If you hear someone telling you you can easily reach 100WPM on split keyboard, take it with a grain of salt. That is likely true if you are already proficient at touch typing.
I was not.
Getting to 100WPM took ages.
Only now, after 6 months I reach these speeds with casual practice without massive focus and multiple attempts.
But the ordeal was not due to split keyboard nor the ortholinear layout of Lily58.
It was due to the fact I had to learn touch typing in the first place.
Don’t give up.
Your hands, fingers and brain will thank you.
P.S. At this point my speed on standard row staggered slab and split ortholinear keyboards are pretty much the same with smooth switching between the two.
