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Guides on getting faster, benchmarks worth trusting, and comparisons that admit where we lose.
3 articles · updated 12 August 2026
The rule for everything here. A number is either attributed to a named source or reproducible in your own browser in under a minute. Where we could not find a source we say so, rather than inventing a statistic that sounds right.
How to Improve Your Typing Speed
Twelve techniques that hold up, ordered by how much they actually move the number — plus the daily routine that ties them together.
What is a Good Typing Speed?
What average actually means, what employers ask for, and where you sit — with the sources for each benchmark named.
TypeCrt vs Monkeytype
A comparison written by the people who built one of them, which is why every row tells you how to check it yourself.
Reference documentation
The blog argues; the docs specify. If you want the exact formula behind a number rather than advice about it, that lives in the documentation.
How the metrics work
WPM, raw WPM, accuracy and consistency — the formulas, in full, with worked examples.
KeyForge
How adaptive practice picks your weak keys, and what the confidence score is measuring.
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