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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
14172. Brian (desbrigs) 84.24 97% 2023-05-21
14173. Nathan (alteriffic) 84.24 98% 2023-05-31
14174. Jonathan (jgetachew) 84.24 99% 2020-09-09
14175. Jeremy (definee) 84.23 98% 2018-04-05
14176. Michael (michaelhau) 84.23 97% 2020-04-16
14177. VenkatNaryan (venkatttwenty) 84.22 97% 2023-01-04
14178. Chris (aqueous_axe) 84.22 96% 2018-11-09
14179. Jacobo (codeinebryant) 84.22 98% 2016-08-28
14180. Chrisco (chrisco97) 84.22 95% 2013-06-27
14181. Mike (micbran) 84.22 94% 2014-09-15
14182. Mary (hammer) 84.22 2010-01-29
14183. sdfsdf (onimoose) 84.21 96% 2017-03-03
14184. AM (freae) 84.21 98% 2021-07-04
14185. Mehti (lylehti) 84.21 98% 2021-10-11
14186. Jan (underlines) 84.21 98% 2012-08-23
14187. Scott (whaleswhales) 84.21 95% 2013-10-31
14188. Zero (1ascend0) 84.20 98.2% 2023-10-15
14189. Christopher (chrispbrown) 84.20 90% 2016-11-01
14190. Fedor (fshabashev) 84.20 98% 2022-01-27
14191. afgfdhsdhf (arensito) 84.20 92% 2011-11-17
14192. GMJack (gmjack) 84.20 95% 2015-08-14
14193. Elias (9elias) 84.20 98% 2019-01-19
14194. Luis (regneva17) 84.19 97% 2023-07-04
14195. Razor (edwino) 84.19 95% 2014-01-20
14196. vince (vondeeble) 84.18 96% 2022-05-18
14197. Nick (borscht) 84.18 97% 2021-06-25
14198. Silenth (silenth) 84.18 96% 2019-03-15
14199. david (snobellprize) 84.18 96% 2021-09-30
14200. Erik (erikletendre) 84.18 96% 2016-11-03
14201. Shadi (fluffybinn) 84.18 95% 2015-07-28

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Universe Races Average WPM First Race
Default (English) 121,008 76.02 September 30, 2008
Instant Death Mode 210 78.11 March 29, 2010
Riverside Middle School 34 42.77 January 24, 2011
TypeRacer Classic 3 57.74 July 27, 2021
The Little Middle School 2 31.84 November 5, 2012
Smoke Rise Prep 2 55.45 July 12, 2016
##typeracer 2 70.16 February 22, 2021