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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28014. | JP (supertyperguy2020) | 58.71 | 98% | 2021-11-29 |
| 28015. | Yusuke (fjtysk) | 58.71 | 96% | 2012-03-12 |
| 28016. | Pen (pensword) | 58.71 | 86% | 2015-07-14 |
| 28017. | Adi (adicyberg) | 58.71 | 97% | 2022-08-03 |
| 28018. | Derek (tachio) | 58.71 | — | 2009-11-12 |
| 28019. | shuv (shuv) | 58.71 | — | 2009-10-20 |
| 28020. | kat (bookworm) | 58.71 | — | 2008-08-14 |
| 28021. | Muhammad (saad99) | 58.70 | 93.8% | 2023-09-30 |
| 28022. | daz (dazc) | 58.70 | 96% | 2023-08-12 |
| 28023. | Matt (mp33) | 58.70 | 95% | 2016-01-13 |
| 28024. | oki (ok6og) | 58.70 | 97% | 2020-03-25 |
| 28025. | Eric (isoh) | 58.70 | 87% | 2012-10-29 |
| 28026. | Juan (juanjomck) | 58.70 | 91% | 2013-05-05 |
| 28027. | Uwe (uwtod) | 58.70 | 93% | 2013-01-16 |
| 28028. | Albard (albard) | 58.70 | 97% | 2013-06-14 |
| 28029. | Amani (amani7) | 58.70 | 99% | 2014-07-14 |
| 28030. | tstats[blubenz67] (blubenz67) | 58.69 | 97% | 2023-05-10 |
| 28031. | Florian (bflorian) | 58.69 | 90% | 2012-07-28 |
| 28032. | aitjcize (aitjcize) | 58.69 | — | 2009-11-18 |
| 28033. | -Tia- (sammie2098) | 58.69 | — | 2010-12-12 |
| 28034. | André (pitoun) | 58.69 | 88% | 2016-12-11 |
| 28035. | himanshu (himanshu3198) | 58.68 | 97% | 2021-12-26 |
| 28036. | sonicboom (sonicboomie) | 58.68 | 99.3% | 2023-07-01 |
| 28037. | Janemba (janemba9) | 58.68 | 96% | 2021-08-04 |
| 28038. | Hung (lqh2005) | 58.68 | 96% | 2023-10-30 |
| 28039. | Hugh Janus (chrispoulos) | 58.68 | 96% | 2020-03-31 |
| 28040. | Nguyễn Quang (hapro9x) | 58.68 | 90% | 2013-06-26 |
| 28041. | Lukas (irwantolukas) | 58.68 | 94% | 2015-07-03 |
| 28042. | I'm slow... (ac_type) | 58.67 | 94% | 2022-05-18 |
| 28043. | :) (dontquestionit) | 58.67 | 97% | 2023-05-22 |
| 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 |