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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18316. | anatoly (popovanatoly) | 72.93 | 99% | 2018-08-10 |
| 18317. | Despacito (mathaddict314) | 72.92 | 95% | 2019-01-17 |
| 18318. | jim (pstengyawa) | 72.92 | 95% | 2021-07-03 |
| 18319. | sector (sector21) | 72.92 | 97% | 2012-01-12 |
| 18320. | Ara Ara (vinhwiu) | 72.91 | 97% | 2022-01-23 |
| 18321. | Kryptix (kryptix212) | 72.91 | 96% | 2023-04-02 |
| 18322. | Maxi (swimincircles) | 72.91 | 95% | 2021-08-31 |
| 18323. | Thomas (100wordsperminute) | 72.91 | 98% | 2023-04-03 |
| 18324. | Dennis (paklick27) | 72.91 | 97% | 2012-05-11 |
| 18325. | Jay (jayderby) | 72.91 | 94% | 2015-03-10 |
| 18326. | Kieron (kieron_concah) | 72.90 | 91% | 2016-02-09 |
| 18327. | Ninja (ninjanahin) | 72.90 | 91% | 2012-09-03 |
| 18328. | Susannah (zannahdoll) | 72.90 | 96% | 2015-05-24 |
| 18329. | Brent (writerb) | 72.90 | 98% | 2012-12-20 |
| 18330. | Erik (naitmare) | 72.90 | 96% | 2016-03-19 |
| 18331. | Antman (mastersushichef) | 72.90 | 95% | 2018-04-18 |
| 18332. | duglass (rahafduglass) | 72.89 | 96% | 2022-05-03 |
| 18333. | Shuyomakiki (tonystark13) | 72.89 | 98% | 2022-01-11 |
| 18334. | Hobert (lascarus) | 72.89 | 91% | 2016-06-18 |
| 18335. | Sarath (lightisfast) | 72.89 | 91% | 2015-11-27 |
| 18336. | atef (atef_7534) | 72.89 | 96% | 2022-11-05 |
| 18337. | Fjerdue (fjerdue) | 72.89 | 95% | 2012-02-29 |
| 18338. | (slowfake) | 72.89 | 98% | 2013-04-12 |
| 18339. | t (tvctft) | 72.89 | 98% | 2014-07-17 |
| 18340. | Emil (emilkrogh) | 72.89 | 91% | 2016-11-05 |
| 18341. | Mike (mschim) | 72.88 | 98% | 2022-05-26 |
| 18342. | Venom (_venom) | 72.88 | 97% | 2021-12-05 |
| 18343. | Joseph (jv33zy) | 72.88 | 88% | 2014-11-18 |
| 18344. | Benjamin (benluo) | 72.87 | 96% | 2022-07-16 |
| 18345. | Milo (vmilo) | 72.87 | 97% | 2020-08-06 |
| 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 |