The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every business had rooms full of secretaries whose job it was to type letters that had been hand-written. They were copying the writing into a more readable format. In the early 1980s, the personal computer became a common office machine.
—from Keyboarding Made Simple (1985), a book by Leigh E. Zeitz, Ph.D.
Active since September 30, 2008.
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Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
17874. | 1337 (dotnet) | 74.20 | 98% | 2020-10-20 |
17875. | ahmed (machete_77) | 74.20 | 96.4% | 2023-10-31 |
17876. | Sean (betterthancstein) | 74.20 | 96% | 2014-04-22 |
17877. | Sean (manbeervark) | 74.20 | 98% | 2017-11-22 |
17878. | Ali (murad_shah) | 74.20 | 98% | 2020-11-06 |
17879. | Dustin (jebeidiah) | 74.20 | 97% | 2015-11-10 |
17880. | carl ashlee (kael99) | 74.19 | 96% | 2012-01-26 |
17881. | Robyn (robynb) | 74.19 | — | 2009-05-12 |
17882. | Justin (thejlee1) | 74.19 | 93% | 2017-03-11 |
17883. | randfee (randfee) | 74.19 | 93% | 2012-12-22 |
17884. | ItzHaniel (itzhaniel) | 74.18 | 95% | 2021-01-02 |
17885. | Arthur (arthhur10) | 74.18 | 97% | 2018-01-23 |
17886. | TreSucks (kowatagari) | 74.18 | 95% | 2019-12-22 |
17887. | Lyon (loltyger1) | 74.18 | 93% | 2016-07-25 |
17888. | Mario (tennisiscool) | 74.18 | 97% | 2021-10-20 |
17889. | iconic (ganic) | 74.18 | 96% | 2022-11-11 |
17890. | dulguun (raven520) | 74.17 | 95% | 2020-11-13 |
17891. | Typist (masterpiggy132) | 74.17 | 97% | 2023-01-16 |
17892. | bondservant (arenza) | 74.17 | 96% | 2020-07-15 |
17893. | Hector (princeofdr95) | 74.17 | 98% | 2015-10-08 |
17894. | Dinh (proajune91) | 74.17 | — | 2009-08-28 |
17895. | Daniel (reachingthetop) | 74.17 | 98% | 2021-04-25 |
17896. | Nando (lonelynando) | 74.17 | 95% | 2021-03-14 |
17897. | Katherine (doylesgirl73) | 74.17 | 97% | 2021-01-13 |
17898. | Rishabh (360_slowpoke) | 74.17 | 93% | 2017-06-01 |
17899. | anirudh (anirudhrata) | 74.17 | 89% | 2012-04-29 |
17900. | Sebastian (arandomguy) | 74.17 | 95% | 2016-02-01 |
17901. | Sidi mohamed (need_for_speed) | 74.16 | 97% | 2014-12-12 |
17902. | R (salesforce) | 74.16 | 96% | 2017-01-17 |
17903. | Karen (legi21) | 74.16 | 98% | 2012-03-13 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
---|---|---|---|
Default (English) | 107,011 | 74.82 | September 30, 2008 |
Instant Death Mode | 185 | 74.62 | March 30, 2010 |
Smoke Rise Prep | 38 | 54.38 | February 25, 2016 |
Riverside Middle School | 17 | 43.16 | February 7, 2011 |
TypeRacer Classic | 2 | 79.47 | February 26, 2022 |
##typeracer | 1 | 83.10 | March 1, 2024 |
All TypeRacer Texts | 1 | 45.83 | January 24, 2024 |
Mrs. Wunschel's TypeRacer Universe | 1 | 42.32 | November 26, 2012 |