Fact · Typing and writing speed
83percent of two-handed rate
In extended testing of Half-QWERTY, subjects reached an average one-handed rate of 83 percent of their two-handed rate.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“In extended testing, subjects achieved average one-handed speeds as high as 60 wpm and 83% of their two-handed rate.”
One-handed touch-typing on a QWERTY keyboard, Edgar Matias et al., Human-Computer Interaction, 1996, Abstract.
Open the original- What it measures
- Extended testing means longer practice than the first experiment. The paper gives the rate after extended practice.
- What it does not show
- Only a few subjects completed extended testing, and the figure is their own average. It does not describe a typical user.