She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to be in the Spanish class - that'll be great!" But no, she walked into the Portuguese class. So I figured, what the hell - I might as well learn Portuguese. I started walking right after her when this Anglo-Saxon attitude that I have said, "No, that's not a good reason to decide which language to speak." So I went back and signed up for the Spanish class, to my utter regret.
—from Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, a book by Richard P. Feynman
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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12345. | alfred747 (alfred747) | 79.39 | 96% | 2025-02-23 |
| 12346. | Davinchi (davinchix) | 79.39 | 97.5% | 2024-01-14 |
| 12347. | netty (breadwitch) | 79.39 | 96% | 2022-04-23 |
| 12348. | Brix (brixsprix) | 79.39 | 95% | 2012-12-13 |
| 12349. | Joe (paul_allen) | 79.39 | 92% | 2016-02-23 |
| 12350. | Hailee (perkypotato) | 79.39 | 95% | 2016-09-20 |
| 12351. | Ceri (ceriser) | 79.39 | 93% | 2015-07-13 |
| 12352. | Sam (sambibiriz) | 79.38 | 96% | 2023-04-25 |
| 12353. | Elon Musky (hey_you_dont_trip) | 79.38 | 96.6% | 2024-11-22 |
| 12354. | Gagan (hoslayer) | 79.37 | 91% | 2014-05-25 |
| 12355. | Nurasyl (nurasyldizim) | 79.37 | 98.3% | 2025-02-26 |
| 12356. | Per (dubgeiser) | 79.37 | 99.1% | 2024-09-04 |
| 12357. | e45 (e453) | 79.37 | 98% | 2023-03-13 |
| 12358. | Uri (laor55) | 79.37 | 95% | 2013-02-26 |
| 12359. | Fast (greytwa) | 79.37 | 95% | 2016-08-04 |
| 12360. | Schwuntac0 (drschwuntan) | 79.37 | 97% | 2016-02-08 |
| 12361. | Ed (goodgamewellplayed) | 79.36 | 97% | 2024-11-21 |
| 12362. | Daniels (dontmesswith) | 79.36 | 89% | 2013-09-30 |
| 12363. | Sam (sammy034) | 79.36 | 93% | 2016-10-14 |
| 12364. | dingus (dinguskhan62) | 79.36 | 95.5% | 2024-01-31 |
| 12365. | Gabriel (gabe30) | 79.36 | 97% | 2019-11-23 |
| 12366. | Justin (cunly) | 79.36 | 97.3% | 2023-10-03 |
| 12367. | border (border_b) | 79.36 | 96% | 2025-10-30 |
| 12368. | Oatie (oatie7) | 79.36 | 96% | 2025-08-27 |
| 12369. | MR (mrspaghett) | 79.36 | 96% | 2016-04-06 |
| 12370. | Judy (lovelotrandth) | 79.36 | 97% | 2019-01-28 |
| 12371. | Ibrahim (ibrahimnezar) | 79.36 | 98% | 2021-03-02 |
| 12372. | Ivan (agrus) | 79.36 | 99% | 2018-06-10 |
| 12373. | Benny (typervain) | 79.35 | 96.4% | 2024-02-22 |
| 12374. | Andrew Gloria (sheluvdeedub) | 79.35 | 99% | 2025-08-20 |
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| Default (English) | 85,825 | 73.56 | May 21, 2010 |
| Long Texts | 133 | 77.05 | December 30, 2016 |
| Instant Death Mode | 35 | 76.53 | June 7, 2010 |
| ##typeracer | 4 | 60.63 | February 6, 2021 |
| Riverside Middle School | 4 | 49.43 | April 8, 2011 |