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Re:Typing 118 WPM Broke My Brain in the Right Ways by matt_lo on Monday June 02, 2025 @05:38PM (#44163358)
5 minutes of typeracer saves 1 hour of procrastination

Typing fast is a way to unlock the brain. Anything past 90, you start to focus on exactly what is needed to type accurately with speed.

I average around 106-130 (depending on recent races) for the past 15 years, and it's still one of the best ways to "get into dev mode" really quickly.

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Re:Typing 118 WPM Broke My Brain in the Right Ways by TZubiri on Monday June 02, 2025 @07:43PM (#44164591)
Playing a musical instrument also achieves this, it makes a game about the little things about the brain (an organ we all love), like sequencing, motor skills, etc..
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Re:Typing 118 WPM Broke My Brain in the Right Ways by rascul on Monday June 02, 2025 @09:48PM (#44165437)
Never thought about it before, but maybe playing the flute and clarinet when I was younger helped my typing speed.
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Re:Typing 118 WPM Broke My Brain in the Right Ways by absoluteunit1 on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @12:37AM (#44166345)
> Typing fast is a way to unlock the brain.

Cannot emphasize this enough. I literally built my own typing app for this reason - plateaued on monkeytype and wanted better detailed stats so I build typequicker.com

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