Cover Video is from Sonic X
I am curious, What is your WPM?
The highest WPM for the 5 minute and the 1 minute, shared in the comments, will be featured on my next Monthly Dev Report respectfully :)
Note: When you finish the test, take a screenshot of your result and shared it in the comments!
Top comments (62)
Let's kick it off with this :)
Impressive, I have never been able to achieve more than 41WPM while taking the test.
Wow 😮!
Impressive typing speed 🙂
I am saving this for tomorrow morning when I'm bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
Sounds good! Keep us posted on your WPM :)
Figured I would share a bit about my typing journey, as I am kind of an enthusiast when it comes to ergonomics.
First, would like to share typ.ing/ (made by ZSA, the keyboard people behind the Ergodox EZ, Moonlander, etc.) as my favorite place to test new layouts and type. Notably, they have an option to paste your own example text and various settings for programming examples. Their daily challenges get progressively harder throughout the week and are some good practice with the ramp up.
I swapped to an Ergodox-EZ when I started my first full time programming gig to invest in my long term joint health. After playing World of Warcraft (Runescape and Diablo 2 are other notable examples, which were where I learned to type) as a teenager for 16-hour days, I needed a way to not feel pain in my hands. My typing journey will hopefully evolve to a non-QWERTY layout in the future. Right now, I am happy with my current Moonlander setup. Thankfully, my hand pain is mostly gone nowadays. I do type with a fairly large tent on each side, because ideally our typing position should be as close to a resting position as possible. Like playing the piano, you don't want your wrists below your fingers. Unlike a piano, you can get split boards and tent them into a natural position!
I was super distracted by the content LOL, it was about how common eating insects is and I couldn't stop smiling.
Crazy and great work. How did you get distracted by how common eating insects is among other things lol
It never really came across my mind so it was out of the box for a moment, I laughed a bit at reading somewhere they serve roasted ants XD
I'll be honest though, I don't think I can do the 5minute one with that level of accuracy
Great work
Yea great work!
Either way, you should attempt the 5 min one to see if you can get it at least for fun! :D
Though, we both know our reaction to this (But it's worth a shot):
I went for it... dev.to/jonmarkgo/comment/369l8
Goals! lol
Dude, I'm tired! This is too much! I haven't written this much here in a week. I think this is a normal result. I think I'm a little faster than someone who types with one finger?
One finger is crazy. But yea it is tiring since it's 5 mins straight. @konark_13 gave me the best link to test the community on since it's not short and sweet. Wanna see how long can someone last doing this. Though, great work with one finger!
I'll go with two fingers and a thumb 😂. Thanks to you for making this an amazing challenge and making the community part of it.
I expressed myself a little incorrectly, I meant that I type so slowly (as it seems to me) that even another person could probably do it faster with one finger.
Ahh makes sense. Thanks for clarifying but also thanks to sharing too!
If you like to take the one minute one, feel free! Made it where you have two options instead of doing the 5 min since it is a pain to do. Sorry for last minute changes 🫠
Five straight minutes of typing, I don't know I'm up for that!
I got you! Let me make two separate things. One minute and a 5 min. Either one is fine :)
@ben Made the update. Feel free to take either one if you are up for it and have time :)
Could've been better tbh.
Now I need a way to add the typing sound on any site / app
It is satisfying for me in my opinion, though listening to it for 5 mins straight is crazy. I think it's easy to implement since it is just detecting the key press and playing the sound. p5.js makes it easy in my opinion.
I'll stop by next month to compete. It was a cool idea to share WPM and have a healthy competition. You made everyone tired with 5min. Loved the idea. Keep up the great work. I'll compete next month with better accuracy.
Me typing rn:
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