Typing guides

One question per guide. Every number is one we recalculated with the same code the test uses.

• How WPM is calculatedWPM is characters divided by five, divided by minutes. See worked examples of net and gross WPM and accuracy, the rounding we use, and the choices that make typing sites report different numbers.
• Touch typing basics: the home row and finger chartTouch typing starts with eight fingers resting on the home row. Here is the finger chart for every letter key, the order to learn the rows in, and how to tell which keys are holding you back.
• Why accuracy first makes you fasterA fixed typo costs three key presses for one character. See the arithmetic for 30 seconds of typing with and without errors, and how to use a missed-key map to practice the keys that slow you down.