(2/3/2013;)
Few tips I want to share for achieving over 80 wpm.
97% of accuracy is insufficient to have average 80 wpm+ based on my typing experiences since 2011. This is good enough for below 70 wpm IMHO. To have constant high speed, at least 98% of accuracy is favorable. At this level, fingers move pretty fast. Mistyping two or three words in a paragraph does slow down the speed.
After hitting good speed over seven or ten of your average speed, take it easy on speed. I look at as the day's top record. I haven't manged to reproduce the day top record by will.
When the head is heavy, mind is wondering, it's time for break. To me early morning or mid night always produces lower than average speed. Even the head is clear, when mind start wondering hand and eye synchronization get reduced, which results zero speed increase or accuracy improvement.
What's effective time length for a session?
I would say maximum forty minutes. Ten minutes to warm up fingers and hand muscles, then half hour of serious practice for high speed typing.
How many hours per day is good?
No more than two hours. Rather than having one big session, spread short sessions over the day.
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Hi all,
I'll post my progress of learning Colemak layout.
I've been touch typing since 1990. I learned Qwerty layout using a simple type tutor in MS-DOS. ;-)
I just didn't feel right to see keyboard every time I type words on computer.
My Qwerty typing speed is little over 50 wpm.
The reason I decide to use Colemak was because I really had great experience after replacing my previous Korean typing layout to better one. I recovered 45% of previous typing speed within two weeks, which was impressive result. I might try 1,000+ SPM (Stroke Per Minute) just for fun by practicing speed typing regularly.
Once I reach 25 WPM with great accuracy, I'll be a full-time Colemak user.
I memorized Colemak layout yesterday using the Klavaro typing program for Xorg in Linux.
Average speed was 11.8 WPM yesterday.
nt 96.8 2:48
se 96.8 3:11
ri 95.8 3:29
ao 97.7 2:53
arst 96.8 38:14 had break
neio 96.1 6:21
dh 97.7 3:01
arstd 95.1 5:47
hneio 96.1 5:57
arstdhneio 97.0 7:43
pl 97.7 5:38
fu 95.4 3:21
wy 97.0 3:19
q; 97.5 2:38
qwfp 97.2 5:27
luy; 95.4 6:30
gj 95.8 3:26
qwfpg 97.2 5:22
jluy 95.6 5:47
qwfpgjluy; 96.3 6:49
vm 97.5 2:53
c, 95.8 2:47
x. 96.5 3:26
z/ 97.0 2:39
zxcv 97.0 2:##
m,./ 96.5 4:25
bk 95.4 3:14
zxcvb 96.5 5:21
km,./ 95.8 4:57
zxcvbkm,./ 97.7 5:45Day 1 (11/4/2011): 11.8 WPM.
Day 2 (11/5/2011): 14.8 WPM to 20 WPM.
Day 3 (11/6/2011): average speed is at 20 wpm.
I practiced 8 hours today.
hit 25 wpm. :-)
http://hi-games.net/typing-test,300/watch?u=5333
I'll practice less than 2 hours per day from now on.
Day 4 (11/7/2011): 32.9 wpm on Klavaro
26 wpm of 5 minutes typing on http://hi-games.net
Day 5 (11/8/2011):
Typing Test: 5 Minutes 30 wpm on hi-games.net
It seems practicing over one hour per session dose n't much help.
I'll do two session per day, one in the morning and one in the evening.
Thanks to the mechanical keyboard, I can press keys very lightly.
I'v been working on changing my typing style too.
Also I added hands and finger exercises as part of the typing session.
Day 6 (11/9/2011):
38 wpm - Typing Test: 5 Minutes on hi-games.net
Day 7 (11/16/2011):
I stopped typing practice for few days. However, I've been using Colemak full-time. It probably increased the speed.
43 wpm - Typing Test: 5 Minutes on hi-games.net
Day 8 (11/17/2011):
It seems without accuracy it's hard to go over 50 wpm. I will focus on accuracy than speed from now on.
45 wpm - Typing Test: 5 Minutes on hi-games.net
Day 9 (11/18/2011):
47 wpm - Typing Test: 5 Minutes on hi-games.net
Day 10 (11/19/2011):
Woot, finding the right rhythm the the finger type flawless and fast without the brain's command.
53 wpm - Typing Test: 1 Minutes on hi-games.net
49 wpm - Typing Test: 5 Minutes on hi-games.net
Day 11 (11/20/2011):
56 wpm - Typing Test: 1 Minutes on hi-games.net
53 wpm - Typing Test: 2 Minutes on hi-games.net
http://hi-games.net/typing-test,60/watch?u=5333
11/22/2011:
59 wpm - Typing Test: 1 Minutes on hi-games.net
51 wpm - Typing Test: 5 Minutes on hi-games.net
11/23/2011:
I need to improve speed of left fingers to go over 60 wpm. Slow finger movement of left hands blocks faster tying.
11/25/2011:
I hit the plateau. Hoping I'll get over this sooner or later. It's so easy to type 8,000 now. The speed is beween 50 wpm and 58 wpm. Sometimes it goes up to 65 to 70 for 10s or 20s. But, lack of consistency keep average speed at 50 wpm range. :(
I'll focus on training the left side finger movement using Amphetype.
11/27/2011:
54 wpm - Typing Test: 5 Minutes on hi-games.net
11/29/2011:
61 wpm - Typing Test: 1 Minute
57 wpm - Typing Test: 2 Minutes
