how i type REALLY fast (190+ WPM)

[@dvyjessica]

keyboard is durgod taurus K320 TKL, cherry brown switches, about $100 on amazon btw! a lot of people have been asking. thought i mentioned it somewhere in the description or in the video but i guess not 😓 links to the things in my full setup (including the keyboard): www.amazon.com/shop/influencer-f78baedb

[@PKAWA]

I don't know about all that, I've found a pretty easy way to be just as fast as you by just playing this video at a third of the speed ;)

[@Villio.]

dammnn ky redragon fizz 617 looks the same

[@CattyG2]

Tbh you’d enjoy building a custom

[@enyacat7]

Have to say I bought one (the brown switch version), but compared to my Razer blackwidow lite, it requires more force, and I can't type as fast...now I probably will turn to Keychron...

[@rocket6173]

Lol you mean amazon asked you to put your affiliate link in.

[@Duncan9910]

Imagine having an online argument with this person

[@ffawesomeyt6316]

Wanna have with me

[@OnlyYouTube786]

😂😂😂

[@sedentaryhooman]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@p.k.953]

she can type faster than i can imagine!

[@user-rp7ir4hd6d]

Plot twist. The other guy is mythicalrocket.

[@mikemor6005]

just the fact that i didint knew about "ctrl+ backspace" makes this video super usefull thanks 🙏🙏

[@rizawizaa]

no same my life is changed

[@MangoGalaxyYT]

Me too, it's crazy how I type 110+ wpm and I still never knew about this, definitely using it in the future

[@TheRich107]

Both helps delete faster but also helps your muscle memory type the word correctly first time. If you just delete the last few letters and retype your reinforcing making and correcting the mistake.

[@smit359]

Man an average programmer would be pissed 😂 seeing this comment

[@OxygenBeats]

you can also use cntrl + ⬅ or cntrl + ➡ to navigate by words instead of just single characters.. and cntrl + up/down navigates paragraphs/line breaks

[@Waltkat]

Super helpful. Thanks.

[@chills_tiny_mom]

you can also use home and end keys (if your keyboard has them) to navigate to the beginning and the end of a line

[@saibettereveryday]

Before I type 17 wpm with looking at the keyboard and I keep practicing now my highest at 57 today without looking but up and down. Overall practicing are key. :)

[@smolrat159]

Good job!!!!

[@jeromepowelltoecrum6044]

how long did it take you to get to 57 wpm?

[@EDITON04]

and now what your typing speed bro

[@kabee707]

@@jeromepowelltoecrum6044 i need couple weeks practicing 10 fingers without looking.i got 60 wpm. but after a few months, maybe already 1 year. I have no progress still there with 60-70 wpm... HELP HAHA

[@vivekcse1]

@@kabee707 if you make a point to never look down while typing, you will see a magic day when this will improve.

[@dvyjessica]

press CC for captions! also, i know this vid is a bit random but experimenting a little with content while i’m home ☺️ new vlog soon but pls support me until then hehe

[@shibainugamer]

nice job! I just passed 200 on a 15 second on monkeytype

[@chocolateteapot737k]

@@shibainugamer that's crazy, keep going, and you may get to Mythical Rocket's level

[@flacjunkie5553]

I learned how to touch type using keybr. Spending anywhere from 10 to 30mins a day for a consecutive 30 days made a vast improvement. Now muscle memory just kicks in and I don't really remember where the keys are. I specifically like keybr because of the piece by piece way we learn the letters and positioning at a slow pace. People who are intermediate might find the site tedious but for an absolute beginner, its the perfect one that I'd recommend to start on.

[@Suppboio]

i think youre just born fast

[@prod.seajay]

Not the fastest typer, but using a computer, and taking typing classes at a very young age definitely set the foundation for my touch typing skills.

[@BlancoWilliams]

Agreed. I was averaging 60 words per minute when I was like 10 years old, which is significantly better than average adults. A few years later, I've improved exponentially. I am able to average 130-140WPM with a high accuracy and a peak of around 170WPM. Time really does help, along with consistency of course.

[@chills_tiny_mom]

i did touch typing classes as a kid but i never really got it down as a kid but when i grew up it significantly brought my typing speed way higherj

[@astrohgamingZero]

Nice video Jessica. As for games, I played MUDs with friends which is 100% text typing to do anything. Look, run east, hunt, kill, etc. Chatting with random people also was helpful. I like ergonomic keyboards as well to type easier ->faster. From a Microsoft natural keyboard to split keyboards.

