Crossed 95 wpm for the first time ever!

So i recently crossed 95 wpm typing speed.

Here are my 3 key take aways:

Backstory, i had hit a typing ceiling around 80 wpm max speed, with ~60ish wpm average, and wasn’t able to progress for multiple months (years).

To overcome it, i had to remove certain mental blocks

1. Always, use the appropriate finger for the specific key

I do touch typing. Earlier I used to suck at typing, and I literally learnt how to type correctly at ~26yo age from typing.com. I could never go pass beyond 35-40 wpm because the way i was typing was flawed (it was mostly two fingers and occasionally a few others). Learning to use appropriate fingers for specific keys is must if you wanna go beyond 45 i think. And it’s never too late to invest in this skill. Comm’on we’re digital natives.

2. Target 100% accuracy

This was one of the bits i was missing. It was never the speed that was stopping me, it was the error i encountered while i tried to type fast. The error just blows away the rhythm. I learned about this from a YT video (i’ll share it with you, just ping, rn i’m not able to find it.)

Btw, i use monkeytype for practice, and test difficulty “master” helps with this. The test will restart if you make an error in this mode. Yep, just grind.

3. Don’t focus on letters, focus on words.

Maybe, another mistake i was making was i was too focused on letters while typing, and this prevented me from going beyond 80 wpm. To go beyond you need to focus on a single word as a unit rather than just a letter. I think this is partially because the screen renders the letters slower than you actually type. There’s a lag.

Bonus

4. Focus on Next Word

Maybe to go beyond 100 wpm, the trick is to focus on the next word while you’re typing the current one? i don’t know. i’ll try it out and update! That’s the topic for another day.

Bonus Bonus

5. Focus on Next Two Words

To go beyond 150 wpm? idk but that’s my aim. I’ll inform you guys when i achieve it.

Btw, thanks for coming here and reading this. This is my first post on bearblog.dev, i absolutely loved the simplistic idea of this website (in the era of AI slop :p)! It’s minimal, neat, and focused. I was looking for one such theme/template for a while now.

You can reach out to me on x/twitter @pagarevijayy - where i’m experimenting with a psuedo name - Minato Namikaze ⚡️.

Yours truly, Vijay - signing off!