Obsidian Nights (obsidian_nights)

Race #2156

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Official speed 78.60 wpm (112.67 seconds elapsed during race)
Without ending ping 78.86 wpm (369 ms delay sending score to TypeRacer’s server)
Timerless 79.54 wpm (962 ms elapsed before first character typed; 111.34 seconds elapsed during race)
Timerless minus one 79.43 wpm, ignoring the first character typed
Race Start March 16, 2024 7:22:43am UTC
Race Finish March 16, 2024 7:24:36am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 4)
Accuracy 96.4%
Points 141.48
Text #5390492 (Length: 738 characters)

In movies, communication with alien species is usually achieved by means of some amazing technology. Translations are fluid, immediate, and accurate. This idea rests on the false assumption that all languages have a simple conceptual foundation. But we know this is not the case, even in human societies. Languages are not based in universalities: they reflect national traditions, ethnocentric worldviews, the specific histories of their societies. Imagine, then, how many obstacles there will be to interspecies communication, when even the physical metaphors of life, and the species' sensory apparatus, differ. From the most complex to the simplest of our communicative acts, there will be endless opportunities for misinterpretation.
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Timing
Character I n m o v i e s , c o m m u n i c a t i o n
Milliseconds 962 155 100 110 71 104 113 88 142 89 78 107 117 179 153 201 188 80 57 107 91 126 0 110 105
Character w i t h a l i e n s p e i c -c -i c i e s i s
Milliseconds 83 77 82 91 69 106 106 70 105 114 90 276 100 97 154 98 402 147 75 140 32 85 66 104 95
Character u s u a l l y s -s a c h i e v e d b y m e
Milliseconds 71 198 81 102 115 38 165 153 81 375 324 80 132 97 60 65 163 82 169 53 247 76 133 92 34
Character n s - -s -n a n s o f s o m e a m a x i -i -x
Milliseconds 175 120 118 330 143 132 65 136 66 84 98 196 105 309 75 67 135 94 66 220 99 235 78 415 133
Character z n g t -t - -g -n i n t t -t - -t g t e c h n i
Milliseconds 67 198 38 117 111 250 143 148 150 204 27 97 102 172 286 144 148 62 118 67 71 205 46 187 34
Character b l -l -b -i o l o g y . T r a n s l a t i o n s
Milliseconds 172 79 304 161 162 229 193 151 98 358 269 106 186 166 231 130 98 107 90 90 110 24 125 39 149
Character a r e f l u i d , i m m e d i a t e - , a
Milliseconds 39 67 65 92 258 97 132 75 182 107 70 155 183 156 66 213 161 89 96 64 105 377 213 95 65
Character n d a c c u r a t e . T h i s i d e a r e
Milliseconds 112 77 78 95 306 162 155 113 70 133 60 119 84 399 153 68 49 99 69 28 174 96 67 134 64
Character s t s o n t h e - -e -h - -t t h e f a l s
Milliseconds 146 104 650 86 101 89 59 0 167 9 173 280 155 150 164 154 133 98 99 55 106 90 81 120 117
Character e a s s u p m -m m p -p -m -p m p t i o n t h a t
Milliseconds 51 99 241 191 135 80 237 18 480 263 104 234 133 313 234 49 131 59 81 147 53 41 138 20 70
Character a l l l a n g u a g e s h a v e a s i m
Milliseconds 64 114 99 153 34 110 120 116 100 190 106 124 86 127 122 152 84 92 40 90 78 93 120 96 54
Character p l e c o n t e p -p -e -t c e p t u a l f o u n
Milliseconds 112 225 22 124 141 50 99 58 85 182 301 148 150 63 152 72 97 152 212 106 127 302 122 82 179
Character d a t u i o n -n -o -i -u i o n . B u t w e k n
Milliseconds 38 126 58 65 0 33 162 319 149 152 150 586 68 142 202 71 200 112 88 77 85 54 130 54 191
Character -n - -k k n o w - -w -o -n -k k n o w t h i s i
Milliseconds 288 133 156 296 0 133 72 81 299 150 163 162 159 147 170 142 121 95 70 104 71 57 51 89 118
Character s n o t t h e c a s e , e v e n i n h
Milliseconds 109 52 81 58 32 111 235 82 89 94 142 121 121 93 38 126 90 115 75 99 36 109 98 37 224
Character u m a n s o c i e i t u e s -s -e -u -t -i t i e s .
