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What is YOUR tying speed ?
« on: Thu, 31 January 2013, 04:06:13 »
hi ! i decides myself like three days ago tu improve my typing speed-accuracy , and for doing this i considered using "typing race" websites. i'm currently around 53 wpm with 93.5% accuracy. i wonder if there are better ways to improve, and if you guys have some tips :)

what are your results on a race ?

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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 31 January 2013, 04:19:23 »
Hi-game.net to practise for punctuation and symbols.
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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 31 January 2013, 04:23:55 »

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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 31 January 2013, 04:30:27 »
oh dang. sorry, thread can be closed :)
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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 31 January 2013, 05:28:40 »
oh dang. sorry, thread can be closed :)

don't worry bout it, I'd say just continue this one, the other one's stale, and full of "bad information"

I've been at 130 avg for the past 6-7 months on 10fastfinger regular, 95 avg on advance mode.

typeracer I can do 120, but only if I'm very focused..


Try flipping your space bar around, gave me a 5% boost recently, it could just be I am excited about the feel, but I can do 138avg on 10fastfingers after flipping the space bar :cool:

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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 31 January 2013, 05:35:59 »
44wpm .. woo.  :rolleyes: Yeah I suck lol

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« Reply #6 on: Fri, 01 February 2013, 18:01:06 »
80wpm... used to be 120wpm when i did piano.

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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 01 February 2013, 18:25:22 »
80wpm... used to be 120wpm when i did piano.

this is impossible, you can't regress that much.... unless you stop using the computer all together.

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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 01 February 2013, 18:35:24 »
90-100wpm

I notice that I tend to use only 3-4 fingers on either hand when I touch type. If only I had listened in school and learned the home row :P

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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #9 on: Fri, 01 February 2013, 19:02:44 »
90-100wpm

I notice that I tend to use only 3-4 fingers on either hand when I touch type. If only I had listened in school and learned the home row :P

you don't need the home row... but, which finger "arn't" you using... there are only 4 fingers and 1 thumb... are you only using 3 fingers + thumb?

and which hand do you spacebar with...

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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #10 on: Fri, 01 February 2013, 19:51:07 »
90-100wpm

I notice that I tend to use only 3-4 fingers on either hand when I touch type. If only I had listened in school and learned the home row :P

you don't need the home row... but, which finger "arn't" you using... there are only 4 fingers and 1 thumb... are you only using 3 fingers + thumb?

and which hand do you spacebar with...
I've seen people use their fingers for the spacebar.
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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #11 on: Fri, 01 February 2013, 20:06:17 »
90-100wpm

I notice that I tend to use only 3-4 fingers on either hand when I touch type. If only I had listened in school and learned the home row :P

you don't need the home row... but, which finger "arn't" you using... there are only 4 fingers and 1 thumb... are you only using 3 fingers + thumb?

and which hand do you spacebar with...
I've seen people use their fingers for the spacebar.

This would be very slow unless you have very short fingers...

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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #12 on: Fri, 01 February 2013, 21:07:37 »
80wpm... used to be 120wpm when i did piano.

this is impossible, you can't regress that much.... unless you stop using the computer all together.
Correction 90wpm. Took a test just now. I think its very possible. Especially if you've switched between layouts a few times. I guess in addition to not doing piano, I still haven't caught up to my original typing speed.
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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #13 on: Sat, 02 February 2013, 00:26:07 »
90-100wpm

I notice that I tend to use only 3-4 fingers on either hand when I touch type. If only I had listened in school and learned the home row :P

you don't need the home row... but, which finger "arn't" you using... there are only 4 fingers and 1 thumb... are you only using 3 fingers + thumb?

and which hand do you spacebar with...

I press the space bar mostly with my left thumb. The ring finger on both hands tends to get the least amount of use.

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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #14 on: Sat, 02 February 2013, 05:58:55 »
90-100wpm

I notice that I tend to use only 3-4 fingers on either hand when I touch type. If only I had listened in school and learned the home row :P

you don't need the home row... but, which finger "arn't" you using... there are only 4 fingers and 1 thumb... are you only using 3 fingers + thumb?

and which hand do you spacebar with...

