stardust (poem)

Race #71716

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Official speed 126.21 wpm (53.91 seconds elapsed during race)
Without ending ping 128.00 wpm (753 ms delay sending score to TypeRacer’s server)
Timerless 128.77 wpm (317 ms elapsed before first character typed; 52.84 seconds elapsed during race)
Timerless minus one 128.54 wpm, ignoring the first character typed
Race Start March 13, 2020 12:16:32pm UTC
Race Finish March 13, 2020 12:17:26pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 4)
Opponents 2. robloxplayer71499 (124.08 wpm)
3. timjeffery44 (90.71 wpm)
Accuracy 98.4%
Points 197.73
Text #4180369 (Length: 567 characters)

Deciding which way round to print the question mark wasn't as straightforward as you might think, incidentally. In its traditional orientation, with the curve to the right, it appears to cup an ear towards the preceding prose, which seems natural enough, though perhaps only because that's how we are used to seeing it. But people have always played around with it. In the 16th century the printer Henry Denham had the sophisticated idea of reversing the mark when indicating a rhetorical question (to differentiate it from a direct question), but it didn't catch on.
Characters typed Deciding which way round to print the question mark wasn't as straightoforward as you might think, incidentally. In its traidditional orientation, with the curve to the right, it appears to cup an ear towards thep rec preceding prose, which seems natural enough, though perphaps only because that's how we are used to seeing it. But people have always played around with it. In the 16th century the printer Henry Denhamn had the sophisticated idea of reverseiing the mark when indicating a rehetorical question (o d(o dito differentiate it from a direct question)\, but it didn't catch on.
Timing
Character D e c i d i n g w h i c h w a y r o u n d
Milliseconds 317 182 199 162 49 104 47 59 65 103 47 23 144 0 47 102 178 68 33 75 84 21 124 43 47
Character t o p r i n t t h e q u e s t i o n m a r
Milliseconds 111 32 25 147 83 103 34 37 93 60 49 77 55 66 97 83 54 74 0 54 23 51 84 99 34
Character k w a s n ' t a s s t r a i g h t o -o f o r
Milliseconds 63 59 96 181 36 80 70 64 25 75 89 72 104 78 124 49 67 83 96 397 264 304 61 97 47
Character w a r d a s y o u m i g h t t h i n k ,
Milliseconds 120 157 28 107 41 101 41 64 58 110 35 32 99 45 81 61 146 51 120 52 36 77 0 183 77
Character i n c i d e n t a l l y . I n i t s t r a i
Milliseconds 97 51 75 147 92 153 59 93 39 55 124 27 195 30 122 140 23 51 71 63 47 95 134 46 128
Character d -d -i d i t i o n a l o r i e n t a t i o n ,
Milliseconds 24 441 134 12 546 101 115 19 39 86 83 37 126 93 127 43 245 138 83 72 38 15 29 151 23
Character w i t h t h e c u r v e t o t h e r i g
Milliseconds 95 171 119 81 29 41 68 52 79 75 61 99 116 42 86 88 44 19 91 45 101 28 121 89 76
Character h t , i t a p p e a r s t o c u p a n
Milliseconds 76 84 68 35 9 92 79 72 90 116 96 29 0 112 133 344 83 34 77 59 49 83 106 68 33
Character e a r t o w a r d s t h e p r e c -c -e -r - -p
