What is the spacebar counter record

If you're a typist—or aspire to be one—you've likely heard about the world record for how many taps on a spacebar can be made in one minute. The world record is held by Vijayakumar Radhakrishnan, a former Indian call center operator.

In 2005, while typing away at his keyboard at the Perot Systems call center in Noida, India, Radhakrishnan mentioned to his peers that he could do some incredibly fast typing. His co-workers doubtfully bet him two days' wages that he couldn't complete the challenge: pressing the spacebar on his keyboard 537 times in one minute. They were confident he couldn't do it so they agreed to make it even more of a challenge and film it for their own amusement.

Much to their amazement, after sixty seconds of rapid tapping on the spacebar of his standard keyboard Radhakrishnan had successfully tapped 537 times setting a record that still stands today. The video became an internet sensation, inspiring other typists around the world to attempt and beat his record. Although many have come close, no one has been able to best this incredible feat so far.

How to make a spacebar counter

Creating a spacebar counter may seem like an intimidating task, but with a few simple steps, you can create one quickly and easily. A spacebar counter is a handy tool to help people measure their typing speed, as it enables them to track their keystrokes. Here's how to make your own:

1. Gather Supplies: The supplies needed for making a spacebar counter include scissors or a box cutter, rulers, paper or cardboard for tracing out the template shape of the counter, construction paper, tape and/or glue.

2. Create Template: Using the ruler and paper or cardboard material to create a basic rectangle that will serve as the template for your counter. Using scissors (or a box cutter if dealing with thicker material) as needed to get it correctly sized for your project.

3. Trace Template Shape: Then using the template shape you created, trace out several copies of this shape onto construction paper—Note: Your construction paper color can vary from one copy to another should you desire different colors for various sections of your counter's design (e.g. keybase color vs. numerical display color).

4. Cut Out Shapes: Cut out each of the construction paper shapes that were traced out in Step #3 above in order to create your spacebar counter's pieces (e.g., keys base, numerical display etc.) Tip: Be sure use slow and steady movements when cutting in order to achieve clean-cut results!

additional tip - Have an adult help you with this step if needed!

5. Tape/Glue Pieces Together: Begin assembling individual shapes into the overall design you want while simultaneously adding more support by taping/gluing pieces together where necessary by using small strips of tape or glue dots on various edges where shapes connect to each other (e.g., corners for added stability). This will serve as helpful reinforcement should kids need to rely on counting off those additional few extra keystrokes during their typing practice session!

6. Add Numbers & Decorative Elements: Finally add numbers onto the numerical display area(s) (either manually draw/write them or cut them out from scrap books of old magazines) followed by any optional additional decorative elements such as stars or other designs around the edges if desired before finishing up with one more layer of reinforcement - Apply tape/glue across outer edges of all pieces where necessary right before it's ready to be used!