Heterl0

Touch Typing Practice April 2025

🚀 Update Process

Today is April 13th, 2025. I’m writing this blog to update my touch typing practice journey for this month. As of today, I’ve maintained a 168-day streak on MonkeyType. It’s been a long road, and I’m genuinely proud of myself for staying consistent and tracking every step of the way.

New record in 30s on April 8th, 2025

New record in 15s on April 9th, 2025

This month, I hit two new personal records, and I’m super excited to share them with you!

Over the past few weeks, I’ve increased my daily practice time to 25 minutes per day, switching between 15s and 60s sessions. I mentioned this change in my previous update. However, even after dedicating more time, I started to feel like my results weren’t improving much. That made me feel a bit down.

When I checked the weekly leaderboard, I saw some users with over 450 hours of practice still typing around 60 WPM, and others with 400–500 hours at about 100 WPM. It reminded me that I started this journey without a clear goal. I didn’t have any friends to practice with or share progress, and honestly, I didn’t even know why I was doing it at first.

When I’m coding, I don’t use my maximum typing speed — not 100 WPM, not even 80 or 90. Programming requires thinking and planning, not just speed. I’ve also noticed that the faster I try to go, the more mistakes I make. That really got me thinking.

Distribution of typing on April 13th, 2025

Looking at my distribution, my 90–100 WPM range puts me in the top 20% of users. But I don’t aim to be the best. I just want to be a good, steady developer.

🔜 Upcoming Changes

Moving forward, my goal is simple: do 1% better than yesterday — even on tough days when I don’t feel motivated. I’ve decided to reduce my typing practice to around 10 minutes per day. I’ll use the extra time to focus on other goals I care about.

During typing sessions, I’ll prioritize accuracy over speed. In fact, both records I broke this month happened when I consciously slowed down and focused on precision instead of rushing.

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Happy typing! 🌟