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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20153. | ⛈️ (xinan) | 70.20 | 93% | 2015-12-02 |
| 20154. | ParagOGG (pavellum) | 70.20 | 96% | 2014-05-08 |
| 20155. | G (gwalk01) | 70.19 | 97% | 2022-10-18 |
| 20156. | Rizos (rizos) | 70.19 | 96% | 2022-02-23 |
| 20157. | Katie (zippolighter) | 70.19 | 97% | 2020-11-17 |
| 20158. | Artoghrul (artogahr) | 70.19 | 95% | 2020-12-28 |
| 20159. | BonBon (_bonbon_) | 70.19 | 89% | 2014-04-23 |
| 20160. | Tuchet (tuchet) | 70.18 | 91% | 2013-08-07 |
| 20161. | Professor (professorprotons) | 70.18 | 96% | 2021-06-23 |
| 20162. | covidgotmehere (covidgotmeh... | 70.18 | 95% | 2021-03-16 |
| 20163. | Filip (hummelur) | 70.18 | 99% | 2019-03-05 |
| 20164. | Tina (benzgrl90) | 70.18 | 94% | 2016-06-30 |
| 20165. | Vikram (vik_ind) | 70.18 | — | 2010-07-12 |
| 20166. | adam (mradam) | 70.18 | 88% | 2013-11-16 |
| 20167. | John (drtype) | 70.18 | 97% | 2013-03-28 |
| 20168. | celica (celica) | 70.18 | 96% | 2013-03-01 |
| 20169. | Shashank (shanky92) | 70.17 | 96% | 2017-07-30 |
| 20170. | E_N (ee_nn) | 70.17 | 95% | 2022-05-18 |
| 20171. | mpb (meeepboop) | 70.17 | 95% | 2022-11-23 |
| 20172. | Rob (robmcc) | 70.17 | 84% | 2011-11-22 |
| 20173. | DON (donnn) | 70.17 | 95% | 2014-11-12 |
| 20174. | Gijs (gijswijs) | 70.17 | 99.3% | 2021-02-15 |
| 20175. | Brendan (seezthekarp) | 70.17 | 96% | 2014-09-14 |
| 20176. | stannny (stannic1) | 70.17 | 97% | 2012-08-04 |
| 20177. | jose (joseemanez) | 70.17 | — | 2008-11-13 |
| 20178. | Blake (gsolol) | 70.17 | 91% | 2012-10-22 |
| 20179. | alexa (bennett) | 70.17 | — | 2009-07-04 |
| 20180. | Eskil (fearsomeugg) | 70.16 | 95% | 2021-06-07 |
| 20181. | Vishal (vishal_kr_saw) | 70.16 | 96% | 2021-12-16 |
| 20182. | Daniel Nguyen (dan_win) | 70.16 | 95% | 2022-04-09 |
| 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 |