-;
It happens! 10 Fast Fingers actually has a mode (it's the hard mode in the top 1000 words challenge) that stops the test when you make an error in a word. It stops the test and shows you what you got wrong. While it's frustrating, it's what helped me with accuracy.
Another thing would be to just purposely slow down. Build up the muscle memory at a slightly slower pace, then as you build up see when you start making the errors (i.e. at what relative speed the errors begin). Work on that a little bit, push a bit faster... rinse and repeat!
Hope that helps 🔥
I was on 20wpm and after 3 months of nonstop practicing i only got 125wpm as my highest
YEAAAAAA 🔥 Keep it up
Young kid i have really liked the value you are giving out there ! It is really amazing i believe it is worth it.
Super glad you enjoyed! Thanks for dropping by
2:01 Are you using blue or green mechanical switches? If you are, then thats why they’re so loud. If they weren’t blues or greens then stop reading. If you want a quiet mechanical keyboard try to go for the red, brown, or black switches. The black ones are a little heavier and more uncommon. But the reds smooth. The browns are like the reds, quiet, but theyre not smooth. They have a bump to them. You really know which switch you like you should try different switches
Yea I’ve always wondered about the different switches, but the truth is I’ve never actually owned a mechanical keyboard. Every time I’ve seen a friends or something they just seem louder, but one of these days I’ll give it a shot for sure! Will have to come back and check this comment and look into the switch types again haha. Thanks for sharing! 🔥
Him :
Speed = 165 wpm, Accuracy = 99%
Me:
*Speed =335 wpm, Accuracy = 1%*
had me in the first half not gonna lie
@@markbacon78 🤣 lol
My wpm went from 30wpm all the way to averaging 85wpm and my highest was 105wpm!!
INSANITY! 🔥 Keep it up and soon that highest will become your average. Thanks for dropping by!
How long did it take?
i was at 50 about 2 or 3 weeks ago... now i’m at 75!!
WE CLIMBING! 🔥 Keep up the insane progress (but don’t forget to take breaks!)
Your channel is highly underrated bruh.. you are amazing
Haha, thanks- glad you think so! I'll be keeping up the content 🔥
great video. thanks a lot!!
You're welcome! :D
practicing my touch typing in the comments like u told me :)
WOOOO! 🔥 Keep it up outside of the comments too 😀
I feel more powerful despite my speeds simply because I have the same keyboard as him
And I'm honored that I share the same keyboard as you 🔥 Let's get it
I have around 115 avg wpm, but I have some bad habits, such as never using my pinky and some keys not the recommended fingers. How important would you say it is to re learn the basic fingerings? Also in some games that I play (league) I have deep ingrained habits of using my 4th finger on Q, so do you have any advice for me?
For a very long time- and sometimes I still go back to this habit- I only used two fingers on my right hand and all five on my left. I believe this is what allowed me to go from 140 to 160. When I made the switch to using four fingers (not thumb) on my right hand, I dropped way down but as I overrid the muscle memory, I got there over time. Personally, as a result, I think it’s super important, and the more you practice- and the earlier you start to relearn this fingering- the better 🔥
As for League, I personally only use my left pinky for the left shift button. Try to relearn the fingerings, but if you have to compromise, then compromise! I don’t use the exact proper fingering, but what’s important is that you don’t have one finger covering half a keyboard. It’s all about what works for you.
Mark Bacon hmmm okay, thanks!
When I started playing video games my wpm was like 30. After a few months I memorized the whole entire keyboard and it increased to 70-100. I’ve recently started actually practicing typing and it went up to 165. (I got 165 wpm on a school chromebook lol) my current goal is 170
I used to practice this way:
I disabled my mic on discord for almost a month so that I had to type what I had to say and told the others to turn on text to speech when they've joined a vc. This may sound stupid but it gives you a lotta practice.
I love that! It's a great way to 'force' yourself to speed up haha. Thanks for dropping by and keep up the good work! 🔥
@@markbacon78 lmao man I didn't expect you to be replying to every single comment. Imma hit that sub so hard you won't be able to type anymore lol
Maybe not every, but most certainly a large majority 😤 Been doing this for years so having an audience is something I want to make sure I can interact with as much as possible in the off chance things take off even more.
I appreciate the support haha, give that hit a bit of an extra boost 😎