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No, something is wrong with me. I am a touch typist. I have done various forms of practice including in primary school. My brain simply won't go faster than 30wpm.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 10mo ago

i find that incredible. i was two finger typing that fast at age 14 before i learned to touch type and if i got really hyped i could do 45

i was getting around 50-60 on typical generic membrane keyboards and then i switched to dvorak and got to around 80 and with an ortho mechanical keyboard i can push maybe 90

i had a fight with utxo over his typing speed, he claimed 160, which is 960 keystrokes per minute or 16 taps per second

i don't believe it, but then i read, it happens, and i know for sure that i'm pushing about half of that, and i know that my speed is around average

my suggestion would be get a mechanical keyboard with lighter actuation pressure, and maybe the thinner, lighter laptop keyboards may also let you go a bit faster

how hard you have to press and how fast makes a big impact on the margins

switching to dvorak was essential for me because the qwerty layout is designed to maximize your effort to slow you down

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Daniel Wigton 9mo ago

My main keyboard is mechanical with mx cherry clear switches. The activation is kinda heavy though and that does add to the challenge. My laptop is a Lenovo X1 Carbon gen 6. That keyboard is hard to top for raw typing speed.

I am not sure what my deal is, but I struggle with anything that requires reflexive control of my fingers. Never could play instruments beyond basics, or play video games that require fast combos.

Might be some kind of trade-off, I am quite good with conscious control, which lets me do complex manipulation and assembly tasks, but am too hardwired finger-to-brain to relenquish control to my spine.