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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42002. | NAMITA (nparashar) | 28.00 | 92% | 2014-06-24 |
| 42003. | asumatha (asumatha) | 28.00 | 87% | 2023-06-28 |
| 42004. | yau (yaupopoqoo) | 27.99 | 81% | 2015-12-27 |
| 42005. | zamzam (zamzamraza) | 27.98 | 99% | 2022-11-06 |
| 42006. | pach (pachbill) | 27.98 | 94% | 2021-03-09 |
| 42007. | CND (judgemenot) | 27.97 | 88% | 2016-01-05 |
| 42008. | Tigran (tigranshift) | 27.95 | — | 2010-04-06 |
| 42009. | el_kaj (ahmed_zneidi) | 27.95 | 99% | 2023-06-17 |
| 42010. | Samit (samit) | 27.94 | — | 2010-10-04 |
| 42011. | Kate (katechukwu) | 27.93 | 95% | 2023-09-17 |
| 42012. | amina (ami94) | 27.93 | — | 2010-04-07 |
| 42013. | kaila (kaila1) | 27.92 | — | 2008-10-10 |
| 42014. | Ethan Michael (typeracer609) | 27.92 | 97% | 2021-12-02 |
| 42015. | Justine (justine_02003) | 27.91 | 91% | 2021-08-27 |
| 42016. | Zarin Akter (zarin_akter) | 27.91 | 95% | 2023-07-08 |
| 42017. | Preston (mrpoopypants) | 27.91 | 83% | 2013-04-24 |
| 42018. | Islam (islamgallam) | 27.90 | 86% | 2016-03-11 |
| 42019. | Handy (azor_han) | 27.90 | — | 2008-10-03 |
| 42020. | Rachana (rachana1) | 27.89 | 87% | 2012-11-08 |
| 42021. | gerzon (airborne_trooper) | 27.89 | 87% | 2016-01-25 |
| 42022. | mahdi (ahadiyanm) | 27.89 | 84% | 2017-02-27 |
| 42023. | Chaitaya (chaitanya0987) | 27.89 | 88% | 2014-07-24 |
| 42024. | Anupam (anupampandey) | 27.88 | 94% | 2021-01-10 |
| 42025. | Satheesh (satish3) | 27.87 | 97% | 2015-03-12 |
| 42026. | Sunil (legitimate) | 27.87 | — | 2010-01-08 |
| 42027. | Barb (baji) | 27.86 | — | 2009-12-09 |
| 42028. | jakob (fishsticks) | 27.84 | — | 2008-08-17 |
| 42029. | Lucas (unareyes) | 27.84 | 97% | 2018-01-02 |
| 42030. | Soniya (soniya_rajendran) | 27.82 | 94% | 2022-10-11 |
| 42031. | Buloze (febuary14) | 27.81 | 93% | 2021-04-01 |
| 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 |