Milliseconds 163 185 102 93 86 214 89 82 97 71 117 66 115 43 103 267 150 151 150 151 71 131 47 118 94
Character L a n g u a g e s a r e n o t b a s e d
Milliseconds 74 392 159 147 34 153 88 112 82 110 153 85 84 61 74 100 62 47 93 151 77 104 62 212 89
Character i n u n i v e r s a t l i t i e -e -i -t -i -l -t l i
Milliseconds 79 94 75 159 182 117 33 166 130 83 84 81 66 64 90 92 75 220 164 152 147 164 177 227 47
Character t i e s : t h e y r e f l e c t n a t i o n
Milliseconds 86 95 67 129 394 114 98 78 76 90 117 171 67 171 115 48 220 146 46 77 59 40 90 41 98
Character a l t r a d i t i o n s , t -t e t h n i c e -e
Milliseconds 86 111 45 160 69 122 245 130 96 84 86 87 78 128 83 213 245 100 133 93 171 49 80 226 344
Character -c -i o c e n t r i c w o r l d v i e w s , t h
Milliseconds 132 147 190 69 163 258 113 67 166 217 166 449 85 113 133 74 197 128 51 106 257 152 106 133 102
Character e s p e c i f i c h i s t o r i e s o f t
Milliseconds 30 102 128 180 42 196 107 94 86 97 98 187 36 93 108 98 76 123 46 122 98 95 125 115 80
Character h e i r s o c i e i t e s -s -e -t -i t i e s . I
Milliseconds 117 21 226 101 128 218 299 99 129 62 122 45 93 104 307 148 150 151 67 129 51 121 87 103 168
Character m a g i n e , t h e n , h o w m a n y o b
Milliseconds 72 77 70 54 172 87 137 88 59 103 55 132 200 85 165 62 40 66 90 74 125 179 65 152 139
Character s t a c l e s t h e r e w i l l b e t o
Milliseconds 161 127 87 191 121 54 95 86 78 90 33 93 75 78 88 100 192 146 93 39 159 83 86 99 33
Character o -o i n t e r s p e c i e s c o m m u n i c a t
Milliseconds 238 468 184 71 27 95 86 211 91 95 206 83 84 94 167 107 110 191 149 182 178 52 36 111 72
Character i o n , t h -h w -w -t w h e n e v e n t h e
Milliseconds 84 50 115 177 8 92 121 429 138 266 124 82 117 44 129 56 260 160 65 86 65 51 131 42 89
Character p h y s i c a l m e r a p -p -a t a o -o -a -t -r t a
Milliseconds 49 135 187 66 117 63 98 55 67 190 68 223 168 161 271 138 98 60 166 271 165 161 155 85 0
Character p h o r s o f l i f e , a n d t h e s p
Milliseconds 189 40 155 20 165 196 74 92 73 84 92 130 45 59 89 216 110 63 101 79 108 59 105 76 92
Character e i c -c -i c i e s ' s e n s o r y a p p a r t
Milliseconds 103 0 232 269 143 69 127 58 85 238 184 380 86 352 309 113 110 93 137 360 190 154 92 66 165
Character a -a -t a t u s , d i f f e r . F r o m t h e
Milliseconds 94 471 136 235 121 129 103 118 68 162 87 93 142 127 86 153 59 172 184 42 79 43 67 88 67
Character m o s t c o m p l e x t o t h e s i m p
Milliseconds 52 90 20 54 93 53 184 52 50 82 182 37 199 86 150 66 51 110 115 66 66 327 82 76 122
Character l e s t o f o u r c o m m u n i c a t i v e
Milliseconds 192 27 127 79 62 96 61 87 204 147 69 96 134 67 155 149 164 183 16 71 122 120 155 85 66
Character a c t s , t e h r e w -w - -e -r -h -e h e r e
Milliseconds 45 88 169 149 81 64 62 225 127 26 64 81 110 85 265 159 149 151 153 148 193 20 71 82 52
Character w i l l b e e n d l e s c o -o -c - s o p p
Milliseconds 99 89 154 153 56 76 120 66 84 83 127 58 91 175 200 134 81 336 139 154 86 66 118 156 221
Character o r t u n i t i e s f o r m i s i n t e r p r
Milliseconds 109 150 161 82 184 47 42 131 56 159 57 397 61 106 20 105 28 130 119 156 169 104 127 139 89
Character e t a t i o n .
Milliseconds 92 192 192 105 82 67 69 151
WPM Timing
Seconds WPM
2.25 69.23
4.51 90.53
6.76 83.43
9.01 82.54
11.27 78.81
13.52 75.44
15.77 66.18
18.03 64.57
20.28 66.86
22.53 69.76
24.79 70.68
27.04 72.78
29.29 69.23
31.55 69.61
33.8 69.58
36.05 72.22
38.31 72.05
40.56 71.3
42.82 70.63
45.07 67.36
47.32 69.73
49.58 71.65
51.83 70.62
54.08 72.56
56.34 72.42
58.59 72.1
60.84 73.57
63.1 73.41
65.35 72.53
67.6 73.49
69.86 74.9
72.11 73.89
74.36 75.04
76.62 76.28
78.87 76.38
81.12 77.07
83.38 76.86
85.63 77.64
87.88 76.19
90.14 77.35
92.39 76.76
94.64 76.2
96.9 76.29
99.15 77.94
101.4 78.46
103.66 78.84
105.91 78.29
108.16 77.99
110.42 78.47
112.67 78.6