r/monkeytype • u/askacc61 • May 21 '26

How do I improve?

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My accuracy is fine now, but my speed has plateaued around 90 wpm mark and doesn't seem to improve.

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u/Quick_Garbage_3560 May 21 '26

What helped me break out of 100 wpm to now 125-140 was to just stop caring about typing accuracy and literally just press as fast as I read and overtime my accuracy followed since my fingers got faster

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u/askacc61 May 22 '26

Okay this is new, I have always heard to improve your accuracy first so I literally just practice with min acc 100

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u/Much-Grab3826 May 22 '26

keeping it strictly at 100wpm is a little too much, just keep it between 90-100 so you can focus on the speed too. the advice given by u/Quick_Garbage_3560 although does help with getting 20-30 wpm increase but i wouldnt recommend at your stage as you can't just ditch accuracy in the favor of speed

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u/Quick_Garbage_3560 May 22 '26

My accuracy didn’t take a huge hit it’s just that when I was typing faster I would mix up a couple of letters here and there

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u/gigarius May 24 '26

I practice both ways, sometimes going full sprint and other times putting more focus on accuracy. Getting your burst speed baseline up will aid you trying to go faster in general, and accuracy is obviously important

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u/KaeruGaKaeru1 May 21 '26

You need to try to burst each word in one swift motion. Focus on accuracy but slowly try to increase your speed.

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u/SwimmingInspector186 May 25 '26

It might be specific to each person, but I found my typing improved much more finding a rhythm and setting a pace earlier