I think the claim is that whatever limits typing speed is not key travel distance, but rather maybe coordination in your brain or some other factor. Anecdotally

I think the claim is that whatever limits typing speed is not key travel distance, but rather maybe coordination in your brain or some other factor. Anecdotally I would get tired typing qwerty way faster than I do typing dvorak, though some of this is just the fact that my form is much better in dvorak.