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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8783. | Adam (eidolons) | 89.53 | — | 2008-11-23 |
| 8784. | Wetrayaud (kashizui) | 89.52 | 88% | 2014-12-12 |
| 8785. | Ian (dr1v3thru) | 89.52 | 94% | 2016-09-12 |
| 8786. | Gribble (gribble19) | 89.52 | 97% | 2021-01-27 |
| 8787. | BlueBird (lolistink) | 89.52 | 93% | 2016-03-31 |
| 8788. | Abdo (zxiest) | 89.52 | 97% | 2017-01-09 |
| 8789. | Tony (nafahmidi) | 89.52 | — | 2010-05-28 |
| 8790. | jacqueline (emphazis) | 89.52 | 96% | 2015-01-28 |
| 8791. | pärskis (borje) | 89.51 | 97% | 2022-11-19 |
| 8792. | em (akosiem) | 89.51 | 98% | 2022-03-10 |
| 8793. | Nicholas (nickymillz) | 89.51 | 94% | 2014-02-21 |
| 8794. | cy. (cyvirus) | 89.51 | 97% | 2012-01-10 |
| 8795. | guu (guda) | 89.51 | 96% | 2012-12-01 |
| 8796. | Marc (mreading) | 89.51 | 99% | 2016-09-30 |
| 8797. | Pablo (pabloskimg) | 89.51 | 97% | 2017-02-18 |
| 8798. | Christopher (christos) | 89.51 | — | 2009-01-07 |
| 8799. | Daniel (d_elston) | 89.50 | 95% | 2013-09-13 |
| 8800. | Kinfi4 (kinfi4) | 89.50 | 97.9% | 2023-09-18 |
| 8801. | Leo (asdbooh) | 89.50 | 97% | 2021-11-28 |
| 8802. | James (antrix) | 89.50 | 95% | 2017-04-11 |
| 8803. | Banana (bananana_man) | 89.49 | 98% | 2023-01-17 |
| 8804. | Stacy (blingmama) | 89.49 | 93% | 2014-04-04 |
| 8805. | thomas (tlaugle) | 89.49 | 99% | 2011-07-29 |
| 8806. | flod (ash12449) | 89.49 | 97.7% | 2021-02-25 |
| 8807. | Dan (moxjet) | 89.49 | — | 2009-03-11 |
| 8808. | Pat (ralphxcrunner) | 89.49 | — | 2009-10-27 |
| 8809. | Samuel (ayvak) | 89.48 | 94% | 2022-07-14 |
| 8810. | Max (max424) | 89.48 | 96% | 2020-09-28 |
| 8811. | Matt (mwanchap) | 89.48 | 98% | 2016-11-17 |
| 8812. | Dib (dibchit) | 89.48 | 98% | 2023-03-08 |
| 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 |