Typing 118 WPM Broke My Brain in the Right Ways

Re:Typing 118 WPM Broke My Brain in the Right Ways by n42 on Monday June 02, 2025 @05:05PM (#44163028)

I’m not sure if this how other people do it but my hands sort of float around as I type rather than being fixed in one place. They gravitate towards home row but I was never trained “classically”. I type (peak) 140wpm.

my understanding of the homerow style is that you have a sort of assigned finger for each key. while I type, there is plenty of overlap between fingers and it's constantly adapting based on where my hands are currently vs resetting to one position

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Re:Typing 118 WPM Broke My Brain in the Right Ways by rconti on Monday June 02, 2025 @06:49PM (#44164100)

I'd never say I'm a classic home-rower, but I do use it as a starting point. My left hand mostly conforms, but I really only use my thumb and first two fingers on my right hand, so i get what you're saying about your hand moving all around.

And, yeah, 120-150wpm. I wonder if "kids these days" don't type as fast because they didn't grow up with IRC and AIM and so on. Of course, they're way faster with their thumbs than I am. My phone typing started bad and gets worse every year (somehow).

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Re:Typing 118 WPM Broke My Brain in the Right Ways by averageRoyalty on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @12:45AM (#44177302)

Well said. I also "float", had no formal training and peak around 140-150wpm.

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