Most laymen assume that the care label instructions for rainwear refer to the effect of cleaning on water repellency. Actually, the water-resistant chemicals with which raincoats are treated are partially removed by both washing and dry-cleaning. Strangely, washing is easier on water repellency than dry-cleaning, as long as the detergent is completely removed through extra rinse cycles.
—from Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise?: Mysteries of Everyday Life Explained, a book by David Feldman
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Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
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1986. | Alexander (olekpark) | 90.54 | 97% | 2020-11-12 |
1987. | Smarmy (smarmyraptor) | 90.54 | 97% | 2017-11-01 |
1988. | David (2mill) | 90.52 | 98% | 2020-04-07 |
1989. | makaio (neosifr) | 90.50 | 98% | 2019-09-02 |
1990. | Rinnaris (rinnaris) | 90.48 | 98% | 2019-04-26 |
1991. | NagaSaki (niggasaki) | 90.48 | 97% | 2017-09-18 |
1992. | qingyuan (hiperson3) | 90.46 | 98% | 2017-08-17 |
1993. | Captain (captainryce) | 90.43 | 94% | 2017-01-15 |
1994. | Christopher (cribalik) | 90.43 | 98% | 2017-08-30 |
1995. | Ajstyle (ajityahoo876) | 90.42 | 97% | 2018-02-08 |
1996. | Specter (spectergrrim) | 90.41 | 98% | 2019-03-20 |
1997. | Epickel (epickel) | 90.39 | 96% | 2018-09-25 |
1998. | speedy (lanxi) | 90.38 | 97% | 2018-03-24 |
1999. | lawrence wong (charmx) | 90.37 | 98% | 2019-01-25 |
2000. | Elia (ganmen) | 90.35 | 99% | 2020-07-03 |
2001. | Willow (bluelagoon7) | 90.35 | 97% | 2019-07-24 |
2002. | psyhxiic (wanguage) | 90.32 | 96% | 2019-09-28 |
2003. | BIG (bigfatphil) | 90.31 | 97% | 2018-10-12 |
2004. | Bjorn (bjornbaboon) | 90.29 | 97% | 2020-12-12 |
2005. | (roiii) | 90.29 | 96% | 2020-02-18 |
2006. | Florian (ftzz) | 90.28 | 96% | 2017-04-17 |
2007. | 0 (gochoo) | 90.26 | 98% | 2018-07-08 |
2008. | Ben (benjiboyyy) | 90.25 | 97% | 2018-03-10 |
2009. | Park Shin Hye (yipaepaen) | 90.25 | 98% | 2019-10-20 |
2010. | THE Ⓢ PRINCE (smartyprince) | 90.25 | 95% | 2019-12-12 |
2011. | W (weswanders) | 90.24 | 97% | 2017-06-13 |
2012. | ndk100 (ndk100) | 90.22 | 99% | 2018-11-01 |
2013. | Shushker (shushker) | 90.20 | 97% | 2020-03-18 |
2014. | Zuhaib (zuhaibdam) | 90.19 | 96% | 2020-01-11 |
2015. | Ming (swamis) | 90.19 | 99% | 2019-06-26 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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Default (English) | 11,149 | 81.40 | January 14, 2017 |
Instant Death Mode | 6 | 75.35 | January 21, 2019 |
ᗜ Stenography | 2 | 61.41 | June 20, 2021 |
All TypeRacer Texts | 1 | 59.29 | October 28, 2021 |