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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5473. | crap racer (stevesu) | 97.99 | 97% | 2019-04-08 |
| 5474. | Neodymium (neodytrium) | 97.99 | 97% | 2021-05-19 |
| 5475. | jteef (jteef) | 97.98 | — | 2011-04-30 |
| 5476. | Trey (trey87) | 97.98 | 95% | 2013-12-01 |
| 5477. | Linh VED (linhtruong) | 97.98 | 96% | 2012-03-08 |
| 5478. | Lol (fatsug) | 97.98 | 94% | 2014-05-09 |
| 5479. | APN (apn341) | 97.97 | — | 2009-08-15 |
| 5480. | James (skittlz12) | 97.97 | 98% | 2011-10-23 |
| 5481. | Henry (matrixial) | 97.95 | 96% | 2022-04-26 |
| 5482. | Nathan (nate_k_) | 97.94 | 95% | 2014-06-17 |
| 5483. | You (chimmey) | 97.94 | 95% | 2014-01-26 |
| 5484. | Bam (phoenixthestral) | 97.92 | 99% | 2021-03-11 |
| 5485. | Nicolas (nicovercesi) | 97.92 | 100% | 2019-08-23 |
| 5486. | Rick (codeblock) | 97.92 | 94% | 2016-05-30 |
| 5487. | Away From Keyboard (AFK) (d... | 97.92 | 98.9% | 2023-06-09 |
| 5488. | Noam (tsnoam) | 97.92 | 98% | 2015-04-20 |
| 5489. | Cheuk (cheuk2160) | 97.90 | 98.3% | 2023-10-01 |
| 5490. | Peter (avezan) | 97.90 | 98% | 2021-06-15 |
| 5491. | Zethrian (zethrian) | 97.89 | 98% | 2021-08-28 |
| 5492. | Geeky (yashwantkrishna) | 97.89 | 98% | 2023-08-18 |
| 5493. | Oliver (pastapower05) | 97.89 | 98% | 2022-04-02 |
| 5494. | Kingsnake (kingsnake) | 97.89 | — | 2009-11-08 |
| 5495. | alex (kyra) | 97.89 | — | 2009-07-16 |
| 5496. | Joey (joeypv) | 97.88 | 92% | 2015-07-13 |
| 5497. | Jessica (jessicadooper) | 97.88 | 98% | 2021-07-24 |
| 5498. | Winter (winter_dawn) | 97.88 | 98% | 2022-07-08 |
| 5499. | Alyssa (fuzzie) | 97.88 | — | 2009-10-31 |
| 5500. | Richard (yuel) | 97.88 | 96% | 2013-02-22 |
| 5501. | D (dschrad) | 97.87 | 97% | 2016-09-07 |
| 5502. | Victor (pikachunks) | 97.86 | 98% | 2021-09-30 |
| 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 |