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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1552. | Maurício (mauricioc) | 118.50 | 96% | 2011-12-05 |
| 1553. | TURBOTRUCKDRIVER (turbotruc... | 118.49 | 99% | 2022-10-27 |
| 1554. | Amit (amitsetty) | 118.48 | 98% | 2021-09-05 |
| 1555. | boat (narwhalinz) | 118.48 | 98% | 2021-10-15 |
| 1556. | Ben (benexclaimed) | 118.48 | — | 2008-08-28 |
| 1557. | A Pigeon (a_pigeon) | 118.48 | 99% | 2016-01-02 |
| 1558. | Ultra (ultradm) | 118.47 | 98% | 2023-04-20 |
| 1559. | Dave (ebol) | 118.47 | — | 2008-12-29 |
| 1560. | anurag (sabanurag) | 118.46 | 98% | 2023-10-14 |
| 1561. | redzic (super33) | 118.46 | 97% | 2020-11-11 |
| 1562. | jsfm (jsfm) | 118.46 | 99% | 2013-03-27 |
| 1563. | The ping is killing me (mr_sk) | 118.46 | 98% | 2016-11-17 |
| 1564. | mipsu (mipsulii) | 118.46 | 95% | 2013-02-12 |
| 1565. | Zek (zeyk23) | 118.45 | 89% | 2012-08-26 |
| 1566. | Kevin (infern0) | 118.43 | 99% | 2020-08-24 |
| 1567. | liz (hamid__) | 118.43 | 99% | 2022-10-20 |
| 1568. | Eric (pamajaones) | 118.39 | 96% | 2014-05-17 |
| 1569. | . (caper12) | 118.39 | 99% | 2019-06-15 |
| 1570. | Speedy (ml1326) | 118.38 | 98% | 2020-08-02 |
| 1571. | skyactiv (atenza) | 118.37 | 98% | 2012-03-20 |
| 1572. | Aaron (aarondn) | 118.37 | — | 2011-01-13 |
| 1573. | mark (markinca) | 118.36 | 95% | 2014-09-13 |
| 1574. | Christian (cslarsenhhkb) | 118.36 | 99% | 2017-08-04 |
| 1575. | Tereterna (tereterna) | 118.32 | 99% | 2017-07-30 |
| 1576. | W (wslshin) | 118.31 | 98% | 2015-08-11 |
| 1577. | Kasper (kaspervdpol) | 118.30 | 98% | 2018-05-16 |
| 1578. | Luke (lavedon) | 118.29 | 99% | 2013-12-13 |
| 1579. | Andrew (honeyman) | 118.29 | 98% | 2018-09-29 |
| 1580. | Jon (simplynomnom) | 118.28 | 95% | 2015-07-14 |
| 1581. | Donald (dhonuill) | 118.26 | 99% | 2016-01-31 |
| 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 |