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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12071. | Greg (dietsche_colemak) | 78.61 | 98% | 2012-12-09 |
| 12072. | Kevin (yurts) | 78.61 | 96% | 2023-04-23 |
| 12073. | Michael (sickwithit41197) | 78.60 | 96% | 2025-04-21 |
| 12074. | the (rank1zen) | 78.60 | 97% | 2022-12-27 |
| 12075. | Tymek (redstonekpl) | 78.60 | 96.9% | 2023-07-10 |
| 12076. | randomperson.. (street2) | 78.60 | 95% | 2018-12-14 |
| 12077. | Andrea (twid) | 78.60 | 90% | 2013-01-26 |
| 12078. | Yoav (yoava333) | 78.60 | 96% | 2015-01-13 |
| 12079. | Olu (olubean) | 78.60 | 95.9% | 2024-10-02 |
| 12080. | Tejas (justacookiee) | 78.59 | 94.7% | 2025-02-28 |
| 12081. | David (dcoh91) | 78.59 | 99% | 2012-12-03 |
| 12082. | Sal (sal_sgro) | 78.59 | 96% | 2024-11-12 |
| 12083. | z (zieski) | 78.59 | 98% | 2014-06-26 |
| 12084. | Jon (heyjon) | 78.59 | 97% | 2018-07-16 |
| 12085. | Katappa (sim007) | 78.59 | 95% | 2016-12-02 |
| 12086. | quake0 (quake0) | 78.59 | 96% | 2015-04-30 |
| 12087. | Lebron James (lebronraymone... | 78.58 | 97% | 2025-03-11 |
| 12088. | Ampex (ampex_) | 78.58 | 98.5% | 2024-09-14 |
| 12089. | Kasper (probablykasper) | 78.58 | 97.7% | 2024-03-26 |
| 12090. | Nerf (nerflongshotuv) | 78.58 | 97% | 2020-03-13 |
| 12091. | Yuri (ceaseless_melon) | 78.58 | 98% | 2021-11-10 |
| 12092. | albatross (awehiuaf) | 78.58 | 96% | 2020-05-31 |
| 12093. | Steven (kimsterking) | 78.58 | 94% | 2015-09-30 |
| 12094. | wes (noth) | 78.58 | — | 2010-09-01 |
| 12095. | !RiA! (soddinghostile) | 78.58 | — | 2010-08-29 |
| 12096. | Robert (rtivey01) | 78.58 | 97% | 2014-09-04 |
| 12097. | Numsi (numsi) | 78.58 | 95% | 2012-01-06 |
| 12098. | Derek (drekk64) | 78.57 | 97% | 2024-09-18 |
| 12099. | . (race_ist) | 78.57 | 96.2% | 2024-01-04 |
| 12100. | Magnus (briexeu) | 78.57 | 93% | 2014-01-02 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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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 |
| Riverside Middle School | 4 | 49.43 | April 8, 2011 |
| ##typeracer | 4 | 60.63 | February 6, 2021 |