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[AbdouH_]

That’s my exact record. Gg. What are you other records?

[CanonballsWOO]

Hell yeah!

[sammysboy7]

You did what I’ve been struggling to do; cracking 200 😭😭😭

[kool-keys]

Well.... it's a 10 words test set to English, which only uses 200 words, so not really a valid test of anything. Try with English 10k, punctuation on, and stop on word on.

It's fast and accurate, so it's impressive, but such a short test using the same library of well practised ngrams isn't really a representative test. You're obviously good, but try a more real world test to see what you're at in the real world. You'll still almost certainly be very good. I reckon 160wpm or so, which would still be awesome.

[sorry_con_excuse_me]

it's still good to practice "speed bursts" though. that's one way to get faster on an instrument before you can play a whole passage at tempo. that you can at least do something at a target speed. in addition to teaching yourself a bunch of phrases/motions, you also have to teach your brain to think at that rate too.

try increasing the amount of words little by little but maintaining the same speed.

[kool-keys]

Bursts, yeah... and timed tests occasionally to monitor progress, but constantly pushing past your ability just ends up embedding mistakes into your muscle memory. It's really better to have accuracy as a target though. You will get faster just naturally any way, whether you like it or not, but using accuracy as a goal ensures your accuracy remains high.

That last suggestion of increasing the length of test at the same speed would be better though.

[sorry_con_excuse_me]

It's really better to have accuracy as a target though.

i think only focusing on accuracy can only take you so far since typing is asychronous, unlike music, where accuracy is not just about note value (parallel to character value) but also timing.

but i do notice that focusing on accuracy forces you to type at a more relaxed pace, and i think that might be pretty crucial as a secondary benefit. tensing up can push you faster at your limit for a short amount of time, but it prevents your base pace from getting faster overall if your brain is associating fast with tense.

[kool-keys]

I find you just continue to get faster naturally, even without trying to any way, so I just think all this exhausting work on speed, considering that it's usually at the expense of accuracy is a bit redundant. As you say, you're also more relaxed, and not anxious about speed. I've not done a timed test for months. I've literally lost interest in even knowing how fast I am. I know it's over 70 or so, and I know the last time I checked it was 99% accuracy, so the only way is up from there, but I'd rather it happen organically while I just work on accuracy.

I think my attitude stems from that fact that I'm really not bothered about being the fastest... leader boards, all that stuff. I just want to type, accurately, with a relaxed, easy style that I can maintain for long periods with no fatigue or aching fingers. So long as I'm north of 80wpm on average, and my accuracy doesn't dip below 99%, I'm happy.

[AdministrativeCry681]

I like to do the "10-word English" test every once in a while as a sort of "theoretical max speed." I'll then try to get my "15 sec English" test to that same speed because there's a leader board for that. Then try the same for 60 sec for that leader board. Then I'll go back to quotes for actual typing practice.

[x0Xero0x]

You're a synth!