Speed typing is the idea of working and improving on typing speed. It is said that an average person types around 40 words per minute (or WPM for short).
The reason I want to type fast is because I write a lot of blogs/notes. I don’t mind programming with a slower WPM since anyways that’s not the bottleneck. But during blogging, I would prefer if I can type at the pace of my thoughts.
People say typing speed does not matter in programming. I think that is not entirely true, if you are above 60 wpm I think you are good. If not, typing should not be a hindrance to think and iterate for programming is what my I think.
The journey to 100 WPM
My current baseline is around 50-70 WPM, depending on the tool. On KeyBR, I was told “Your all time average speed beats 50.19% of all other people. Average speed: 51.7 wpm”
Now on how to improve from here
Tools to practice with
There are a couple of categories here
Games
The most fun ones
- ZType: This blew my mind. You basically type words and on a word press, one enemy ship goes down. So basically words are ammo. 🤯
- TypeRacer: Fun game to play against friends
Practice tools
- MonkeyType: My current favorite. Great UI, lot of customization. Highly recommended.
- KeyBR: Ruthless, long winded. probably the most useful since it says which keys I suffer with.
