TRANSITION SUMMARY
2015 feb 12 day 1
41.5 WPM; TARMAK 1
30.0 WPM; TARMAK 2
2015 feb 13 day 2
44.7 WPM; TARMAK 2
29.0 WPM; TARMAK 3
2015 feb 14 day 3
45.4 WPM; TARMAK 3
2015 feb 15 day 4
53.3 WPM; TARMAK 3
2015 feb 16 day 5
55.2 WPM; TARMAK 3
2015 feb 17 day 6
36.0 WPM; TARMAK 4
2015 feb 18 day 7
47.1 WPM; TARMAK 4
29.0 WPM; TARMAK 5 (but switched back to TARMAK 4)
2015 feb 19 day 8
54.5 WPM; TARMAK 4 (morning)
32.1 WPM; TARMAK 5 (night)
2015 feb 20 day 9
39.6 WPM; TARMAK 5
*each WPM posted is an average of 10 tests in a row using either: typing-speed-test or 10fastfingers
I have not decided completely if I will continue learning. I am scared that I will not be able to regain my old QWERTY speed.
Today, On Feb 21st, I started using QWERTY again. Have been trying to get my speed back up as I have not used it at all since I started Colemak. I now average about 100 WPM. EDIT: am back to about 110.
Also, I never had any pain or discomfort with QWERTY. I am switching just to have a superior layout. I do not want to do it if i lose any speed, though. I also am not sure if it is worth the effort to get back up to my old speed just to have slight benefits as there are a lot of cons such as the ubiquitous nature of qwerty in our modern world.
I am wondering if I could ever break, say, 140 WPM with Colemak. Does anyone here think it's worth it to switch completely or are the downsides too numerous to make that slight speed/comfort worth having?
good encouragement for me
Perhaps others could share stories of people who were really fast QWERTY typers who gained even more speed switching to Colemak. I need encouragement to continue. The extra comfort and less finger travel is not enough for me to want to continue
Also, I hope my complete transition through TARMAK isn't null. I'm hoping I can have some sort of a better grasp on Colemak should I put it off until a later time.
EDIT: It seems like the majority of people who learn Colemak and thrive with it, were never too fast to begin with or they never properly learned touch typing. So my basic question could be: For a professional touch-typist who has average speeds of 120 WPM with no discomfort whatsoever, would the switch be worth it in the end