Accuracy first
Games and drills on the site track accuracy. Treat 95%+ as permission to push speed; below 85%, slow down and fix fingering.
Correcting one wrong letter immediately beats rewriting a whole line. Speed is a side effect of not thinking about key locations.
Building speed
Practice at the same time daily. English: common words, then phrases, then sentences. Chinese pinyin: characters before phrases.
Advanced tracks on topzcphp.com step from words to long passages — good for setting weekly goals.
Use Games after finger basics are solid. Chasing high scores can wreck accuracy; review stats after each session.
Try one-minute sprints occasionally, but bookend them with slow accurate sets so errors do not become habit.
Read your own data
Note which keys fail repeatedly. Adjacent-key confusion (S vs D) means a targeted return to finger lessons, not more random speed tests.
Leaderboard rank swings with topic difficulty and daily form. Compare against your last week, not the top name.
Breaks and sustainability
Rest wrists and shoulders every thirty minutes during long sessions. RSI is real for heavy typists.
Kids should cap sessions at fifteen to twenty minutes with posture checks from a parent.
Typing is a marathon. People who stay accurate for two years often pass sprinters who quit after a month.