I press the space bar mostly with my left thumb. The ring finger on both hands tends to get the least amount of use.

hm...  ring finger should handle w s x and o l ,     the "w" and "x" doesn't really matter, they're rare letters, but "o" and " l " and "s" are pretty important transitions, i mean "o" is a vowel..

Standard spacebar rule is right thumb, because that balances the load between your fingers

 The most common last letter in a word in order of frequency
              E, S, T, D, N, R, Y, F, L, O, G, H, A, K, M, P, U, W

More than half of all words end with
              E ,T, D, S

as you see, because most words end in left hand letters, it is also advantages to use right thumb for space-bar to provide faster transitions.

also, on top of ending letters....

The most common first letter in a word in order of frequency
              T, O, A, W, B, C, D, S, F, M, R, H, I, Y, E, G, L, N, O, U, J, K


So you see,, right thumb space bar just HAS to be done.

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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #15 on: Sat, 02 February 2013, 08:06:28 »
I can't be the only one who uses the left thumb to press the space bar. It feels natural.

Okay, so I had to watch myself type in order to figure out where my fingers are going. My left pinky hovers over the shift bar and is rarely used. Left ring finger rests on 'A', middle on 'S', and index on 'D'. My right has is an even bigger abomination. My right pinky rests on the backspace. Right index finger is usually on 'J', middle on 'O', and ring finger somewhere around there. My right thumb doesn't get used.

Now that I think of it, I have no idea how I'm able to touch type or get 90-100WPM. My hand placement is terribly inefficient.
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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #16 on: Sat, 02 February 2013, 11:05:59 »
I'm still stuck at about 50- 60 WPM, even after getting to like reds so much. I have to learn!
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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #17 on: Sat, 02 February 2013, 13:25:42 »
I'm still stuck at about 50- 60 WPM, even after getting to like reds so much. I have to learn!

well you're only 15... so... you got 5 years to double your speed... which you probably won't need... though you may need to learn more words... ;D

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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #18 on: Sat, 02 February 2013, 13:28:21 »
I can't be the only one who uses the left thumb to press the space bar. It feels natural.

Okay, so I had to watch myself type in order to figure out where my fingers are going. My left pinky hovers over the shift bar and is rarely used. Left ring finger rests on 'A', middle on 'S', and index on 'D'. My right has is an even bigger abomination. My right pinky rests on the backspace. Right index finger is usually on 'J', middle on 'O', and ring finger somewhere around there. My right thumb doesn't get used.

Now that I think of it, I have no idea how I'm able to touch type or get 90-100WPM. My hand placement is terribly inefficient.

some gamers do this.. because jump is always wasd + left thumb. so alot of people who learned typing through gaming do the left thumb space-bar..

I switched from doing this, I learned to type in starcraft...

eventually at around 100-110 you feel that transitions require an extra hand lift for the space bar, and this cause a larger disruption in the rhythm...

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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #19 on: Sat, 02 February 2013, 14:55:17 »
I'm still stuck at about 50- 60 WPM, even after getting to like reds so much. I have to learn!

well you're only 15... so... you got 5 years to double your speed... which you probably won't need... though you may need to learn more words... ;D

Perhaps, but I'd still like top be able to get to about 80WPM which would be nice in a working environment. :)
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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #20 on: Sat, 02 February 2013, 14:58:22 »
I'm still stuck at about 50- 60 WPM, even after getting to like reds so much. I have to learn!

well you're only 15... so... you got 5 years to double your speed... which you probably won't need... though you may need to learn more words... ;D

Perhaps, but I'd still like top be able to get to about 80WPM which would be nice in a working environment. :)

well the thing is, transcription speed (WPM game measurements) of 80 may not be able to keep up with your thought process.

I'd say transcription speed of 125 is where you could reasonable "stop"...

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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #21 on: Sat, 02 February 2013, 15:09:41 »
I'm obviously much faster typing when I'm thinking out what I'm saying while I type. I'm just really bad at things like typeracer because of that and slow down massively when what I have to type is already in front of me.
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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #22 on: Mon, 04 February 2013, 00:22:04 »
~15 when coding in a programming language I know poorly
~45 when coding in a programming language I know well
~80-120wpm when writing emails or literature, depends how much redbull is in me and how much I actually enjoy what I am writing.