[@random55555]

This video was very helpful, thank you! You come off as super genuine and likable. I’m currently at 30 words per minute so I will use your advice and see how fast I can get.

[@aliabdaal]

damn this is really cool

[@wa3ng]

❤❤

[@Ari_diwan]

Ali is here 😁

[@dvyjessica]

thank you sir :,)

[@khoinotfish]

Damn Ali Abdaal himself lol :))

[@selamc20]

I thought of your typing video when I saw this

[@Tonyluo2001]

Reall great advice! I learned typing about 25 years ago, on a typewriter, so I have no problem touch typing. However, I stuck around the 70 WPM range and it fluctuates between 60 to 80. The main problem I have is typos or the nonstop concern of typos. I tend to missing keystrokes or jumping. Like, instead of typing 'letters', I often find myself typing 'ltetters', hence slowing down myself.

[@Theckonestroh]

Well it's not 190 wpm. Have to type for 30 minutes and every possible combonation. She is high 90 maybe 100 words a minute with no punctuation in those words. Lol, you guys fall for this... Now we have lowered keys in the 90's which means there is less time of picking up fingers and key stroke distance. Beyond that I think once seen a woman that could type 120 wpm and would make 85 % no mistakes. Worked for a oil company. That keyboard on her computer she said had to replaced about every 2 to 3 months keys would give out.

[@konrTF]

@@Theckonestroh wtf are you on about bro?

[@cunly6399]

​@@Theckonestroh I don't understand what your point is? she hovers around 140-150 on TypeRacer which uses punctuationand real world practical scenarios. How is that score invalidated? The MonkeyType score I agree is a little inflated just because of the easy words and lack of punctuation, but overall her typing speed is well past 100.

[@davidg.3617]

@@cunly6399I actually kind of agree with the guy above us, she probably types this fast with words she knows but if you add random words she’s never typed with punctuation and caps, I bet it probably is barely 100 wpm. Which btw is already better than most people; so no hate here, just saying.

[@poluefemus]

i was watching the video in 2x speed so i just witnessed 382 wpm not on a stenography keyboard

[@himaneeshbhattacharya]

Hello Jessica. I had watched this video a long time ago and then started learning typing. At the start i was only at 10-12 wpm but now after abt 9 months of practice, i can reach a top speed of 47 wpm. This video was one of the first typing videos i had watched. Thanks for being an important part of my typing journey. 🎉☺️

[@MO-fg2cm]

Bhai mai 6 moths mei 30 wpm se 150wpm pohoch gaya tha ... aur practice karo

[@SynchroFPS]

YES! Someone else who uses monkey type! Its so good. I haven't seriously practiced in a while but about a year ago I grinded from about 75wpm to 110wpm (I use quotes, medium length mostly because of the punctuation and practicality). Im thinking about getting back into it. Good vid! Shout out to typeracer as well. I've been trying to learn Korean, and learning how to type Korean was one of my first goals. Type racer allows you to switch languages which is really cool.

[@ExpandedCuber]

You can also switch languages on monkeytype

[@Flopsaurus]

I've been touch typing for my entire life, and I've never known about ctrl+backspace. That is so cool!

[@garyinternet5436]

Respect to you Jessica for highlighting the real reason that you type so fast i.e. you have many years (thousands of hours) of typing experience under your belt primarily because you started at a very young age and have been using computers heavily ever since. Typing speed is basically a function of how long someone has been touch typing for. If you only started learning to touch type last week then you're not going to be anywhere near as fast as someone who has been touch typing for 10 years and has been using touch typing intensively both at work and at home for the all that time.

[@Yusuf-sy6rb]

Nah you do not need thousands of hours of experience to type that fast. I have 202 wpm on mt 15s, and learned how to touch type WAY later than her, and guaranteed have been typing for less time total than her. Typing speed, and any other skill in general, is not just a function for how long you've been doing it (or in this specific case, for how long you've been touch typing). You have to actually put effort into improving and doing the type of practice that challenges you. Just doing something for a long time does not necessarily mean you will get significantly better at that thing.

[@garyinternet5436]

​@@Yusuf-sy6rb Two very simple questions. How old are you now? How old were you when you learned to touch type?