Milliseconds 101 58 53 109 55 91 51 161 41 89 29 70 35 92 31 83 7 80 35 149 280 133 126 145 135
Character p r e c e d i n g p r o s e , w h i c h s
Milliseconds 122 40 51 45 179 167 141 88 36 40 86 66 82 78 75 69 72 35 69 56 29 68 56 30 92
Character e e m s n a t u r a l e n o u g h , t h o u
Milliseconds 145 143 77 91 90 25 60 95 36 95 50 48 44 85 78 137 21 84 63 167 25 93 63 135 30
Character g h p e r p -p h a p s o n l y b e c a u s e
Milliseconds 109 53 44 37 115 51 314 279 134 74 37 132 48 56 61 163 0 17 66 123 166 39 47 89 41
Character t h a t ' s h o w w e a r e u s e d t
Milliseconds 70 51 75 51 40 7 145 102 44 35 70 98 95 82 42 128 44 59 47 44 79 44 148 30 86
Character o s e e i n g i t . B u t p e o p l e h
Milliseconds 131 39 53 143 142 117 43 70 61 61 458 199 32 91 69 80 73 37 93 97 24 126 95 84 33
Character a v e a l w a y s p l a y e d a r o u n d
Milliseconds 29 35 65 74 72 82 103 165 17 106 58 33 110 81 87 64 128 57 138 89 54 23 125 48 89
Character w i t h i t . I n t h e 1 6 t h c e n t
Milliseconds 61 59 69 51 26 54 76 151 31 147 151 24 64 51 94 55 157 215 278 103 37 99 143 86 42
Character u r y t h e p r i n t e r H e n r y D e n
Milliseconds 122 33 106 30 35 85 41 101 49 98 65 32 59 99 43 61 143 92 92 94 128 37 132 148 121
Character h a m n - -n h a d t h e s o p h i s t i c
Milliseconds 188 174 44 375 34 257 115 106 41 69 53 88 61 75 54 65 76 56 158 18 66 115 24 55 88
Character a t e d i d e a o f r e v e r s e i -i -e i n
Milliseconds 79 60 49 142 42 33 72 135 62 38 33 87 36 148 85 166 126 27 130 105 282 194 117 158 28
Character g t h e m a r k w h e n i n d i c a t i n
Milliseconds 31 90 50 55 57 86 28 60 58 75 26 221 67 117 37 38 104 36 75 81 82 117 41 38 47
Character g a r e -e h e t o r i c a l q u e s t i o n
Milliseconds 74 27 97 54 124 551 380 137 53 76 80 175 92 118 66 33 49 123 63 64 49 48 32 15 42
Character ( o d -d - -o ( o d i -i -d - -o -( t o d i f f
Milliseconds 104 151 183 72 183 265 130 139 98 122 60 71 94 300 136 142 145 139 71 103 33 40 96 42 162
Character e r e n t i a t e i t f r o m a d i r e c
Milliseconds 53 106 82 92 73 127 78 47 155 168 35 146 48 142 140 43 19 27 67 73 119 92 58 44 147
Character t q u e s t i o n ) \ -\ , b u t i t d i d
Milliseconds 58 83 40 95 27 68 56 21 34 37 231 10 0 0 24 67 50 93 41 15 92 54 104 0 150
Character n ' t c a t c h o n .
Milliseconds 18 120 42 37 114 71 51 92 58 26 84 56 122
WPM Timing
Seconds WPM
1.08 77.91
2.16 122.43
3.23 140.98
4.31 147.47
5.39 151.36
6.47 129.85
7.55 135.15
8.63 136.34
9.7 136.03
10.78 135.78
11.86 124.45
12.94 125.21
14.02 126.71
15.09 130.38
16.17 132.81
17.25 132.16
18.33 134.21
19.41 129.23
20.49 126.53
21.56 129.66
22.64 130.91
23.72 131.53
24.8 129.2
25.88 130.77
26.96 132.22
28.03 133.13
29.11 131.49
30.19 133.16
31.27 133.56
32.35 134.67
33.42 134.27
34.5 133.56
35.58 134.9
36.66 133.56
37.74 131.33
38.82 132.32
39.89 133.25
40.97 130.92
42.05 131.27
43.13 132.44
44.21 130.03
45.28 129.85
46.36 129.16
47.44 126.22
48.52 124.9
49.6 124.6
50.68 125.5
51.75 126.6
52.83 127.65
53.91 126.21