My WPM actually goes down using a Model M though, best wpm is using laptop rubberdome at #1, mx reds at #2, white alps at #3.
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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #23 on: Mon, 04 February 2013, 04:35:36 »
~15 when coding in a programming language I know poorly
~45 when coding in a programming language I know well
~80-120wpm when writing emails or literature, depends how much redbull is in me and how much I actually enjoy what I am writing.

My WPM actually goes down using a Model M though, best wpm is using laptop rubberdome at #1, mx reds at #2, white alps at #3.


Funny you should mention that..

I am also slowly accepting the fact that the long travel on most mechanical may not be the "fastest" to type on.

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« Reply #24 on: Mon, 04 February 2013, 05:33:00 »
You can always put more dampeners under the keys. Cherry MX Blue w/ soft-landing pads feel like better scissor switches IMHO. However, I guess the most important difference is that rubber dome is resistant at the top unlike in case of most mechanical switches.

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« Reply #25 on: Tue, 05 February 2013, 21:48:19 »
~15 when coding in a programming language I know poorly
~45 when coding in a programming language I know well
~80-120wpm when writing emails or literature, depends how much redbull is in me and how much I actually enjoy what I am writing.

My WPM actually goes down using a Model M though, best wpm is using laptop rubberdome at #1, mx reds at #2, white alps at #3.


Funny you should mention that..

I am also slowly accepting the fact that the long travel on most mechanical may not be the "fastest" to type on.


It happens, I'm blazing fast when typing on my laptop rubber dome.  Sadly I don't use mechanical keyboards much anymore.
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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #26 on: Tue, 05 February 2013, 22:35:05 »
Letters symbols and numbers 90~. http://www.alfatyping.com/typing-test for the "Professional" typing test. I type for a living.

Just letters (10fastfingers) 136 average wpm.

Typeracer varies way too much.
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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #27 on: Fri, 15 February 2013, 10:18:45 »
The professional touch typing totally killed me.  :mad:

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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #28 on: Fri, 15 February 2013, 12:35:29 »
I've seen people use their fingers for the spacebar.

This would be very slow unless you have very short fingers...

I use my right index finger for the spacebar and I have pretty big fingers too. Average around 130wpm on typeracer, got up to 150 last month. I basically only use 6 fingers for typing letters, pinkys are for punctuation, enter and shift and thumbs aren't used at all.
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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #29 on: Fri, 15 February 2013, 14:31:26 »
60-70~ WPM on klavaro (touch-typing software) with custom text (letters / symbols / numbers)
I switched layout 7-8~ month ago, hence the bad score. (I previously used standard AZERTY, and now I use BÉPO)
The score greatly depends on the software/site you use to measure your speed though.

Also, this is a great site to practice : http://tazzon.free.fr/mpm_v3.1/
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« Reply #30 on: Fri, 15 February 2013, 15:23:40 »
About 80 to 100 WPM.... What I hate is when I get that magical (one time I got 114 WPM) speed, then Typeracer goes "Oh wait, I don't believe you can type that fast. Here, to prove you just typed that fast, you need to type the following broken sentences from Alice In Wonderland, in un-readable captcha-esque font." But at least I know I can type that fast :P
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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #31 on: Fri, 15 February 2013, 15:40:31 »
About 80 to 100 WPM.... What I hate is when I get that magical (one time I got 114 WPM) speed, then Typeracer goes "Oh wait, I don't believe you can type that fast. Here, to prove you just typed that fast, you need to type the following broken sentences from Alice In Wonderland, in un-readable captcha-esque font." But at least I know I can type that fast :P

it's easy to pass that test, you're allowed "mistakes", just type it as fast as you can without correction...

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« Reply #32 on: Fri, 15 February 2013, 15:46:51 »
Good to know - I kind of was overwhelmed and kept hitting backspace a lot of the time... I'll try as you suggested. I never really tried to do it cause it pissed me off lol
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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #33 on: Fri, 15 February 2013, 16:19:07 »
I can type fast, but have to look at the position of my hands.

Two weeks ago I started teaching myself to touch type properly and I'm up from 18wpm the first day to 60wpm yesterday, averaging ~43wpm.

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« Reply #34 on: Fri, 22 February 2013, 07:35:28 »
I've been trying to figure this out for a bit, I'm stuck around 100-110 wpm on various test sites. The biggest thing is my head, if I hit words I'm not 100% on the spelling I'm far more prone to making a mistake. Also, lack of sleep. Anytime my head is in a fog I'm not typing very well. If I'm all stressed about typing faster I type slower haha..

