Off topic: Typing test! Are you up to the challenge? Thread poster: RominaZ
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RominaZ 
Argentina
English to Spanish
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Here you can test how fast you are. Just type in the words. Are you faster than all the others? A nice side effect: these are the most used english words. Every time you try to beat the score, you improve your typing speed 
Try your typing speed here.
You can post your score below.
Thanks to staff member Matt for this discovery.
| | | | Jan Willem van Dormolen (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 21:37
English to Dutch
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Dutch (native language): 469 characters, 72 words, 5 mistakes
English (working language): 393 characters, 65 words, 6 mistakes
German (working language): 411 characters, 71 words, 3 mistakes
Indonesian (completely unknown language): 326 characters, 42 words, 6 mistakes
While I was busy, I didn't feel like there was any speed difference at all, but the results show that the better I know a language, the faster I type it.
Interesting.
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Spanish (native): 429 characters, 50 correct words, 4 mistakes
English (first working language): 391 characters, 54 correct words, 5 mistakes
German (second working language): 388 characters, 57 correct words, 3 mistakes
Norwegian (completely unknown): 402 characters, 74 correct words, 15 mistakes (no Norwegian characters in my keyboard, which added to my mistakes)
I must say that the Germanic words chosen are much shorter than the Roman ones! Not fair!!! ... See more Spanish (native): 429 characters, 50 correct words, 4 mistakes
English (first working language): 391 characters, 54 correct words, 5 mistakes
German (second working language): 388 characters, 57 correct words, 3 mistakes
Norwegian (completely unknown): 402 characters, 74 correct words, 15 mistakes (no Norwegian characters in my keyboard, which added to my mistakes)
I must say that the Germanic words chosen are much shorter than the Roman ones! Not fair!!! ▲ Collapse
| | | | | 97 WPM English | Oct 5, 2011 |
You reached 391 points, so you achieved position 964 of 57128 on the ranking list
You type 510 characters per minute
You have 97 correct words and
you have 1 wrong words
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I spend a lot of time typing. However, to be fair, most of the stuff I type looks like:
Code:
| $this->_graph = new Graph();<... See moreYou reached 391 points, so you achieved position 964 of 57128 on the ranking list
You type 510 characters per minute
You have 97 correct words and
you have 1 wrong words
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I spend a lot of time typing. However, to be fair, most of the stuff I type looks like:
Code:
| $this->_graph = new Graph();
if (!empty($exclude_edge_coordinates)) {
foreach ($this->_board->toEdges() as $edge) {
if (!in_array($edge[0], $exclude_edge_coordinates) && !in_array($edge[1], $exclude_edge_coordinates)) {
$this->_graph->addedge($edge[0], $edge[1], 1);
}
}
} else {
foreach ($this->_board->toEdges() as $edge) {
$this->_graph->addedge($edge[0], $edge[1], 1);
}
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Best regards,
Jon Peck
FluxSauce.com
[Edited at 2011-10-05 13:46 GMT] ▲ Collapse
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Try it with a cat on your lap!
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You reached 376 points, so you achieved position 848 of 29232 on the ranking list
You type 465 characters per minute
You have 74 correct words and
you have 1 wrong words
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Sandra Petch wrote:
Try it with a cat on your lap!
The figures, let's have 'em!
| | | | Edward Potter
Spain
Local time: 21:37
Member (2003)
Spanish to English
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| A nice challenge | Oct 5, 2011 |
Everything on the first try:
English (native language): 69 words (365 chrs) per minute, no mistakes
Spanish (second language): 32 words (276 chrs) per minute, no mistakes
Indonesian (unknown language): 38 words (269 chrs) per minute, 2 mistakes
Some comments:
- Spanish has longer words and accent marks.
- "Random" words out of context slows you down.
I imagine I would go faster the second time around. I did learn that I am much more... See more Everything on the first try:
English (native language): 69 words (365 chrs) per minute, no mistakes
Spanish (second language): 32 words (276 chrs) per minute, no mistakes
Indonesian (unknown language): 38 words (269 chrs) per minute, 2 mistakes
Some comments:
- Spanish has longer words and accent marks.
- "Random" words out of context slows you down.
I imagine I would go faster the second time around. I did learn that I am much more used to typing fast in English, which is what my job is. ▲ Collapse
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Jan Willem van Dormolen (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 21:37
English to Dutch
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Tomás Cano Binder, CT wrote: Sandra Petch wrote:
Try it with a cat on your lap! The figures, let's have 'em!
For both you and the cat!
| | | | Emma Goldsmith
Spain
Local time: 21:37
Member (2004)
Spanish to English
English (native)
You type 426 characters per minute
You have 81 correct words and
you have 1 wrong words
Spanish (source language)
Ha escrito 344 caracteres por minuto
Ha escrito 38 palabras correctas
Ha escrito 0 palabras incorrectas
Indonesian (unknown)
You type 289 characters per minute
You have 45 correct words and
you have 2 wrong words
(Out of interest, average characters per word is 5.2 in English... See more English (native)
You type 426 characters per minute
You have 81 correct words and
you have 1 wrong words
Spanish (source language)
Ha escrito 344 caracteres por minuto
Ha escrito 38 palabras correctas
Ha escrito 0 palabras incorrectas
Indonesian (unknown)
You type 289 characters per minute
You have 45 correct words and
you have 2 wrong words
(Out of interest, average characters per word is 5.2 in English and 9 in Spanish) ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Feline typing | Oct 5, 2011 |
Tomás Cano Binder, CT wrote: Sandra Petch wrote:
Try it with a cat on your lap! The figures, let's have 'em!
Sorry, that would be letting the cat out of the bag...
Go on then (English):
You type 474 characters per minute
You have 86 correct words and
you have 3 wrong words
I imagine the fact these are random words rather than a sentence makes a difference, as we can anticipate words in a meaningful sentence.
Wonder how the cat would do by himself?
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Sandra Petch wrote:
Wonder how the cat would do by himself?
Never give a cat a chance to humiliate you! Hide the typing website immediately!
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