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During our lives we learn that numbers are linear, that the spaces between them are all the same. If you count from one to nine, each number is one more than the previous one. If you ask someone what number is halfway between one and nine, they will say five but only because they have been taught to. Wake up, sheeple! Humans instinctively perceive numbers logarithmically, not linearly. A young child or someone who has not been indoctrinated by education will place three halfway between one and nine.

—from Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors, a book by Matt Parker

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Rank Username WPM Accuracy Date
5386. Sachin (sachin1827) 68.13 96.7% 2024-02-18
5387. jac (jamiro23) 68.13 97% 2024-02-04
5388. greg (boctrorgc) 68.12 97% 2023-12-02
5389. Adnaan (adnaankelawala) 68.10 96.2% 2023-11-07
5390. Evan (eh30) 68.09 95% 2024-05-18
5391. Guest (guest_user_i_swear) 68.09 98% 2024-05-16
5392. ANUJ (_slowest__) 68.08 98% 2024-05-23
5393. Nils (nil0y) 68.07 97% 2024-02-02
5394. SWAMI (swamiprasad) 68.07 94% 2024-03-02
5395. Max (acrid_) 68.07 97% 2024-05-21
5396. Kuhlman (kuhlman652) 68.05 98% 2023-10-20
5397. SOM (som38) 68.05 96.5% 2024-01-20
5398. Nova (nova_007) 68.04 96% 2024-04-07
5399. Taco (nataco) 68.04 96.3% 2024-10-15
5400. Gatsu (ace27) 68.03 96.6% 2023-10-08
5401. Deepak (logsbydeepak) 68.03 96% 2024-07-16
5402. Neo (ne0politan1) 68.02 95% 2024-01-06
5403. Taufik (taufik_thd) 68.01 97% 2023-11-26
5404. Vicky (vaiphei186) 68.01 98% 2023-11-04
5405. guest_user9 (guest_user9) 68.00 96% 2024-02-23
5406. Hunter (huntsman0009) 68.00 98% 2024-06-13
5407. RRR (arplnk) 67.99 95.7% 2024-03-18
5408. McChung (mcchung) 67.98 96% 2023-10-27
5409. Papa (skilledwriter) 67.98 96% 2024-02-16
5410. TheHurriedRabbit (thehurrie... 67.97 96.2% 2023-12-19
5411. uriel (wiha2) 67.96 94% 2024-02-14
5412. Klez (abmahfoufddd) 67.96 96% 2024-02-26
5413. marcos (unworthyy) 67.95 97.4% 2023-10-26
5414. Sronichan (sronichan) 67.94 97.4% 2023-11-23
5415. booootyhole (coooooooch) 67.94 97% 2024-07-29

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Universe Races Average WPM First Race
Default (English) 10,208 78.20 August 10, 2023