[@Yusuf-sy6rb]

@@garyinternet5436 I'm 18 now. I had a typing class when I was 11 but didn't really try at all so I was at around 30wpm back then. I started practicing on typeracer at 13 and was at around 40wpm at that time. My typeracer username is super33, you can see my progression on there if you want (can't post links on youtube comments otherwise they have to be manually approved) Nowadays I don't really practice though, except maybe once in a blue moon. I feel like at this point there isn't really any real world benefit to getting faster.

[@garyinternet5436]

@@Yusuf-sy6rb Thank you for taking the time to respond to me and for providing the information about your progression on Typeracer. It's very interesting. Could you also give me your user names to your Monkeytype account and to your 10FastFingers account if you have one? I know that Monkeytype only started in May 2020 and so before that, 10FastFingers was the biggest typing site on the internet for typing anything other than quotes. I'm assuming there's a good chance that you also had an account on that site looking at the amount of typing that you did before then on Typeracer.

[@Yusuf-sy6rb]

​@@garyinternet5436 Sure, my monkeytype username is zuuu. I don't have a 10ff account.

[@hassansyed6087]

Your accuracy is crazy! I think it's the positioning of your wrists versus posture you're sitting in too which plays a big factor (I'm typing this as I watch the first 10 seconds of your video but i'm sure you talked about it in the video) Much love

[@chidinmapreciousokechukwu8566]

one extra tip that has really helped me is to listen to music or any other thing like a podcast while typing to increase muscle memory because , although I knew all the keyboard keys I had to think about it before clicking the key but now I don't have to think about it

[@LO3.]

good hack!

[@swarnimghimire9764]

Honestly a big thing that I would really reccoment beginner to not do is develop a habit of using the wrong finger for the wrong key because that can lead to some pretty major speed hurdles down the read if you're not resolute in what finger you use for what key of if you use different fingers per the occasion. Consistency is really important once you reach higehr levels because at some point you wouldnt want to swtich back and learn it the right way again.

[@detached336]

I am a victim of this right now 😂

[@cldream]

Indeed. Never learned the right finger positioning and ended up learning to touch type the wrong way.

[@CanizaM]

Dynamic fingering is what the fastest typists use. It's a waste of time to wait for the "right" finger if it's currently pressing a key and the one next to it is sitting idle and can reach the next key.

[@potatoezzzz]

@@CanizaM "dynamic fingering" could help with much more than just typing

[@CrispyTheGoat]

Thank you, this is really helpful. As someone who has managed to type at 70-WPM using the "Hunt and Peck" technique for most of their life, I am keen to re-train my brain to touch type and improve my speed. Fortunately I started with Keybr based on another recommendation!

[@BorisZakharov98]

Same. I'm typing at around 70WPM as well but hunting and pecking using multiple fingers. Accuracy isn't the best either. So I started to retrain my fingers to touch type since yesterday. Would love to hear how you improved since it's been 2 months for you already.

[@dub1889]

​@@BorisZakharov98 I started trying to learn yesterday and I went from 80 wpm pecking to now 30 wpm 😓 have you made any progress?

[@dinis984]

I came across this video randomly and I can say I am very satisfied with it. I can attest that what you said is true, since I also use the same shortcuts and it helps a lot. Just subscribed to your channel, lovely content!

[@deanwilliams433]

Speed run to carpal tunnel

[@Gregrs400]

Elevate your wrists so they’re straight when you type

[@derangedandconfused9861]

I developed carpal tunnel syndrome from typing like her.

[@plaxunlumilost2206]

you type fast, you talk fast and have a soft voice, wouldn't mind listening to you ramble for hours! & thank you for the tips!

[@mrrickstur]

omg I did not expect Maplestory in this video. I was addicted to Maplestory back in the days, and ended up stopping at lv78 priest back when leveling up was still considered hard lol. So many wonderful memories with that game

[@micrah]

Shiiit I used to play MapleStory as well!! What a throwback to randomly see you mention that haha. I did get good at typing from MapleStory too but I'm nowhere close to you (around 110 WPM)

[@Whatthetrash]

I really wish I was faster at typing. I still look at the keyboard now and again when I type. I agree touch typing is the key, but it feels SO MUCH SLOWER when you can just glance down and see where to put your fingers. I've tried several times but never stuck with it enough to stick through that slower period until it is faster and better on the other side. Very cool video. :)

[@platoschauvet]

First watched this in Feb when I was frustrated with not being able to touch type, and I can finally do it. 😊 Now I gotta implement the ctrl+backspace trick

[@trisell1168]

I am at 45 WPM I noticed when i go faster i keep pressing wrong letters that are not related to the word, why is this happening and how to overcome it ?

