TypeRacer asks you to type a relatively short snippet of text, which may be a quote from a book, movie, or something else you can purchase on Amazon (the site is designed to make money by getting you to click on Amazon affiliate links). As you're typing, a little car will move across the screen and you can see other drivers/typists racing. New races start pretty regularly so you should only have to wait a few seconds to join a race.
Just remember, if you spend too much time eying the competition, you're going to fall behind and then you'll never make the high scores list.
[via AppScout]
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4-29-2008 @ 7:00PM
bradwjensen said...
hahaha, my name is Brad and my favourite color is Blue - when I saw "Brad (you)" in first and in a blue car.. lol
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4-30-2008 @ 3:01PM
Tush said...
Holy crap that is an addicting game.
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4-30-2008 @ 11:44PM
RP said...
Cool and addicting, yes.
But on the high score list, how are people getting 200+ wpm? Is that a bug, a super-easy test, or is that real? Maybe the Dvorak keyboard?
The world's fastest typist was measured at 170 wpm : http://web.syr.edu/~rcranger/blackburn.htm
She used a Dvorak keyboard layout:
"Barbara Blackburn - the world's fastest typist - was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for 14 years as the world's fastest typist. She typed at a speed of 170 wpm using the Dvorak keyboard (she has acheived 212 wpm in short bursts)."
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4-30-2008 @ 11:45PM
Brad Linder said...
This particular typing test is extraordinarily short, just a few sentences. If you have a good run and don't have to hit backspace or struggle with a word you always misspell, it's pretty easy to get 100+ wpm. I think I hit about 120 in my best run so far, which is *far* faster than I type in real world conditions.
5-02-2008 @ 8:35AM
Garry Lacey said...
83wpm for me, and that was on a good run. Don't think I'm going to be hitting 100wpm anytime soon :)
It is very addictive and a great idea.
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