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Mako Young Author Mako Young is a Computer Science graduate turned writer for How-To Geek. He's a tech enthusiast who has written tons of tutorials, technical articles, and blog posts. From tweaking hardware components to fixing software bugs, Mako is constantly experimenting with technology. His computer has been through hell and back, troubleshooting problems and testing out solutions. Your hands spend way more time on your keyboard than you think. Learning how to type fast is a basic skill that almost everyone underestimates in this digital world. Today, we’re going to teach you everything you need to know about typing faster. The keyboard is the only thing between your thoughts and the computer that’s in front of you. Being a fast typist means getting your ideas out quicker, being more efficient with your time on the computer, and eventually letting your eyes wander away from the keyboard while you type. Table of Contents Now if you already know what your rate of words per minute WPM and want to improve, but don’t know where to start, then keep reading. There are five WPM levels and they all need different areas of training. Learning what to practice and how you can practice your typing will let you increase your WPM much quicker. For reference, 40 WPM is the world’s average typing speed. Anyone who’s in this WPM threshold is most likely looking at their keyboard while they type and don’t type with all of their fingers. To improve in this category, you’ll want to maste...

- I'm a dedicated user of Monkey-type and would like to suggest adding calendar heatmaps similar to Codeforces or LeetCode. Calendar heatmaps would visually represent our typing streaks, motivating consistent practice and allowing us to track progress over time. This feature would greatly enhance the user experience and engagement. Thank you for considering this valuable addition. Beta Was this translation helpful? Add heading text Add bold text, Add italic text, Add a bulleted list, Add a numbered list, Add a task list, 👍 1 reacted with thumbs up emoji 👎 1 reacted with thumbs down emoji 😄 1 reacted with laugh emoji 🎉 1 reacted with hooray emoji 😕 1 reacted with confused emoji ❤️ 1 reacted with heart emoji 🚀 1 reacted with rocket emoji 👀 1 reacted with eyes emoji Footer

Honestly, the most extraordinary thing about this 16-year-old breaking the record for typing by hitting over 300 words per minute is that he’s ever heard of a keyboard. Shouldn’t he be tapping at a phone screen so fast that his thumbs are a fleshy blur? Either way, I bet you didn’t know speed-typing YouTube was a thing, nor how ridiculously compelling it is to watch. Right, let’s lay down some perspective. The average typing speed by us evolved monkeys is around 40 words per minute. However, if you’re someone who’s looking for—say—secretarial work, you would want to hone your skills until you were hitting 60 or 70wpm without making mistakes. That’s a more than a word a second. mythicalrocket What’s more extraordinary is that mythicalrocket is only 16 years old. Perhaps even more so: he’s only been speed typing for the last three years. “One of my friends introduced me to this website called monkeytype,” he told me via Twitter DMs, “and I just got fascinated with getting higher scores.” I took a look at monkeytype, and it’s immediately compelling. It’s a super-low-key site where you type essentially gibberish sentences made of real words for as long as you fancy, and then it produces data on your words per minute, accuracy, and consistency. After 40 years of typing (starting on a ZX Spectrum in 1984), I achieved 76 words per minute on my first go. I felt very proud, until I asked mythicalrocket about his first attempts when he was 13. “For the 60 second category, I believe ...

At PCMag, we gravitate toward A Retro Take With Modern Sensibilities The Keychron C1 is a tenkeyless (TKL) design, meaning it lacks the right-side number pad of full-size keyboards. The removal of the number pad means you gain more space for your mouse to swing back and forth across your desk. The C1 measures 1.5 by 14 by 5.1 inches (HWD), with a total weight of 1.5 pounds. It also helps keep the price down; fewer pricey mechanical switches to include. The base model of the C1 is fairly plain, with no additional bells and whistles aside from a toggle switch to change from a Windows layout to a Mac layout. That said, you can opt for C1 versions for a bit more money if you want to add functions or features. The Keychron website lists other versions with keycap backlighting, either in white or RGB LEDs. There’s also an option for a hot-swappable version (the ability to remove key switches from the PCB without the need to desolder contacts) if you have other We tested the base model of the Keychron C1 in a retro-inspired beige color that replicates the look of aged-plastic keyboards of old in a way that manages to be appealing, not stodgy. The keycaps are equally nice, matching the base color with an alternating light beige and gray scheme, with a red Escape key for added flair. The whole aesthetic harkens back to a simpler time, before the gaudiness of modern gaming keyboards. Meanwhile, the backlit models have a more modern-looking black color scheme. That's not to say that ...