[@inkedblack8612]

try not to focus on ur speed for now, practice on accuracy, accuracy is the main key, and once you build up muscle memory, going faster would be realitvely easier

[@minipewz]

Really good video for beginners, you got some great tips! Only thing i would like to add is that practicing longer texts and getting higher, more consistent typing speed, is really important. You should probably not claim to have a 190 wpm typing speed just because you got it once on a 15s monkeytype test. 190 wpm on 15s is a really cool achievement, but personally I would never claim to have a typing speed of 190 wpm based on a 15s test, even if it's something that is trivial for me, because it just does not give an accurate representation of your typing speed. Other than that, great vid

[@mrrickstur]

man, that is insanely fast! personally, my average wpm is 119 on type racer, and my peak was 160

[@noctambule9032]

“I’ve spent an hour yesterday trying to hit 190” Gotta love the honesty. Instead of giving off the impression that 190 is a typical thing to achieve.

[@ShinDMitsuki]

I also got about 190 wpm. Was wondering what you were going to say and then you say Maple Story is the reason. Hahahaha. It's exactly the same for me! Not only the keybinds, but responding to constant chatting in your friend/guild chat while playing at the exact same time can really get those fingers moving lol.

[@pom001]

what keyboard layout do your use? query or dvorak?

[@whatthepeople]

@@pom001 my best result yet is 210 wpm, typically get 190 without tryharding. I use qwerty. Anyways, I knew a guy who switched to dvorak from qwerty and got pretty decent results after that. Personally, I think he would have got the same ones on qwerty if he had trained as hard as after this switch.

[@AR-rg2en]

How did you manage to break the 120 WPM barrier? What is your thinking when typing the words? How do you coordinate or position your hands? And how do you move them?

[@AR-rg2en]

@@whatthepeople Same question I have from you if you don't mind

[@whatthepeople]

@@AR-rg2en if you can get 120 WPM, your thinking, coordinating and positioning already aren't that bad per se, otherwise you wouldn't get such results. You can achieve, like, 150 WPM and be consistent enough. Thus, just have patience and practise with no changes. If you want to go further, yeah, it's not that easy then. You need to parse words and place your fingers accordingly. For example, a word 'accepted'. I'd hold the left little finger on 'a', the left index finger on 'c', the left middle finger on 'e', the right little finger on 'p', and the right index finger on 't'. I'd press 'a', 'c' (twice), and 'e' without an extra delay, then I'd do the same with 'p' and 't', then return to 'e' and 'd' to finish the word. My typing of this word wouldn't seem like I thoughtfully typed letter by letter; it would seem like I typed 'acce', 'pt', and 'ed' parts almost instantly. Another example would be a word 'hello'. I'd hold the left index finger on 'h', the left middle finger on 'e', the right index finger on 'l', and the right middle finger on 'o'. I'd press 'h', 'e', 'l', and 'o' very quickly. Most of the short words can be typed using this technique without splitting on 2 or more parts (like 'god', 'one', 'help', 'may', 'give'). Many of the words can be split on 2 or 3 parts and be typed fast. Others are obstacles, but they're pretty rare in common dictionaries which sites like Monkeytype use.

[@can1as]

ive lived my whole life and never utilized using ctrl/cmd a or backspace to delete or fix typos when im typing 😭😭 thanks for this video, now i feel alot faster when typing fs :D

[@ahmedifhaam7266]

Another type is, well I thought you'd mention it since you play piano but, when practicing, having a rythm, listening to a song, and typing to the beat actually really helps, but i think this only works if you can at least type around 80 wpm for it to be effective, it really helps, give it a try. Your goal is to type out a word or part of a word for each temp and hit spacebar to get to the next.

[@AluminumHaste]

CTRL + LEFT arrow key will jump your cursor back one word, same as CTRL + BACKSPACE erases a whole word. It's a lot faster if you need to go back a few words then just holding the left arrow key or clicking with your mouse.

[@typedecker]

Your so sweet, and the way u kept smiling throughout it was very cute and innocent! Thanks sm for the tips

[@adwaithsanjeeve4131]

Aww what a wholesome and lovely video. Love the info. Thank you Jessica !!

