Website of the week

This game shouldn’t really be fun. After all, it’s almost entirely based on typing, which is something you really only do when you’re trapped at your desk. But add the word “racer” and paste a little car at the top, and all the ingredients are there to make you love the keyboard again.

Typeracer is a touch-typing speed tester which allows to you to challenge yourself or random opponents to a screen-scorching race to the finish.

But if you’re more used to poking the keys with one finger, you may be reduced to crawling like that cautious motorist who held you up on the A13.