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Malcolm
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I wasn't too bad at typing before but lately I've been trying to up my wpm so I can bomb through papers this semester. I'm using this little type racing game. I'm addicted to it.

http://play.typeracer.com/

There isn't really any point to this thread other than to talk about how awesome typing is.
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Sno.
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haha, yeah...ive got stuck doing one of those trying to up my speed for like ....3 hours.
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Sno.
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boom.

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miroz
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Got 89 wpm, 98% accuracy.

The top scores are like 140+. Holy shit.
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Sno.
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blondie.Got 89 wpm, 98% accuracy.

The top scores are like 140+. Holy shit.


short hand
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Sno.
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and they use keyboards like this

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cornholio
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i'm aboot 55-60%. i rely too much on autocorrect these days. especially for capitals and apostrophes
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Jeebus.
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Typing is for nerds.
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Malcolm
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snobunnyboom.



Damn I can't get 100% accuracy. And every time I make an error it ruins the momentum I had
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cornholio
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cornholioi'm aboot 55-60%. i rely too much on autocorrect these days. especially for capitals and apostrophes


and by % i mean wpm
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BChaps1209
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Just got 109 wpm and had to take a hacker test which i failed so i can't play anymore...
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Peter.
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i'm getting 90 words per minute with like 93% accuracy. not bad
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Peter.
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Peter.i'm getting 90 words per minute with like 93% accuracy. not bad


right after i posted this i got a 97 wpm with 97% accuracy woot
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Sno.
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ok, so now i see that it really all depends on which test you get. some have a lot of punctuation and use parenthesis, and various pronouns, but others are simple sentences. Also some are way longer than others.

For instance-- in my test above it took me 22 seconds-- so it wasn't a very long set of sentences. This one took me 32 seconds, but my typing was faster because it was a longer paragraph.

once you type a given set of sentences, you can choose to try them again. So my conclusion is that certain fast typers will find an easy test with short simple sentences, and try them over and over until they're memorized and they can type the shit out of them.

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Sno.
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BChaps1209Just got 109 wpm and had to take a hacker test which i failed so i can't play anymore...


same thing just happened to me.

I failed the hacker test...i didn't even realize it was timed, haha, i thought we were just supposed to type in the box to prove that we weren't robots.

also, im a typing nerd....cause i grew up with AIM

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skier58284
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I failed my first try, I'm tired and my fingers are unresponsive right now. Will do a second try and see if I can not fail...

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skier58284
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Some pop up captcha thing came up, I think it's the "hacker detector" a few of you mentioned. I didn't even know what I was doing at first and missed out on the first second but oh well, I managed to do pretty well that time at least

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eheath
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Im consistently in the low 70s for wpm and 90% + I definitely only use 5 or 6 of my fingers to type too
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skier58284
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Wtf it gives a different score in the pop-up then on the page

My second practice race I got 117 in the popup but 120 on the page


Third I got 132 on the popup but 135 on the page


This site fails. Then it tested me for being a hacker even though I had just done it two tests earlier lulz, apparently it does it every time someone gets 100+wpm or increases by 25%+



I made an account, my username is gnarshredder, someone should challenge me pls
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skier58284
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pussyfooterI definitely only use 5 or 6 of my fingers to type too

master race
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Sno.
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Sh4dowWtf it gives a different score in the pop-up then on the page

My second practice race I got 117 in the popup but 120 on the page


Third I got 132 on the popup but 135 on the page


This site fails. Then it tested me for being a hacker even though I had just done it two tests earlier lulz, apparently it does it every time someone gets 100+wpm or increases by 25%+



I made an account, my username is gnarshredder, someone should challenge me pls


why would i sign up and type against you when you can type faster than me?

Thanks for raining on my parade!

Just for that, I'm bumping my minesweeper thread...
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skier58284
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snobunnywhy would i sign up and type against you when you can type faster than me?

Thanks for raining on my parade!

Just for that, I'm bumping my minesweeper thread...


B-but I'll give you a head start!
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Sno.
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snobunnywhy would i sign up and type against you when you can type faster than me?

Thanks for raining on my parade!

Just for that, I'm bumping my minesweeper thread...


Sh4dowB-but I'll give you a head start!


also, it shows you as having different scores on the page because its adjusting for your errors.

You can't claim you type 100 words per minute if your accuracy is 50%...it adjusts for your accuracy.
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skier58284
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snobunnyalso, it shows you as having different scores on the page because its adjusting for your errors.

You can't claim you type 100 words per minute if your accuracy is 50%...it adjusts for your accuracy.


Oh, makes sense.
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lurking
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snobunnyand they use keyboards like this



That would make me even worse
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theabortionator
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Not really accurate for how fast I type. LD status and I read slow cuz books r hard. I also fuck up when I read fast and mix up letters.

My typing is great my reading blows
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*DUMBCAN*
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snobunnyand they use keyboards like this



Studies have found that people using these keyboards are no faster than QWERTY or AZERTY (european) users. Speed is all in skill, not where the letters are.
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Jeebus.
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How do asians type? their keyboards must be all sorts of fucked up.
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Sno.
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*DUMBCAN*Studies have found that people using these keyboards are no faster than QWERTY or AZERTY (european) users. Speed is all in skill, not where the letters are.


what studies? if you google the fastest typers, they are 200+ and do not use the querty keyboard.
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MLJ
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Dammit I was in the middle of a race when I noticed an advertisement on the side out of the corner of my eye for "active clothing" aka a nice big ass staring right at me. Kinda fucked me up.
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