We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy literally everything. And the majority of us live lifestyles undreamed of only a generation or two ago. One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the average household in Europe or North America has so many devices and such a variety of food and clothing that to produce the same lifestyle in Roman times would have required six thousand slaves.
—from Confessions of an Eco-Sinner: Tracking Down the Sources of My Stuff, a book by Fred Pearce
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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003. | Qi (whathaha3) | 122.53 | 98.2% | 2024-08-09 |
| 2004. | (scraex) | 122.53 | 98% | 2022-04-10 |
| 2005. | Alex (imrlligood) | 122.53 | 94% | 2015-10-24 |
| 2006. | Zoë (boramis) | 122.53 | 99% | 2013-10-17 |
| 2007. | Smeh (smeh_hulloe) | 122.52 | 98% | 2011-08-26 |
| 2008. | KiddieX (emyrr) | 122.49 | 98% | 2022-10-27 |
| 2009. | Sam (numberonemega) | 122.48 | 98% | 2021-10-21 |
| 2010. | kpezpz (sobreezy) | 122.46 | 95% | 2013-11-14 |
| 2011. | Martyyyyy (missmarty) | 122.46 | 97% | 2018-05-29 |
| 2012. | Firdaus (ecalyte) | 122.46 | 98% | 2013-05-14 |
| 2013. | lecitrus (lecitrus) | 122.45 | 97.8% | 2024-01-13 |
| 2014. | Robbie (rfadem) | 122.45 | 98% | 2011-07-13 |
| 2015. | Shawn (shawnjag) | 122.42 | 96% | 2012-12-06 |
| 2016. | Ppantnt (ppantnt) | 122.41 | 98% | 2026-04-01 |
| 2017. | Bjorn (bjornbaboon) | 122.41 | 97.8% | 2024-07-19 |
| 2018. | star (kuuym) | 122.39 | 99% | 2025-09-06 |
| 2019. | Decent (avidreadertyper) | 122.38 | 98.9% | 2024-03-30 |
| 2020. | J-J ✈ the jet plane (jjadup) | 122.38 | 99% | 2011-12-17 |
| 2021. | An (kingkill7544) | 122.37 | 99% | 2025-12-20 |
| 2022. | Marcus (mjtsquared) | 122.37 | 98% | 2022-03-31 |
| 2023. | tadej pogačar (acadiantaco) | 122.37 | 98% | 2022-01-07 |
| 2024. | ehj53 (ehj53) | 122.37 | 100% | 2019-09-11 |
| 2025. | David (therealdaviddavidson) | 122.36 | 99% | 2011-12-07 |
| 2026. | Patrick (dontgoslow) | 122.36 | 93% | 2013-08-21 |
| 2027. | IMSL (moonrabbit) | 122.35 | 97% | 2025-09-01 |
| 2028. | Alexander (olekpark) | 122.35 | 98% | 2023-11-21 |
| 2029. | Widya (widyay) | 122.35 | 97% | 2014-06-09 |
| 2030. | MourningStar (mourningstar) | 122.35 | 95% | 2013-05-14 |
| 2031. | csAxer8 (csaxer) | 122.33 | 98.8% | 2025-04-29 |
| 2032. | Dany (danypell) | 122.33 | 98% | 2013-09-10 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
|---|---|---|---|
| Default (English) | 111,544 | 81.89 | May 21, 2010 |
| Long Texts | 175 | 84.15 | December 30, 2016 |
| Instant Death Mode | 49 | 83.74 | July 22, 2010 |
| Smoke Rise Prep | 13 | 77.95 | May 10, 2016 |
| ##typeracer | 2 | 76.54 | February 3, 2021 |
| All TypeRacer Texts | 1 | 75.55 | January 20, 2022 |