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Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the audience's patience developing a new setup. Once you've got the audience laughing or on a roll, it's better to stay with toppers - a series of punch lines, each related to the previous one.

—from Comedy Writing Secrets, a book by Mel Helitzer and Mark Shatz

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Rank Username WPM Accuracy Date
36023. Wing (jeffrey_leung) 47.52 96% 2018-04-17
36024. Alex (singingsundays) 47.52 90% 2016-08-03
36025. vink (luciferwar) 47.52 95% 2017-07-28
36026. Deepa (deepal) 47.52 97% 2012-02-14
36027. Julia (juliaoi) 47.52 94% 2014-07-02
36028. Andy (andymc213) 47.51 93% 2021-01-11
36029. gokudo (matitsu) 47.51 96% 2019-07-16
36030. julio (jay55376) 47.51 92% 2018-07-01
36031. Nevermore (abcd1927) 47.51 90% 2015-02-07
36032. Billy (ding) 47.51 2008-12-27
36033. tstats[dubsk1s] (dubsk1s) 47.50 92% 2022-09-22
36034. Tarun (tarunsingh) 47.50 95% 2021-07-11
36035. Crumpet (crumpet) 47.50 82% 2013-01-24
36036. De (devos) 47.49 95% 2014-10-21
36037. Akmal (akmalgeo) 47.49 87% 2015-05-14
36038. Prince (princesp) 47.49 96% 2018-03-14
36039. Ashraf (ashraf2) 47.48 95% 2021-08-04
36040. Mel (mel0214) 47.48 95% 2021-11-02
36041. Raahim (raahimz) 47.48 94% 2021-01-02
36042. jyoti (soodjyoti) 47.48 2010-10-04
36043. Pain14 (ruel14) 47.48 89% 2012-12-12
36044. efik (jovian) 47.48 2009-04-24
36045. Raghav (raghavgarg098) 47.47 95% 2021-04-15
36046. Fábio (vallkorion) 47.47 95% 2021-01-12
36047. vini (vineeta) 47.47 92% 2012-05-14
36048. (andreolop) 47.47 98% 2021-03-02
36049. breakpoint (breakpoint) 47.47 93% 2014-02-16
36050. Yuri (yok558) 47.47 93% 2015-05-09
36051. Blade (blade_snyder) 47.47 93% 2018-01-24
36052. Yognedra (yogendra) 47.47 94% 2013-06-10

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Universe Races Average WPM First Race
Default (English) 123,813 75.75 September 30, 2008
Instant Death Mode 247 76.20 March 29, 2010
Riverside Middle School 34 42.77 January 24, 2011
Smoke Rise Prep 18 57.21 July 12, 2016
TypeRacer Classic 3 57.74 July 27, 2021
The Little Middle School 2 31.84 November 5, 2012
##typeracer 2 70.16 February 22, 2021