[@ImInTheMaking]

Muscle memory builds while resting AFTER you've practiced. Go easy on yourself and keep typing 💯

[@Anxiety._.]

Thank you so much for the typing websites for practice. Just started and I already feel like I got much better!

[@Ebbzzor]

cool video! you would be a monster in vim. there is actually a vim-like extention for chrome if that's of any interest 👍 EDIT: oh I just checked out your channel and you're a software engineer, and probably already know about this stuff haha

[@dvyjessica]

oh i actually didn't know that, thank you i'll check it out :D

[@leecm]

I became proficient at typing by playing lots of Starcraft:Brood War in high school. Yes, I had computer class in elementary and middle school, but I don't remember caring about those classes enough at the time to really learn anything useful in them. Starcraft was a great teaching aid because 1) you have to remember all of the hotkeys to be decent at the game, and 2) you had to chat with teammates very quickly and frequently during games (or your opponent to talk smack). Fast forward 20+ years, and I sincerely think that Brood War played at least a small role in me having what ended up becoming a successful IT career. Just being able to type proficiently makes you look like you know what you're doing with computers, which is important for a young adult trying to make their way in a new career. Who knew that all of those hours that Starcraft stole from my teenage life would have ended up paying off. Thanks, Blizzard!

[@-cheshire-cat]

As a computer programmer, I only average about a 100. 190 is almost double my speed, that's pretty nuts to even think that, lol.

[@blarghblargh]

if you don't hover your hands, try to get in the habit. I'm the same, and my typing speed goes up a ton if I hover. 30 year habits are hard to break tho :D

[@mr.getrighhttt3433]

Yeah I as well program and average about 100 wpm. My issue is I enjoy resting my hands vs hovering. 😭

[@DonutAgain]

SDE also … average

[@Nath_CM]

I like this video because its real, for example most people actually recommend using the pinky fingers but its not always necessary, and you are honest with that!!

[@blarghblargh]

If you are plateauing at 100-ish WPM, then you'll also need to get in the habit of hovering your hands while you type. Wresting your palms at all will cut your max typing speed drastically and will increase your mistake count a lot.

[@Something-jj2yg]

You just got an premium keyboards 🗣️

[@zaetayo]

I've been gaming on PC for like 25 years now and touch typing for at least 20 of them probably but I never got really fast at typing, I think I average like 70-80. I think I never used "proper" hand placement and my muscle memory is way to ingrained now that I can't change it up.

[@Callum38]

When I was a teenager I used to play on a half-life 2 roleplay server for GMod. No text chat, so all speech and actions were typed. Really helped my typing and english skills. There was this one dude called Snowl who was just insane though, like leagues above any of the then hundreds of players. He would captivate any room he walked into because he could type as fluidly and quickly as performing actions in real time. It was crazy. He must've come close to this WPM I now think. Anyway thanks for reading my dumb story haha. The server was Lemonpunch and then Nebulous HL2RP btw. In retrospect it was pretty bad but I have some nostalgia for it.

[@thevoiceofthebeast]

I did the same thing when I was in highschool. We had computer classes and had to do typing on mavis beacon and type papers/essays out of books. I would always finish so fast that I would type stuff for my friends so we could spend the rest of the period playing snood on the computer lol.

[@tupaccquiao]

thanks for this! keybr is so clutch

[@idontknowbro1271]

My highest is 148 wpm. What are your tips (besides the ones from the videos bc I already know them) to improve so I get to your range like 190+? I’ve been trying for so long to improve my wpm but I can’t seem to break 150. Any tips?

[@Leqasta]

Me looking at this comment with 22wpm be like 😢

[@Itslewcario]

@@Leqasta stuck in between 45-50

[@prodigyfreeman3935]

@@Itslewcariostuck at 70, i know i can push it, i just don’t feel the need to atm

[@corruptedcardinal9253]

Yeah, I've been stuck around that range for a few months now. I'm steadily improving but progress is extremely slow. Something I've been trying to do is reading 3-4 words ahead of what I'm typing. I do this to try and prevent myself stopping for any reason. Also being 99-100% accurate is really important at this speed.

[@FreakingRockstar101]

I used to do 10 rounds of type racer every morning before classes in college to warm my fingers up for the day (comp sci major). By the end of college I had tons of classmates who would also sign in at the same time and we would compete.

