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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17119. | Tanya (globalgourmand) | 74.46 | 94% | 2011-11-28 |
| 17120. | rkalak (rkalak) | 74.46 | 95% | 2022-03-18 |
| 17121. | James (jjhertz) | 74.46 | 97% | 2022-10-18 |
| 17122. | L (avidbiscuit_5905) | 74.46 | 95% | 2021-03-20 |
| 17123. | sam (bbreaker) | 74.46 | — | 2010-12-04 |
| 17124. | Emily (snowserpent) | 74.46 | 93% | 2015-08-17 |
| 17125. | Mai (itsmemai) | 74.46 | 96% | 2017-03-30 |
| 17126. | Badger (badger00k) | 74.45 | 98% | 2022-10-20 |
| 17127. | andrei5 (mute_6) | 74.45 | 97% | 2022-04-06 |
| 17128. | David (lilchuck) | 74.45 | 97% | 2020-01-23 |
| 17129. | Jeffrey (jsb9942) | 74.45 | 96% | 2013-11-30 |
| 17130. | Alex (alexruben) | 74.45 | 97% | 2015-11-13 |
| 17131. | Lam (probottler) | 74.44 | 98% | 2023-02-12 |
| 17132. | Big (bigpepenochill) | 74.44 | 96% | 2021-09-28 |
| 17133. | Ed (ed841) | 74.44 | 96% | 2022-08-07 |
| 17134. | Frederick (fredericknotw) | 74.44 | 98% | 2015-07-07 |
| 17135. | c (asiandued) | 74.43 | 95% | 2018-09-23 |
| 17136. | Gabriel (gabbigum) | 74.43 | 95% | 2019-12-09 |
| 17137. | Calaeb (pawwz) | 74.43 | 95% | 2021-02-28 |
| 17138. | john (racer520) | 74.43 | 95% | 2015-04-29 |
| 17139. | Tim (tronlol) | 74.43 | — | 2011-04-25 |
| 17140. | No (blank01) | 74.43 | 97% | 2017-07-10 |
| 17141. | Selena (pandabubbletea) | 74.42 | 95% | 2020-02-14 |
| 17142. | Pancho (zone2oo0) | 74.42 | 95% | 2016-10-12 |
| 17143. | Yani (yani916) | 74.42 | 96% | 2022-01-13 |
| 17144. | Roberts (muskaleitis) | 74.42 | 93% | 2014-09-14 |
| 17145. | Immy (immy7) | 74.42 | 93% | 2013-08-05 |
| 17146. | Aravind (aravind) | 74.42 | — | 2009-06-21 |
| 17147. | Arnel II (agujathis) | 74.42 | 97% | 2018-03-07 |
| 17148. | anne (ayenenee) | 74.41 | 94% | 2022-11-02 |
| 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 |