// typing plateaus
Stuck at 60 WPM? How to break your typing plateau
Lots of typists climb quickly to around 60 words per minute and then stop improving for weeks, even with daily practice. That's normal. It usually means more of the same practice won't help, and you need to change what you practise.
Why progress stops
Early on, every session makes you faster because you're learning where the keys are. Once you know the keyboard, the time you lose comes from a handful of keys and letter pairs that you still hesitate on or get wrong.
Random word tests spread your practice across the whole keyboard, so those few weak spots get only a small share of it. Your average holds steady while the slow moves stay slow.
What to change
Slow down until you're making almost no mistakes. Every error costs you a backspace and a retype, and correcting them in a hurry builds bad habits.
Aim for an even rhythm. Bursts of speed followed by pauses mean some transitions are still slow. FastFingers measures how steady your typing is with a smoothness score, so you can see when your rhythm improves.
Practise your weakest letter pairs directly. A few minutes on the 3 to 5 pairs that slow you down does more than a long session of random text.
Lessons that help
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