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A History of TypeRacer Speed Records
[7/14 Update] We didn’t realize the current record had been captured on video — added it below! Hi TypeRacers! Today we want to share the history of TypeRacer speed records. Whether you’re a statistics...
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Keeping TypeRacer Clean – Thanks to the Moderation Team!
Check out other recent news about speed records on TypeRacer, and a survey to determine what new quotes to add next! Hi Typeracers! Maintaining a clean and fair environment is key to the vision of...
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New Quotes Added Today
Check out other recent news about speed records and moderation on TypeRacer. Quick links: TypeRacer Chat TypeRacer on Facebook Hi TypeRacers! You’ve told us through the TypeRacer Quotes Survey that you...
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Introducing points and competitions
Until today, we really only had two metrics that let you compare your performance with other racers: typing speed and number of races. Now we’re introducing a new metric: points, calculated as the...
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July 2017 Competition Results
Results of daily, weekly, monthly, and annual contests are now searchable. In July we introduced the concepts of Points and Competitions. Starting this week, TypeRacers can find historical...
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TypeRacerData’s TypeRacer Championship June-July 2017 Results
Quick links: TypeRacer Chat TypeRacer on Facebook Hi all, In our last blog post, we shared the results of the champion typists from July, which were identified using our new Competitions and Points...
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TypeRacer Reaches 3,700 quotes – how many have you typed?
l8/28] This month’s TypeRacer Data Championship contest ends in 3 days! Learn more or participate. In our TypeRacer quote survey (here), 94% of you told us that typing quality quotes is part of what...
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New Feature: Competition Awards
As promised in July (when we introduced Points and Competitions), one of our next steps was to implement awards for competition winners. The initial version of this feature rolled out last week and —...
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August 2017 Competition Results
See recent news about the new Competition Awards feature, and drop by the TypeRacer Discord chat to connect with other typists! Congrats to TypeRacer’s August 2017 competition winners! WordRacer888...
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New single race speed record, and new Marathon record on TypeRacer
TypeRacer Chat (Discord) TypeRacerData.com Today we’re pleased to announce new site-wide records by Michael DeRoche (deroche1 – TRData) and ⦗𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐋⦘ ⦓☾✹✯𝚅𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎✯✹☽⦔ (Viellain – TRData). Michael...
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Searchable text database added to Pit Stop
TypeRacer Chat (Discord) – Chat with other typing enthusiasts. TypeRacerData.com – A free, third-party database of 40 million TypeRaces. Add your account to the Database — it takes 30 seconds! This...
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5,000 Type Races in 24 hours (the “marathon to end all marathons): 24 hours...
If you love TypeRacer, please consider supporting us by upgrading to Premium! Last week on the blog, we wrote about the new Marathon record —3,820 Type Races in 24 hours. In a chat with him about that...
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Guide to TypeRacer Marathons
❝ A man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, “Today I’m going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.” ❞ — War and Peace (book) by Leo...
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September 2017 – Competition Results
Congrats to the September 2017 competition winners! viellain (Profile / TRData) WordRacer888 (Profile / TRData) DeRoche1 (Profile / TRData) With various TypeRacer marathon runs in September, ⦗𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐋⦘...
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New Quotes Added Today
Chat with other TypeRacers on Discord — click here. Today we added 400 new English quotes/texts, from 220 different movies/books/songs etc.; as usual, we’ve included a combination of...
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TypeRacer Portuguese Refreshed
Chat with other typists on the TypeRacer Discord, and scroll down in this blog post to see how to help make TypeRacer better in your language Hi all, This past week we replaced the Google Translate...
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New TypeRacer Record: Michael DeRoche (Deroche1) completes 200,000 races
Click here to join the TypeRacer Discord to chat with fellow TypeRacers On 10/26/2017 Michael DeRoche (deroche1 – TRData) became the first typist to complete 200,000 races on TypeRacer! On behalf of...
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Extreme Typing: New typing Marathon feats, and “AMA” results with endurance...
For more on learning about Marathons, go our blog post detailing an exact guide to Marathons: or, check out the TypeRacer chat (Discord). In the past few months, the competitive typing scene on...
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New Quotes, New Quotes, New Quotes!
Hi all! Today TypeRacer activated a fresh batch of English quotes in the main “Play” universe. As usual, we’ve included a mixture of critically-acclaimed sources, popular sources and user-submissions....
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Switching keyboard layouts – QWERTY to Dvorak
“Before” – Jon types around 130wpm using QWERTY. Come chat with other typists in the TypeRacer Discord! Yesterday my friend Jon Lachney (jlachney – TRData) — who happens to be both a top typist and the...
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