[@kowshiksri]

the content and tips are good but this person sounds so kind. I can't imagine them having any online arguments (the primary use of such a fast typing speed🤣)

[@AkitoOnBT]

I used to think I was fast at typing (82wpm avg) but that was until I realized I was typing the 1000 most common english words. Went to 10,000 most common english words now I average 55wpm.

[@AniSepherd972]

type a paragraph from 10fastfingers

[@ZachariahWiedeman]

I got really good at typing by playing Rogue (1980) - that's how I learned where most of the letters were - and the King's Quest (1984) and Police Quest (1987) game series which often required you to type out commands very quickly before something on the screen happens.

[@haopham3450]

You should invest in a really nice keyboard. You can build your own keyboard making it pop, clack, or (my fav) a very creamy texture and sound. It very satisfying to type. And as a very fast typer, with extraordinary skill, I think that skill of yours will appreciate it a lot.

[@PunzL]

🤓☝️

[@Blindlols]

I just started learning yesterday to type on keybr I’m at 18 wpm without looking at the keyboard or the screen just letters. I’m just beginning to learn .

[@ODEMOE]

Just wanted to say I watched this a year ago and I now average 120wpm 🙏🙏

[@444chroma]

Thanks Jessica that is a good advice. I learned to touch type about 10 years ago but have plateaued at 120wpm. Sometimes I wonder if a split space bar would help me

[@LatencyProblem]

Ah, of course it's maple story

[@tsunamirider9895]

Great video! Typing of the Dead is a great game for increasing your typing skills, as well (Dreamcast version of course)

[@pravithmunipalle]

190 WPM is just wild

[@Logan444YT]

Wild saale

[@UnleashedCode]

Shortcuts section was helpful, thank you

[@MikkoRantalainen]

The important part is not to use any specific technique but *always* use the same finger for the same key. And of course, it's a good idea to use as many fingers as possible for the technique you select. You could choose technique as "always use right index finger to press any button". And never ever look at the keyboard. Your eyes should be looking at the letters that are appearing on the screen or if you're copying e.g. hand written text, you should be looking at the paper notes while writing. I'm writing this comment while watching the video so obviously I don't need to watch to keyboard nor the text I'm entering. And I've noticed that if somebody interrupts me while I'm typing fast, I typically write about 6-8 letters before stopping - I guess that's about the buffer queue for my text input: while I'm pressing one button, my brain is already thinking about following letters to start moving the fingers into the correct positions and then it's simply about timing to press the buttons in correct order. Hardest words to touch type are the letters you have to press in sequence using just one finger (any any word that has letters VR or RV following each other, but RC/CR is pretty hard, too, for my technique). That's why using e.g. index finger for lots of letters is a bad idea because you cannot position fingers already into the correct positions while pressing previous buttons. And fastest words to enter are ones that have every letter on alternating hands and each finger having to press only one button. And as demonstrated on this video, using just three or four fingers per hand will already get you 190+ WPM!

[@CreedColisionAC]

Well, I may be mistaken, but I remember an old video of Kukkain (+200 tier) saying that he used to practice writing whole words at once (something like a chord, but not at the exact same time for every key, of course). And said that sometimes it was better to break the rule of same-key same-finger to make that effectively possible. I've never seen him typing, but it may look like a lot of jutsus or something 😂. (He's one of my favorites though)

[@linuxramblingproductions8554]

I mean you can do that i guess idk why someone would go through the effort of touch typing with only 3/4 four fingers since that seems uncomfortable but your right you can get decently fast with it

[@kosuken]

I just started grinding my wpm!! I have been playing piano for over a decade and I've always been a hardcore gamer I'm already at ~120wpm (consistantly ~105wpm) so that's a nice starting point wish me luck everyone!!

[@suave-alpaca8412]

my highest is 148 so far and Im rly looking for a way to improve it. My goal would be around 170 wpm but wow - having 190 would be a dream

[@dvyjessica]

whoa 148 is already super fast! you’ll for sure get there with time and practice :)

[@sankofax8082]

i just need to get to 120 and i'm accomplished

[@ghoulfather]

It's so satisfying to listen to it!

[@adabujiki]

[ 0:01] There's no way!!

