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Topre vs Cherry typing speed
Fraaaan:
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You're naturally going to type the faster on the keyboard you've spent more time with. Give yourself some more time with the Realforce and your WPM will increase.
tp4tissue:
The absolute fastest typing will be on low profile keys like scissor.
The error rate is much smaller, because there's almost no chance of fingers getting bunched up on lifts and kicks.
The rest, like actuation distance, feel, response don't really matter, a skilled typer ignore all of these things while going for speed. They perceive nothing, and almost 90% of focus is dedicated to parsing onscreen words into triggering muscle memory for the next glyph.
The keyboard hobby has nothing to do with performance, its entirely about flavor/ vanity.
Rhienfo:
--- Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 08 June 2024, 05:18:04 ---The absolute fastest typing will be on low profile keys like scissor.
The error rate is much smaller, because there's almost no chance of fingers getting bunched up on lifts and kicks.
The rest, like actuation distance, feel, response don't really matter, a skilled typer ignore all of these things while going for speed. They perceive nothing, and almost 90% of focus is dedicated to parsing onscreen words into triggering muscle memory for the next glyph.
The keyboard hobby has nothing to do with performance, its entirely about flavor/ vanity.
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Actuation distance and force are pretty important if you are trying to go for the fastest speeds when it comes to typing. The lower the amount of force it takes to actuate the switch, the quicker you will be since you will spend less time pressing the keys, and the distance is quicker because of that less travel. Scissor switches are the best because they have incredibly light actuation forces (it's like 35-45g from what I'm aware) and also incredibly short travel distance (it's like 1-2.5mm)
Like the top person on monkeytype uses one of those hall effect keyboards with the adjustable actuation and that probably helps him a lot.
mps:
Thanks for all the responses. After a lot of experimenting, I've come to an explanation not mentioned here: I don't think it's the keys at all! My Realforce keyboard has black on dark grey keys while my Filco has white and black. Even though I consider myself a touch typist, I do get a little extra speed from seeing the keycaps in the edge of my field of vision, which seems to account for the difference!
Any suggestions for a good source for keycaps that fit a Realforce Topre greatly appreciated. The keycap sets I've found online seem to focus on the Cherry-compatible world.
grids:
I find that Topre switches have a nice tactile feel to them, but the ones I've tried are *way* too heavy for fast typing, IMO. Maybe tactility slows them down too, idk.
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