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Yup, having to type unseen text makes a lot of difference. Here's what I personally use to test my keyboard setups: monkeytype.com. My best is ~95 WPM and 100

Yup, having to type unseen text makes a lot of difference. Here's what I personally use to test my keyboard setups: monkeytype.com. My best is ~95 WPM and 100% accuracy.

omegalulw 5y ago
Saw the article later, they use monkey type too. I would love to see them in the 30s test.
ummonk 5y ago
Tried that and got 109 WPM with 100% accuracy on my Macbook Pro (non-butterfly) keyboard. I usually score around the 80s with regular sentences and punctuation on other sites though, so subtract 30% from the WPM results on this side to estimate a regular WPM.
- opan 5y ago
  I also felt scores were inflated compared to 10fastfingers when I first tried it. Tweak the default settings and it can be a lot more comparable.
half-kh-hacker 5y ago
I like typing :) Here's 163 wpm on a macbook keyboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ulK2VJdQpw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ulK2VJdQpw Here's 175 wpm on a custom mechanical keyboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO-A8rVJDOM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO-A8rVJDOM
- themodelplumber 5y ago
  That's amazing. Do you do any wrist stretches or recovery tasks afterward? Is there a routine you do for prep?
- prirun 5y ago
  No idea how they can type that fast with those long finger nails!
  - userbinator 5y ago
    They increase stiffness. You hit the keys with the hard nail instead of the squishy flesh of your fingers, which reduces jitter and improves timing accuracy. (I'm a fast typer, but not as fast as that one, also with long-ish --- around 0.050" --- fingernails.)
  - half-kh-hacker 5y ago
    I actually keep my nails pretty short (they're only about 1 or 2mm past the furthest-out part of my fingertip) for typing reasons! My speed gets a lot worse if I let them grow out, so I like to file them down regularly (instead of clipping them occasionally) to keep them at a length I'm used to.
- riidom 5y ago
  It's weird, how it looks more effortless, the faster someone types. Well done!
  - opan 5y ago
    I think at high speeds you do actually end up optimizing force per press and time spent on a key out of necessity. It's like cycling, where they say "it never gets easier, you just get faster", or in other words, they can do a lot more with the same amount of effort.

Yup, having to type unseen text makes a lot of difference. Here's what I personally use to test my keyboard setups: monkeytype.com. My best is ~95 WPM and 100% accuracy.

omegalulw 5y ago

Saw the article later, they use monkey type too. I would love to see them in the 30s test.

ummonk 5y ago

Tried that and got 109 WPM with 100% accuracy on my Macbook Pro (non-butterfly) keyboard. I usually score around the 80s with regular sentences and punctuation on other sites though, so subtract 30% from the WPM results on this side to estimate a regular WPM.

opan 5y ago
I also felt scores were inflated compared to 10fastfingers when I first tried it. Tweak the default settings and it can be a lot more comparable.

half-kh-hacker 5y ago

I like typing :) Here's 163 wpm on a macbook keyboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ulK2VJdQpw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ulK2VJdQpw Here's 175 wpm on a custom mechanical keyboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO-A8rVJDOM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO-A8rVJDOM

themodelplumber 5y ago
That's amazing. Do you do any wrist stretches or recovery tasks afterward? Is there a routine you do for prep?
prirun 5y ago
No idea how they can type that fast with those long finger nails!
- userbinator 5y ago
  They increase stiffness. You hit the keys with the hard nail instead of the squishy flesh of your fingers, which reduces jitter and improves timing accuracy. (I'm a fast typer, but not as fast as that one, also with long-ish --- around 0.050" --- fingernails.)
- half-kh-hacker 5y ago
  I actually keep my nails pretty short (they're only about 1 or 2mm past the furthest-out part of my fingertip) for typing reasons! My speed gets a lot worse if I let them grow out, so I like to file them down regularly (instead of clipping them occasionally) to keep them at a length I'm used to.
riidom 5y ago
It's weird, how it looks more effortless, the faster someone types. Well done!
- opan 5y ago
  I think at high speeds you do actually end up optimizing force per press and time spent on a key out of necessity. It's like cycling, where they say "it never gets easier, you just get faster", or in other words, they can do a lot more with the same amount of effort.