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In Newton's time it was possible for an educated person to have a grasp of the whole of human knowledge, at least in outline. But since then, the pace of the development of science has made this impossible. Because theories are always being changed to account for new observations, they are never properly digested or simplified so that ordinary people can understand them.

—from A Brief History of Time, a book by Stephen Hawking

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32. (e6f4e37l) 178.26 100% 2022-04-09
33. sierra (sierra05) 177.91 100% 2021-01-13
34. leonidas (awsomaw) 177.32 99% 2019-06-28
35. Shoemaker-Levy 9 (atthetop) 176.88 98% 2021-07-10
36. youtu.be/mMLmCViaFKI (delaw... 176.68 99% 2020-01-02
37. twitch.tv/philliesmagic - O... 176.48 99% 2021-06-23
38. Berny (syrupsandwich) 176.14 100% 2024-02-11
39. (mononym_jisoo) 175.95 99% 2022-01-20
40. GINOO AND FLANEUR I LOVE YO... 175.87 99% 2019-08-26
41. 🌹 Black Rose 🌹 (typi... 175.19 99% 2018-01-21
42. rain (rainnonquit) 174.67 99% 2020-05-06
43. Ibexus (ibexus) 174.53 98% 2024-03-21
44. איזי (iamtyperacer) 174.46 98% 2021-05-04
45. Volhosis (v... 174.38 99% 2018-08-19
46. WatchDominion.org (lithox2) 174.25 99% 2021-06-21
47. [10FF] Jashe (jakob2000) 174.08 99% 2021-04-03
48. Washed up (slowvinni) 173.99 99% 2021-04-09
49. Supporting Israel (zombiesw... 173.90 98% 2022-05-13
50. 🇵🇸 (residober) 173.76 99% 2022-04-10
51. soundcloud.com/xxcrunchy (x... 173.43 99% 2022-09-28
52. nightingale (add4line) 173.31 99% 2022-05-13
53. (krivos) 172.88 98.5% 2024-03-03
54. tstats[sglavacreeper] (sgla... 172.05 99% 2022-07-13
55. Andrey (schizo_guy) 171.90 100% 2018-10-30
56. john (nothisisjohn) 171.53 99% 2021-10-27
57. spectating a spectator (mpo... 171.47 99% 2019-01-24
58. ANDREA (andreaak00) 171.43 99% 2023-08-13
59. 🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍e (despot) 171.15 100% 2020-11-26
60. Xeogran (xeogran) 171.01 98% 2021-05-24
61. Arrogant (dkaocka) 170.71 98% 2024-03-18

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Universe Races Average WPM First Race
Default (English) 30,301 86.43 August 27, 2017
Instant Death Mode 40 99.06 December 7, 2018
ᗜ Stenography 2 92.40 April 30, 2021