I decided I'd record all the words I screw up and just spend some time typing them out, add them up into some mess of a paragraph and type it out a few times in the morning and evening. Improve my spelling and typing this way. Practice makes perfect.

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« Reply #35 on: Sat, 23 February 2013, 04:35:48 »
I've been trying to figure this out for a bit, I'm stuck around 100-110 wpm on various test sites. The biggest thing is my head, if I hit words I'm not 100% on the spelling I'm far more prone to making a mistake. Also, lack of sleep. Anytime my head is in a fog I'm not typing very well. If I'm all stressed about typing faster I type slower haha..

I decided I'd record all the words I screw up and just spend some time typing them out, add them up into some mess of a paragraph and type it out a few times in the morning and evening. Improve my spelling and typing this way. Practice makes perfect.

Good idea. I have the same problem, I might try that.

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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #36 on: Mon, 25 February 2013, 06:08:11 »
Around 53 WPM with two fingers

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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #37 on: Mon, 25 February 2013, 06:13:08 »
I've been trying to figure this out for a bit, I'm stuck around 100-110 wpm on various test sites. The biggest thing is my head, if I hit words I'm not 100% on the spelling I'm far more prone to making a mistake. Also, lack of sleep. Anytime my head is in a fog I'm not typing very well. If I'm all stressed about typing faster I type slower haha..

I decided I'd record all the words I screw up and just spend some time typing them out, add them up into some mess of a paragraph and type it out a few times in the morning and evening. Improve my spelling and typing this way. Practice makes perfect.

Good idea. I have the same problem, I might try that.

I don't think this is your problem

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« Reply #39 on: Mon, 25 February 2013, 08:41:24 »
Around 53 WPM with two fingers

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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #40 on: Mon, 25 February 2013, 09:22:53 »
With only 2 fingers, do you guys have to look down from time to time, because there's a lot more space  to navigate, and there's no orientation mechanism with 2 fingers, if the wrists are raised

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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #41 on: Tue, 26 February 2013, 13:06:51 »
120 wpm on a warm day.
<110 on a cold day.

I've been playing piano for over a decade so that definitely helps.
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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #42 on: Tue, 26 February 2013, 13:34:38 »
With only 2 fingers, do you guys have to look down from time to time, because there's a lot more space  to navigate, and there's no orientation mechanism with 2 fingers, if the wrists are raised

i would imagine that the 70-80 from this method is moreso due to consistency than some wildly improvised two finger touch typing, but you're spot on about the wrist thing -- relativity f' yeah

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« Reply #43 on: Tue, 26 February 2013, 20:33:47 »
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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #44 on: Sat, 02 March 2013, 15:39:54 »
Hi all,
if you know 2 or more layouts (ie QWERTY and one of Dvork/Colemak/etc) please post your WPMs in a new thread I created here:
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40823.0
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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #45 on: Sun, 10 March 2013, 00:12:22 »
For Typing Tests:
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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #46 on: Sun, 10 March 2013, 22:20:17 »
I've broken 140 recently... but I honestly don't think I can go much faster.. Maybe 160 tops,   without practiced text, or short word groups, it doesn't seem like I can parse any faster..

Offline compgeke

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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #47 on: Mon, 11 March 2013, 00:21:59 »
On my Model M here (and basically every other keyboard I've used, except a Netbook) I get 95-100 WPM. With my shoulder that hurts for some reason I'm getting 90 :L.

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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #48 on: Tue, 12 March 2013, 01:39:57 »
Around 100wpm. Of course this only during pressure. Normal email/forum speed is probably around 80wpm

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Offline Glissant

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Re: What is YOUR tying speed ?
« Reply #49 on: Tue, 12 March 2013, 04:16:26 »
I'm a wizard at tying shoelaces, but if we are talking ties or bow ties then I am a lot slower.

In all seriousness though; I averaged 88WPM when I was doing typeracer (only 212 races) to practice my touch typing. Best race was 112WPM, but it's all artificial as you start to learn certain rounds and know which words are coming up. It also has a distinct lack of punctuation and symbols, so I am sure I would do slower on parts that have lots of symbols that I don't use that often.