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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19991. | David (davidpit) | 70.41 | 96% | 2022-03-21 |
| 19992. | R14N (dkov96) | 70.41 | 95.4% | 2023-10-16 |
| 19993. | cool (coolcoder) | 70.41 | 95% | 2021-04-16 |
| 19994. | Lolypops (lolypops) | 70.41 | 92% | 2016-10-29 |
| 19995. | Yannick (itstion) | 70.41 | 96% | 2018-07-21 |
| 19996. | Rick (outrunwolf) | 70.41 | — | 2009-11-20 |
| 19997. | Rick (rick_sirio) | 70.41 | — | 2009-11-07 |
| 19998. | meos (meos) | 70.41 | 93% | 2015-02-08 |
| 19999. | HamsterSales (hamstersales) | 70.40 | 97% | 2022-01-10 |
| 20000. | Jadyn (snyderator13) | 70.40 | 93% | 2015-02-22 |
| 20001. | Samarth (samarthmayya) | 70.40 | 96% | 2022-08-12 |
| 20002. | András (bundikah) | 70.40 | 94% | 2016-02-17 |
| 20003. | A (letham) | 70.40 | 97% | 2013-01-07 |
| 20004. | irfan (hanip) | 70.40 | 99% | 2015-02-10 |
| 20005. | amin (s1ap) | 70.40 | — | 2009-04-05 |
| 20006. | KraZy (krazy_007) | 70.40 | 95% | 2014-10-29 |
| 20007. | Ben (bendaniel10) | 70.39 | 96% | 2014-09-26 |
| 20008. | Matthew (befurl) | 70.39 | 97% | 2022-04-08 |
| 20009. | Brandon (aceryeung) | 70.39 | 95% | 2021-09-20 |
| 20010. | Roshan (roshan_satare) | 70.39 | 99% | 2020-11-20 |
| 20011. | Kumar (kumar_thapa1) | 70.39 | 98% | 2019-08-02 |
| 20012. | Vera (vera12) | 70.39 | — | 2011-04-26 |
| 20013. | Aymscird (aymscird) | 70.38 | 96% | 2021-04-24 |
| 20014. | Alon (alon3704) | 70.38 | 98% | 2021-03-16 |
| 20015. | Harrison (defensiveduck) | 70.38 | 97% | 2020-09-14 |
| 20016. | y (y1266) | 70.38 | 96% | 2021-03-11 |
| 20017. | ktimespi (ktimespi) | 70.38 | 96% | 2020-10-26 |
| 20018. | Arman (yesenarman) | 70.38 | 94% | 2011-10-25 |
| 20019. | Igor (guinplene) | 70.38 | 100% | 2013-04-10 |
| 20020. | Matteo (matteoriad) | 70.37 | 96% | 2014-03-12 |
| 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 |