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Hm, I was able to get 104 and 111wpm, but I find the new UI to typeracer incredibly distracting. I have clocked in multiple times on multiple tests at 137wpm.

Hm, I was able to get 104 and 111wpm, but I find the new UI to typeracer incredibly distracting. I have clocked in multiple times on multiple tests at 137wpm. It's just very visually distracting for the words to disapper as I type them, and when I scored over 100wpm on a race, I had to take a 'test' to prove that I could do it, and on the test the UI was not all crazy, and I got 111wpm with some mistakes, including having to hit tab and enter to end the test.

justizin 12y ago
Seriously, it's my ceiling: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7nhtggwgr47g1r7/Screenshot%202014-06-20%2013.18.00.png https://www.dropbox.com/s/7nhtggwgr47g1r7/Screenshot%202014-... This was a typing test, where I again scored higher than in the race (I got 123), since the UI is wierd and I can't focus the text field before typing, it's hard to know how not to mess up. I guess if you type 60wpm those details don't impact you as much.
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userbinator 12y ago
Distractions are definitely a big part of what slows me down and often causes typos - it's like any time something changes on the screen, it causes an interrupt that consumes "CPU cycles". I've found that I can type the fastest if I read ahead, then close my eyes or look away while typing, and only look again when I'm almost done typing what I last read. I actually find the >100wpm test much easier than the actual races, since the accuracy there doesn't have to be 100%, and there's no distracting changes on the screen except for the text I'm typing, so I just push myself to hit the right keys as fast as I can read the text without actually looking to see what I typed. In the actual races I usually score in the 130-150wpm range and my best is around 170, whereas in the test I get consistently 190-220 with 93-95% accuracy. On that test my bests are 188wpm with 100% accuracy, and 242wpm with 95% accuracy.

justizin 12y ago

Seriously, it's my ceiling: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7nhtggwgr47g1r7/Screenshot%202014-06-20%2013.18.00.png https://www.dropbox.com/s/7nhtggwgr47g1r7/Screenshot%202014-... This was a typing test, where I again scored higher than in the race (I got 123), since the UI is wierd and I can't focus the text field before typing, it's hard to know how not to mess up. I guess if you type 60wpm those details don't impact you as much.

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userbinator 12y ago

Distractions are definitely a big part of what slows me down and often causes typos - it's like any time something changes on the screen, it causes an interrupt that consumes "CPU cycles". I've found that I can type the fastest if I read ahead, then close my eyes or look away while typing, and only look again when I'm almost done typing what I last read. I actually find the >100wpm test much easier than the actual races, since the accuracy there doesn't have to be 100%, and there's no distracting changes on the screen except for the text I'm typing, so I just push myself to hit the right keys as fast as I can read the text without actually looking to see what I typed. In the actual races I usually score in the 130-150wpm range and my best is around 170, whereas in the test I get consistently 190-220 with 93-95% accuracy. On that test my bests are 188wpm with 100% accuracy, and 242wpm with 95% accuracy.