Writing about typing
How the numbers are actually calculated, why two tests disagree about you, and what adaptive practice does and does not do. Every factual claim carries its source.
Why Two Typing Tests Give You Two Different WPM
Score 70 on one site and 62 on another? Neither is broken. Here is the arithmetic behind the gap — word length, error penalties, and what the timer actually starts on.
·7 min read
Adaptive Typing Practice: Drilling the Keys That Are Actually Slowing You Down
Generic typing drills give everyone the same text. Adaptive practice targets your own slowest keys — here is how it works, and the one place these tools mislead you.
·8 min read