Hi All, I’m pleased to announce the winners of Typeracer’s 7th anniversary typing contest! The details of that contest were outlined in our last blog post. To refresh everyone’s memory, in the 7 days starting from Apr. 7th, all racers were given a score calculated by multiplying their average typing speed by the number of words typed during these 7 days; the users with the 7 highest scores have won a prize. Furthermore, all typists who completed at least 7 races during those 7 days were entered into a drawing, and 7 lucky winners were selected. Below are our champs (note that #8 to #15 are “honorable mention”, and in italics):
| # | Racer | Points earned | Avg. WPM | Races completed | Words typed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | erniechiew  |
16,363,180 | 122 | 2383 | 133,823 |
| 2 | deroche1  |
14,818,456 | 127 | 2842 | 119,586 |
| 3 | shoaib_shahnawaz  |
13,270,459 | 109 | 2146 | 120,725 |
| 4 | nadel1232  |
8,631,589 | 111 | 1973 | 78,052 |
| 5 | aaron_livefit |
8,186,580 | 139 | 1256 | 59,220 |
| 6 | elusoryx  |
7,470,999 | 131 | 1022 | 57,153 |
| 7 | kevinski1  |
6,658,903 | 96 | 1536 | 70,374 |
| 8 | lucean  |
5,635,020 | 97 | 1035 | 58,161 |
| 9 | zoli | 5,314,553 | 64 | 2200 | 83,091 |
| 10 | janlonden  |
4,686,780 | 90 | 920 | 52,187 |
| 11 | maximumchris2  |
4,401,835 | 142 | 846 | 31,162 |
| 12 | tesla_diesel  |
4,283,196 | 116 | 668 | 37,122 |
| 13 | aaindtharivalan_p |
4,188,288 | 92 | 819 | 45,625 |
| 14 | christhomas95  |
3,986,767 | 97 | 737 | 41,060 |
| 15 | kellysgreens |
3,897,979 | 126 | 863 | 31,255 |
We’ll be contacting #1 to #7 to ask what prize they prefer. A special congrats to our winner Ernie C (erniechiew), who completed 2,383 races at an impressive average of 122 wpm! Close behind him was Michael DeRoche (deroche1) who actually completed more races (but with fewer words), clocking in with a 127 wpm average. I would also like to call out that during this contest, Michael broke a Typeracer world record: completing exactly 2,000 races in a single 24-hour period, Michael is officially the #1 endurance typist in the history of Typeracer! This is an almost unfathomable feat of endurance typing, and we’re confident that he not only was sleep deprived, but that his hands will likely hurt for at least a few days.
Michael DeRoche’s hands after completing 2,000 races in just 24 hours.
If I can be allowed a brief moment of self-promotion, I’d like to reminisce on the fact that I used to hold that record myself, completing 1,134 races in 24 hours on December 29, 2010. This required me to take the day off work, deprive myself of sleep, and work my hands until they nearly fell off. I naively thought this record would last decades! My hat goes off to Michael, and I just activated a 2 year, free premium subscription as a token of my congratulations.
Moving on now, below are the lottery winners, who were randomly selected from the pool of typists who completed at least 7 races in 7 days starting on Apr. 7th.
| # | Lucky Draw Winners | ||||
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| 1 | little_dino |
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| 2 | rovr |
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| 3 | tm_mad  |
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| 4 | flyafyoungblood |
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| 5 | cvanskiver67 |
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| 6 | ashikur11 |
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| 7 | oscaroketch  |
Congratulations to the winners–we’ll be contacting you via email to arrange the prize distribution. Thanks for participating, and happy birthday Typeracer!
-David Pritts (valikor)
