Quick Fall in WPM
By thegoldengod128 - updated: 4 years, 7 months ago - 2 messages
Sometimes it seems when I make a mistake, and have to backspace, and I then continue typing again, my WPM drops drastically. Like say, I'm going at a steady 100WPM, I make a two letter mistake, have to hit the backspace two times, my WPM drops to like 85WPM. And if I make another mistake after, it drops further. Sometimes it doesn't seem to do it that drastically.
What's the deal? I don't think it should go THAT far down with one seemingly minor mistake.
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I have a similar issue sometimes.
By alexnguyen11 - posted: 4 years, 7 months ago
Mistakes drop WPM significantly because WPM is calculated by keystrokes per minute... when you have to backspace and fix an error, your keystroke stands at 0 during that time, causing a significant drop.
lets say you type 150 characters in 20 seconds = 90 wpm. Going backwards causes you delete and re-type, lets say that takes 2 seconds to fix - your WPM would have dropped to 80.
The longer the quote, the less small mistakes will drop your WPM. A very short quote will massively affect your WPM
