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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17978. | Beth (janbeth) | 73.34 | 95% | 2016-07-31 |
| 17979. | Anthony (anthonymok) | 73.33 | 90% | 2011-06-21 |
| 17980. | Afaq (afaqkhan) | 73.33 | 97% | 2021-07-11 |
| 17981. | Vzylexy (vzylexy) | 73.33 | 88% | 2012-11-15 |
| 17982. | MyBst (wlpt) | 73.33 | 97% | 2014-06-02 |
| 17983. | Christina (peanut0718) | 73.33 | 98% | 2019-04-29 |
| 17984. | abhinav (ddkjfkdjfkdjfdkjfk... | 73.32 | 95% | 2022-01-13 |
| 17985. | André (l33tpawz) | 73.32 | 89% | 2014-09-08 |
| 17986. | R S Ashwin (rsashwinkumar) | 73.32 | 89% | 2012-10-23 |
| 17987. | Sergej (nbafan) | 73.32 | 98% | 2011-10-14 |
| 17988. | Razy (fb_razybobo_nureen) | 73.32 | 89% | 2011-11-12 |
| 17989. | Manjunath (actuallandwhale) | 73.31 | 92% | 2015-06-30 |
| 17990. | chris (chris1962) | 73.31 | 96% | 2015-08-06 |
| 17991. | PedeJo (pedejo) | 73.31 | 96% | 2023-03-29 |
| 17992. | lonald (lonald) | 73.31 | 98% | 2017-07-22 |
| 17993. | Nota (filco2ninga) | 73.31 | 95% | 2013-06-03 |
| 17994. | sliptok (sliptok) | 73.30 | 97% | 2021-05-26 |
| 17995. | Coconut (coconutstraw) | 73.30 | 96% | 2019-12-24 |
| 17996. | Love (dorrhandtag) | 73.30 | 96% | 2020-02-11 |
| 17997. | Thock (mechanicalkeyswitch) | 73.30 | 97% | 2021-03-16 |
| 17998. | Jamey (poachedspinach) | 73.30 | 96% | 2021-01-24 |
| 17999. | Esme (esmeb56) | 73.30 | 89% | 2013-03-02 |
| 18000. | Alexander (arkross) | 73.30 | 97% | 2016-07-14 |
| 18001. | Luis (regneva17) | 73.30 | 96% | 2022-03-15 |
| 18002. | Meowmix (sekasmeowmix) | 73.29 | 97% | 2023-09-27 |
| 18003. | KilinWei (kilinwei) | 73.29 | 96% | 2023-02-07 |
| 18004. | Nicky (sleeky_nicky) | 73.29 | 98% | 2019-11-14 |
| 18005. | Davidson (iphoenix) | 73.29 | — | 2009-07-27 |
| 18006. | Obi (obi2605) | 73.28 | 98% | 2022-01-02 |
| 18007. | Sami (audous) | 73.28 | 95% | 2018-06-03 |
| 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 |