Old-time Typeracer User Wins $5000 at Cincinnati Typing Challenge!
This past week, the final round of the Cincinnati Typing Challenge was held, with long-time Typeracer Megaracer Robert Price (Zapakh) winning the championship, and taking home $5000 USD. (The contest’s official website, and their Twitter have more details.) I have been racing against Robert for over five years; he created his Typeracer account on August 8th, 2008, five days after I created mine (and we did races before that, too). He has always been a formidable opponent!
Robert Price with his $5000 typing prize
In the first round of the contest, notable Typeracer user Sean Wrona (his Typeracer profile; his website) came in first place, typing 173wpm on a standard Qwerty keyboard (he dropped out later in the contest); Robert came in second. In the final round, typists were required to type on a new kind of mobile keyboard called the TREWGrip. They were given 5 days to practice. In this final round, and Robert came in first place–taking home a $5000 check!
Congratulations Robert!
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Congrats man!!!! Especially when you were up against Sean Wrona and still pulled it off.
When I win a prize like that, I will make a premium account on Typeracer . . . hahaha
Majid
August 2, 2013
He didn’t win against Sean Wrona. Sean Wrona defaulted in the final since he couldn’t make it to Cincinnati due to travel arrangement problems.
Ibegtodiffer
August 2, 2013
I will edit the original post to make this more clear.
davidtyperacer
August 2, 2013
As I understand it, any standard English-language typing contest which Sean Wrona completes, he is extremely likely to win. Haven’t heard of anyone in the world who can equal him (though some are close-ish). He’s also probably the fastest-ever typist. (And no, I don’t know Sean Wrona, nor have I ever communicated with him, nor do I have anything to do with him! 🙂 )
Alex B
August 2, 2013
Thanks for covering the event! We have a little online challenge going ourselves if anyone is interested to see how they rank against the Top 10 Cincy Typing Challenge contestants! http://www.cincytypingchallenge.com/wordpress/speed-typing-challenge/
Cincy Typing Challenge
August 22, 2013
Thanks for hosting it! Here at Typeracer we appreciate all work done to promote typing as a fun and competitive activity.
David Pritts (valikor)
Typeracer Administrator
davidtyperacer
August 28, 2013