🚀 Update Process
Today is March 16, 2025—approximately one month since my last update. Initially, I didn't notice significant improvements in my typing skills, so I decided to increase my daily practice time from 10 minutes to 25 minutes. This adjustment helped accelerate my progress and resulted in new personal records:
Average Typing Speed: Improved to around 88–90 WPM for the 15-second tests.
New Personal Best (15s test): Achieved a record of 116 WPM 🎉.
New Personal Best (10-word test): Reached an impressive 143 WPM 🎯.
These results are encouraging and validate the effectiveness of increasing my daily practice time.
🎯 My Approach
⏳ Increasing Daily Typing Time
By practicing 25 minutes daily, I accumulate approximately 750 minutes (12.5 hours) per month. Although this increase is beneficial, it's difficult to precisely measure its impact due to various influencing factors:
My mood during practice sessions 😊
Fatigue levels after work 💤
Physical comfort and hand condition ✋
Because these factors vary daily, it's challenging to pinpoint exactly how much each contributes to my performance. Thus, I've decided to rely on the average WPM as a reliable indicator of improvement.
I trust in the principle of Normal Distribution 📊—most of my typing tests consistently fall within the 80–90 WPM range, indicating that my true average is approximately 88 WPM. This measurement feels accurate and reasonable.
🛠️ Using Monkeytype Logger Error Extension
To further refine my typing accuracy, I created a custom browser extension called Monkeytype Logger Error, which tracks and analyzes typing errors. This tool helps me identify problematic characters and words that frequently cause mistakes.
Here's how you can use it:
Install the extension from the Microsoft Store.
On Monkeytype.com, navigate to Settings:
Start typing! Your errors will be logged automatically.
After your session, export your error data by clicking the
Download JSONbutton.
Next, visit the MonkeyType Analysis website and import your JSON file. The website will analyze your data and highlight frequent mistakes.
I then use ChatGPT to generate customized typing exercises based on these common errors, helping me target specific weaknesses more effectively.
⚠️ Important: Remember to turn off
Always show words historywhen practicing custom texts to avoid data loops in your error logs.
🔄 Alternating Between 15s and 60s Tests
Recently, I adopted a new training strategy: alternating daily between short (15-second) and longer (60-second) typing tests. Each test type offers unique benefits:
15-second tests: Boost initial speed bursts ⚡️, improve accuracy early on, and reduce immediate errors.
60-second tests: Enhance typing endurance 🏃♂️, stability, and consistency—skills crucial for real-world tasks like coding or writing documentation.
I discovered that these two test types complement each other perfectly, creating a balanced improvement in both speed and endurance.
🎖️ Conclusion & Next Steps
This month's adjustments yielded noticeable improvements and new personal records—small victories that motivate me to continue this enjoyable journey toward mastering typing skills. My ultimate goal remains: achieving an average overall speed of 100 WPM 🚩.
Tracking progress through these blogs makes this journey fun and meaningful for me—not just for practical purposes but as a personal challenge. Stay tuned for future updates!
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Top comments (2)
137... you'll see!
Actually, it has been 143 🫴