[@chills_tiny_mom]

as someone who went from 30 to around 140 wpm ish, the best practice is literally just typing things out on a computer and NEVER looking down on the keyboard! I used to just do monkeytype and 10fastfinger tests all throughout high school, and i watched my pb go up every year

[@OperationNonsense]

I remember back in HS, there was actually a class called "keyboarding", and I took it to learn how to type fast. Very much like telephone operators, typing will soon be replaced by AI. All that time we spent practicing, to get good at something that will soon no longer matter. Sometimes it feels like I was cheated out of valuable time, and "life" itself LOL.

[@davedsilva]

I took it because so many girls were in the class. I got really fast so I became a programmer v

[@Tinalicous]

That's a ridiculous notion. It's like saying learning how to do anything is pointless because "soon in the future" we can have a robot do it for us. It's valuable now. It can help now. Learning skills, going to school, being good at what you do is valuable especially in the real world when you're looking for a job.

[@BookClubDisaster]

The replaced by AI paranoia is getting overblown. It's going to be a long time before no one is typing anymore.

[@Phantom0fLight]

Thank you for the practice tips and websites!

[@teddyl6261]

Try typing program syntaxes with all those colons, numbers and special characters and see if you can reach to even a hundred. 😆 Or maybe just try typing research papers with lots of numerical statistics and other info. That will be more realistic.

[@dvyjessica]

lolol yea i will say when it comes to coding, typing speed means nothing if i can’t think :,)

[@GoWithAndy-cp8tz]

Fast as fast but You're accurate 100% what is really amazing especially at that speed. This ability is the most impressive to me. Keep flawless typing for joy and productivity ;)

[@shaoyvxn]

this is so impressive; i've been hardstuck at 140 wpm to 160 wpm and i just don't know how to improve much further

[@manfactlid9633]

bro you are ok because am struggling at 56

[@StarOasis26]

I was an ok typer, but I had a few strokes from covid. Sooo now im totally screwed up and mentally challeged. back to the basics... thanks for the help

[@NathanHedglin]

Nice ! I'm up to 168 wpm from 120 after switching to DVORAK and practicing a lot.

[@EDITON04]

What you mean dvorak

[@inkedblack8612]

@@EDITON04 its a keyboard layout, the one we all mostly use is QWERTY (look at the keyboard and you might get the idea)

[@ce5983]

Nice improvement! I switched to Colemak from QWERTY and it feels so much nicer now several years later (wasn't necessarily going for speed but ergonomics) but have been thinking about trying Dvorak

[@albertzhouu]

One suggestion I have for people learning to type is to use NitroType. I'm not as fast as you but I average about 140wpm on Nitrotype and a best of 175. It's probably faster if I went on monkey type as there are no capital letters or punctuation. One of the ways I got really good at typing fast was using nitrotype as it was more fun and I had more motivation to play the game. However, I think typing with a purpose when playing the game is really important as I play to type faster, not get more races. I know a lot of people who play the game have much more races than me(I have 17k) but type significantly slower. This is probably because they either aren't trying to type fast during their races or aren't focusing on their accuracy. Sorry for the long read but I thought I'd share my 2 cents about a skill I'm also rather good at.

[@ExactlySoul]

imagine having a chat with this girl online LMAO she gonna be spamming

[@infinitygamesRYUK]

😂

[@vves2415]

Im so glad I grew up using shift + (key) to type capitalized letters, its such a big help, my avg wpm is 120.

[@godmodeon666]

I type at the same speed and the number one tip is: For the vast majority of people and cases, **after something like 100wpm, it is infinitely more important to prioritize actually using the software you use on the daily better.** If you are a programmer, that means learning the editor you use and shortcuts. That means efficiently using Find/Replace-all, or macros, or dual/multi-cursor support, or Regex, or learning to use the Home/End keys or CTRL+left arrow or CTRL+right arrow to more faster cursor through long lines of text, etc. This goes beyond just character input: this can be e.g. for Visual Studio CTRL-P for quickly getting to your next file, to CTRL+SHIFT+P for executing an action, or PGUP PGDOWN, or Ctrl+G to quickly go to a line number, or ALT+Left or ALT+Right to quickly go back and forth to prior places in files, etc.. For Excel, that's macros and other features.

[@Descart330]

I disagree with the arrows bit. Clicking arrow keys can be stressing to your wrist and also slow. That's why vim has another way of doing it and I think if you want to be fast you should just avoid using the arrow keys as much as possible.

[@mitigamespro8757]

@@Descart330 Yeah after learning about the w and b motions I only use those to move horizontally.

[@michalwiktorow2188]

How important for you is the same keyboard layout? How layout change your speed if any?

