It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial atmosphere for the right sort of unruliness - that it is a home not just for the smart, but for the smart-alecks. And hackers are invariably smart-alecks. If we had a national holiday, it would be April 1st.
—from Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age, a book by Paul Graham
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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28365. | Sangga (chemicalchaos291) | 58.20 | 95% | 2021-08-31 |
| 28366. | Typer (cflibelo@yahoo.com) | 58.20 | 95% | 2015-09-22 |
| 28367. | ⠀ (ksven) | 58.20 | 97% | 2019-08-18 |
| 28368. | anver (anverali) | 58.20 | 94% | 2014-07-07 |
| 28369. | Free Palestine (fastest_as_... | 58.19 | 96% | 2023-08-15 |
| 28370. | gregos mavris (mavrideros) | 58.19 | 96% | 2022-03-14 |
| 28371. | Froody (froody129) | 58.19 | 94% | 2018-03-31 |
| 28372. | uddipta (udi23) | 58.19 | 96.5% | 2023-10-06 |
| 28373. | William (ithan) | 58.19 | 95% | 2020-08-05 |
| 28374. | Crono (cronoregen) | 58.19 | 96% | 2012-08-25 |
| 28375. | Doge (dogetaco) | 58.19 | 94% | 2014-11-26 |
| 28376. | vikky (rookie3324) | 58.19 | — | 2011-01-30 |
| 28377. | David (circuitnerd) | 58.18 | 96.1% | 2023-05-30 |
| 28378. | turbos996 (the_puffduff) | 58.18 | 96% | 2017-11-09 |
| 28379. | Fri5day (wongkokpin) | 58.18 | 96% | 2014-05-30 |
| 28380. | jolie (jolie_pham) | 58.18 | 90% | 2012-06-24 |
| 28381. | leibniz (anamaya11) | 58.17 | 97% | 2021-08-26 |
| 28382. | Blakc (mcrnic) | 58.17 | — | 2010-08-06 |
| 28383. | William (willatuno) | 58.17 | 91% | 2016-02-17 |
| 28384. | Gabriel (agushrush) | 58.17 | 97% | 2017-08-01 |
| 28385. | stephanie (steph17) | 58.17 | — | 2010-01-04 |
| 28386. | Fruitloopone (fruitloopone) | 58.16 | 98% | 2021-06-20 |
| 28387. | Jorham (jhorskie) | 58.16 | 96% | 2023-01-27 |
| 28388. | Philip (pnielsen2) | 58.16 | 96% | 2022-09-23 |
| 28389. | Eva (blue_is_a_color) | 58.16 | 93% | 2021-03-11 |
| 28390. | hannah (ksh8287) | 58.16 | — | 2010-04-25 |
| 28391. | Michelle (pludemj) | 58.16 | — | 2009-12-10 |
| 28392. | John (starfighter) | 58.16 | — | 2009-08-09 |
| 28393. | Turnips! (njwheelbarrow) | 58.16 | 95% | 2016-02-19 |
| 28394. | KKey (kkey) | 58.16 | — | 2011-02-28 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
|---|---|---|---|
| Default (English) | 116,426 | 71.57 | August 3, 2008 |
| Instant Death Mode | 229 | 70.03 | April 1, 2010 |
| Riverside Middle School | 19 | 33.91 | January 24, 2011 |
| ##typeracer | 4 | 82.66 | February 14, 2021 |
| TypeRacer Classic | 2 | 54.09 | June 1, 2021 |
| All TypeRacer Texts | 1 | 38.66 | June 12, 2021 |