You do not need an alternate keyboard layout like Colemak or Dvorak to type fast. Nor do you need to learn to use the QWERTY “home row keys.” All it takes is a misspent youth and muscle memory.
My typing teacher in high school wasn’t my biggest fan. I won the class typing competitions without using the “proper” techniques she taught. I could tell it pained her to give me the prizes.
Now if I could only think as fast as I can type…