[Adamaja456]

many good players use speed mods ranging from 1.5-2.0
it just depends on what you feel is comfortable. since youre just starting out, i would start with 1.25 and play a little bit on that. if you feel like you can play on 1.5, move up and work on your accuracy using that speed mod. after you play a bit on that and feel like you can play well even faster, move up. of course when you change speed mods, you will not magically become better. it takes some time for your reaction speed and eyes to get used the to faster speed, but trust me, it it well worth the practice.

many users like playing spread which is where you assign letters to correspond with the arrows, i use ZXNM, but there are many variations such as ASKL, QWOP, DFJK, CVBN. it all depends on how comfortable youre hands feel when you play. some users perfer to map the keys at an angle like QSPL instead of ASKL. its just takes some time to figure out what your hands feel most comfortable playing at.

hope that helps you to get started!