TypeRacer
I think there’s something wrong with me. I came across this simple web game called TypeRacer and actually found my competitive nature kicking in and making an otherwise productive day into a keyboard melting experience. And the odd thing is that it’s probably good for me.
The whole idea is that it gives you a paragraph from a book, movie or song that you have to type, accurately, as fast as you can. At the same time, other people are racing against you to type the paragraph faster. Little Volkswagen New Beetles race along the top of the screen to show the progress. The first to complete the paragraph with no mistakes wins. Then you go on to the next race.
The thing is that I nearly flunked my typing class when I was in high school. I’ve gotten better with typing in my computer career but I still make plenty of mistakes. But making typing into an on-line competition? I’m already up to 60 words per minute! Granted that’s in a short burst typing out one paragraph, but still – it’s improvement.
Of course there’s also a leaderboard that shows the fastest typers and obviously there are some robots that play this game too because I don’t hink it’s humanly possible to type at 217 words per minute. Perhaps there’s a cheat like Aimbot for typing or something. Who cares. Try it out.
May 10, 2008 12:43 pm 5 Comments
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By Insomnic, May 10, 2008 @ 3:47 pm
Leslie just started playing this on Facebook. There’s a facebook application version and she’s been goin’ nuts playing it.
By yoshi, May 11, 2008 @ 1:19 am
I got 81 wpm. That was probably the best i’ve done in a while. When I was actually in typing class, I was clocked at 110wpm. I guess if I kept practicing, i would improve. and they seem to use the same phrases and such. if you kept doing it over and over again you’re bound to get higher :D
By Colin Brooks, May 11, 2008 @ 3:17 am
Oh this is very addictive! I am around 60 wpm (my score ranged from 58 to 64 wpm) but I can’t type something fast if I’m reading it. I must be around 70 wpm when I type things straight out of my head.
By tubeless, May 11, 2008 @ 6:10 am
Oh great. Thanks for the newest addicting site. I can’t stop trying to up my speed. Well, at least my daughter can take my attention away from this typing fest. I’ll have to bookmark that one. I always love a typing challenge.
By Gail, May 15, 2008 @ 3:09 am
Call me stupid but I only got 2 wpm and I KNOW I did more than that. I can’t touch type but get by using at least half my fingers most of the time.
So I’m not playing anymore – stick the stupid game.