Stats table comparing alt keyboard layouts
Pascal Getreuer, 2023-11-27
This table expands on the one in my my alt keyboards post, comparing English typing stats for various alternative keyboard layouts.
Lower is better for SFBs, DSFBs, LSBs, and redirects; higher is better for rolls. Images of these layouts and explanation of the metrics can be found in the Keyboard layouts doc. Metrics for were computed by Oxey’s layout playground:
| Layout | SFBs | DSFBs | LSBs | Rolls | Redirects |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QWERTY (1873) | 6.615% | 11.196% | 6.882% | 37.243% | 13.187% |
| Dvorak (1936) | 2.779% | 6.979% | 1.255% | 38.924% | 3.458% |
| Arensito (2001) | 1.545% | 7.485% | 1.945% | 49.514% | 12.385% |
| Capewell (2005) | 1.798% | 6.938% | 0.959% | 46.615% | 15.629% |
| Colemak (2006) | 1.387% | 8.877% | 3.495% | 46.113% | 10.579% |
| Workman (2010) | 3.000% | 8.248% | 1.727% | 43.636% | 10.414% |
| MTGAP (2010) | 1.356% | 7.170% | 0.711% | 38.687% | 4.915% |
| Colemak-DH (2014) | 1.387% | 8.877% | 1.975% | 46.113% | 10.579% |
| Hieamtsrn (2014) | 1.173% | 8.223% | 0.833% | 42.665% | 2.679% |
| Halmak (2016) | 2.988% | 7.223% | 1.151% | 37.956% | 4.140% |
| Hands Down (2020) | 1.082% | 9.060% | 3.487% | 44.137% | 4.165% |
| BEAKL 15 (2020) | 3.405% | 10.063% | 1.626% | 39.249% | 2.058% |
| BEAKL 19 (2020) | 1.831% | 9.003% | 2.843% | 42.239% | 3.378% |
| Boo (2021) | 1.173% | 6.770% | 2.361% | 47.679% | 10.167% |
| Colemak Qi;x (2021) | 1.106% | 7.434% | 2.259% | 45.141% | 9.544% |
| Engram (2021) | 1.504% | 7.638% | 0.625% | 42.180% | 4.515% |
| ISRT (2021) | 0.960% | 7.611% | 2.283% | 48.962% | 9.174% |
| Pine (2021) | 1.351% | 6.757% | 3.710% | 47.928% | 5.077% |
| Semimak (2021) | 0.882% | 5.796% | 2.478% | 42.818% | 6.792% |
| Semimak-JQ (2021) | 0.872% | 5.815% | 2.410% | 42.705% | 6.616% |
| APTv3 (2021) | 1.199% | 6.334% | 0.498% | 46.864% | 6.224% |
| Nerts (2022) | 1.048% | 7.198% | 1.972% | 45.051% | 2.989% |
| Nerps (2022) | 1.280% | 7.491% | 1.955% | 44.709% | 2.942% |
| Sertain (2022) | 0.949% | 7.268% | 2.201% | 43.462% | 4.543% |
| Canary (2022) | 0.962% | 8.057% | 2.675% | 48.537% | 7.152% |
| Octa8 (2022) | 1.351% | 6.569% | 0.974% | 46.259% | 5.526% |
| Seht Drai (2022) | 0.969% | 5.791% | 1.154% | 48.102% | 11.142% |
| Trendei (2022) | 0.823% | 7.041% | 2.380% | 45.856% | 5.733% |
| Blaze (2022) | 1.047% | 6.689% | 2.266% | 48.847% | 4.936% |
| Fire (2022) | 1.131% | 6.998% | 1.447% | 48.544% | 3.977% |
| Flame (2022) | 1.164% | 6.644% | 2.204% | 49.450% | 5.363% |
| Flare (2022) | 0.960% | 7.023% | 3.195% | 49.470% | 5.676% |
| Sturdy (2022) | 0.935% | 6.222% | 2.413% | 48.082% | 5.399% |
| Gemini (2022) | 0.826% | 6.015% | 2.187% | 47.309% | 6.323% |
| Recurva (2023) | 0.829% | 5.756% | 1.844% | 48.176% | 5.549% |
| Dwarf (?) | 0.741% | 7.191% | 3.212% | 43.889% | 4.892% |
| Rhea (?) | 0.958% | 6.686% | 1.457% | 48.105% | 5.495% |
| Whorf (?) | 0.668% | 6.261% | 2.527% | 45.155% | 6.447% |
| Wreath (?) | 1.248% | 6.509% | 0.894% | 49.574% | 7.771% |
Note: For each layout, the parenthesized year is my estimate when it was released. Take this with a grain of salt, information is often unfortunately limited.