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  1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

    Oh, nope. 151,897. I'm now under five minutes on War and Peace.

    Saturday, 26-May-12 03:41:28 UTC from web
    1. Bit Shift Bit Shift

      @redenchilada Can I have a link? I wanna see how much I can break it with a little help from an auto-clicking script. :P

      Saturday, 26-May-12 03:42:35 UTC from web
      1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

        @bitshift http://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/marketing/technology-research-centers/ereaders/speed-reader/index.html You can't really speed it up at this point without millisecond-accurate clicks, though. I'm hitting enter to start and clicking to stop at the same time now.

        Saturday, 26-May-12 03:44:55 UTC from web
      2. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

        @bitshift Let me know if you can beat 162,203.

        Saturday, 26-May-12 03:48:41 UTC from web
        1. Bit Shift Bit Shift

          @redenchilada Well, I get 552wpm legitimately (on what looked like an excerpt from War of the Worlds). Time to break it!

          Saturday, 26-May-12 03:54:50 UTC from web
          1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

            @bitshift I did it legitimately and got 544 on that exact same snippet. Stop being slightly better than me ;n;

            Saturday, 26-May-12 03:56:09 UTC from web
            1. Bit Shift Bit Shift

              @redenchilada "Nice work! You read 296 words in ." #

              Saturday, 26-May-12 04:06:21 UTC from web
              1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                @bitshift Yeah, that's pretty much what happens.

                Saturday, 26-May-12 04:08:00 UTC from web
                1. Bit Shift Bit Shift

                  @redenchilada Interestingly, even with a script that literally sends both clicks within microseconds of each other, it still doesn't break ~86k. Somehow you have managed to out-click a computer.

                  Saturday, 26-May-12 04:10:00 UTC from web
                  1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                    @bitshift Are you doing it on the Wizard of Oz snippet? The best scores are from that snippet.

                    Saturday, 26-May-12 04:11:03 UTC from web
                    1. Bit Shift Bit Shift

                      @redenchilada That was the one I just got: 81795 from that, which is actually _lower_ than the rest. I am baffled.

                      Saturday, 26-May-12 04:11:56 UTC from web
                      1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                        @bitshift Interesting. If it helps, I'm actually using the enter key to hit the start button, then using the mouse for the stop button.

                        Saturday, 26-May-12 04:13:30 UTC from web
                        1. Bit Shift Bit Shift

                          @redenchilada I can't see that would make any difference, but I'll give it a try later. In the meantime, scores have improved since refreshing the page fully cacheless: 131,644 for the Alice snippet.

                          Saturday, 26-May-12 04:14:30 UTC from web
                          1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                            @bitshift Interesting.

                            Saturday, 26-May-12 04:15:41 UTC from web
                            1. Bit Shift Bit Shift

                              @redenchilada Also, I think it may be factoring in quiz times. Adding auto-guessing now: given the answers appear in a set order, I can have the script answer the Oz one both perfectly and instantly. We shall see whether that improves matters.

                              Saturday, 26-May-12 04:18:21 UTC from web
                              1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                                @bitshift I don't think it factors those in. I've clicked them in manually, taking my time, and still gotten the >150k word scores.

                                Saturday, 26-May-12 04:19:44 UTC from web
                                1. Bit Shift Bit Shift

                                  @redenchilada Well, I dunno. Either way, with them added, 149,531 on Oz. Apparently my clicking script could read War and Peace in 4 minutes. :)

                                  Saturday, 26-May-12 04:24:20 UTC from web
                                  1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                                    @bitshift I got mine down to three minutes at one point. However, it doesn't seem to show that again, even with higher WPM scores. :S

                                    Saturday, 26-May-12 04:30:03 UTC from web
              2. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                @bitshift So what's your top WPM right now?

                Saturday, 26-May-12 04:10:18 UTC from web