[@jssberry]

Meanwhile I'm struggling to get to 40WPM 😅😅 190 is superhuman.

[@dvyjessica]

40 is average!!! nothing wrong with that :D

[@trisell1168]

wait you haven`t seen 300

[@horno2208]

I never learned to touch type properly to be honest. I don't place my fingers on the home keys, and I think it is making me plateu? The max I can go without grammar is like 110 at this point, and with grammar I average around 80-90. Do you think I should unlearn how I type now and learn to place my fingers on the home keys? Also, what fingers do you use to hit the "t," "y," quotation mark, and semi-colon keys?

[@erickstotle4285]

Thank you for the ztype game recommendation !! I was broken hearted when I bought The Typing Of The Dead because it is not available for Mac, but ztype is very challenging

[@obersutopia2209]

Hi Jessica, thank you for your tips, let me ask if you have any wrist pain, and if you do how do you cope or fix this? Wish you the best.

[@TheRfuller1]

Thanks for sharing your Tips and Tactics for Fast Efficient Typing.

[@saitejagatadi9711]

I joined 100 WPM club recently, I can type 110PM in monkeytype at 15seconds, and 96 to 100WPM for 30 sec test.. This video really motivated me to type fast.

[@arambhsharma1216]

getting a hang of shift, backspace, apostrophe and hash. I do have a serious problem though I use my left thumb instead of my right thumb for space.

[@Ahtisham]

Being able to type that fast and still being humble is❤

[@enyu2855]

damn ctrl+backspace is crazy, thank you

[@soumyadeepgupta3861]

Anytip for typing the wrong order...like when i type "this" most of the time it comes out "thsi" which is really frustrating. Like my key press is right but the timing is off. How to improve this?

[@kushagrakumar163]

I think I've hit a plateau 😢 I am unable to cross 80. My typing speed is stuck between 70s and 80s😢 What should I do😭

[@akito4105]

Before learning to touch type I was around 50 wpm average while looking at the keyboard occasionally. But now that I know how to touch type my top speed is 115 wpm and my average is 75wpm with the monkeytype settings of english 10k and punctuation. I've only been practicing for about 4-5 months inconsistently.

[@scientist100]

She is right about the memory thing, not sure how that works but it just does once you practice over and over. Just know that those keys are there and watch your words as you type. Most of the time I just know when I made a mistake and automatically backspace without looking, when I'm not sure I just backspace the amount where I think I made a mistake and then start from there again, though if you try to think what you're trying to type, you actually take a pause, instead try to type and see what happens.

[@mochabetty]

The one thing I waiting to hear in the video was the actual tool for typing: the keyboard. There are so many versions of keyboards out there with different types of keys. Is there a type of keyboard that helps you type better or faster ?

[@yourelbyno]

So I've been using computer since really early age. I've started at the age of 7 and now after 9 years I have developed a habit of only using 5 fingers to type. So what I do is for my right hand I only use the index finger and for the left hand I use the thumb, index, middle and ring fingers. So that sums up to 5 fingers but if we count my relation with keyboards which are of 9 years it really makes sense if I say I get 108-112 WPM on average. I wonder if I used like 8 or 9 fingers how many WPM I would have gotten. (Note: I have never taken classes for typing)

[@nil70n]

Nice video! I wanted to improve my typing speed and moving to a split keyboard with a small amount of keys (my actual has 36) helped a lot. I used monkeytype and got faster than with my old keyboard in a week. I'm adding this because I think you can have a lot of fun with this experience, and I would love to know how someone that types twice as fast than me feels doing it. Let me know what you think, I can give you some guidance or help with the keyboard mapping if you want to try.

[@purplelord8531]

im not fast, but I hang around this hobby a little bit (im not dedicated and im more focused on fun with layouts) - it's great to hear from someone who is actually fast! also wanted to point out that monkeytype can train punctuation and harder words - if you have an account you can even make a default typing profile also for anyone like me who likes typing as a hobby, unless you go deep into customs (seems like muscle memory is king, so not reccomended for the fastest speeds), it seems like you have to let go of 'proper typing'. it just seems to be worse than whatever you naturally come up with

[@chetan4184]

So good video dvyjessica🙂

[@RobG1729]

Have you tried typing with an alternate keyboard layout like Dvorak? The QWERTY layout was intended to keep frequent letters far apart to keep typewriters from getting jammed.