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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20206. | Serik (akademic) | 69.81 | 93% | 2013-11-28 |
| 20207. | Jamie (kosten) | 69.80 | 87% | 2016-08-23 |
| 20208. | Stocobe (stocobe_007) | 69.80 | 96% | 2022-08-28 |
| 20209. | Jacob (jacobliu) | 69.80 | 96% | 2020-10-02 |
| 20210. | Andree (ntuanson97) | 69.80 | 97% | 2021-05-30 |
| 20211. | Merturtos (merturtos) | 69.80 | 91% | 2015-09-11 |
| 20212. | Steven (mercatres) | 69.80 | 95% | 2017-06-14 |
| 20213. | Cinnamon (cinnamonsugar) | 69.79 | 98% | 2021-01-06 |
| 20214. | Ibairua (ibairua) | 69.79 | 95% | 2022-09-13 |
| 20215. | Galamb (galamb) | 69.79 | 95% | 2022-04-12 |
| 20216. | Flank (jtall4747) | 69.79 | 96% | 2022-08-17 |
| 20217. | Minh (bietdoikiem) | 69.79 | 96% | 2022-02-27 |
| 20218. | Yassin (speedesterist) | 69.79 | 97% | 2022-04-10 |
| 20219. | Quincy (quincert) | 69.79 | 94% | 2020-04-12 |
| 20220. | timothy (thovin) | 69.79 | 94% | 2016-03-02 |
| 20221. | Ishwarya Balaji (ishwaryaba... | 69.79 | 95% | 2015-03-06 |
| 20222. | Cesnix (cesnix) | 69.78 | 98% | 2021-12-12 |
| 20223. | Josette (ceij12) | 69.78 | — | 2011-04-27 |
| 20224. | jimmy (phong_nguyen296) | 69.78 | — | 2010-12-26 |
| 20225. | Keybot (keybot) | 69.78 | 95% | 2015-10-08 |
| 20226. | MangroveMan (swampy) | 69.78 | 96% | 2013-09-10 |
| 20227. | Kevin (resistance) | 69.78 | — | 2009-09-27 |
| 20228. | Nirvanee (nirvanee) | 69.78 | 96% | 2012-07-28 |
| 20229. | Hadern (hadern) | 69.77 | 99% | 2022-11-15 |
| 20230. | Chaitanya (chaitanya608) | 69.77 | 97% | 2022-10-15 |
| 20231. | Jay (jayyyyyyyy) | 69.77 | 98% | 2020-09-21 |
| 20232. | Kin (kccchiu) | 69.77 | 97% | 2020-06-16 |
| 20233. | Seraphear (_seraphear) | 69.76 | 99% | 2022-03-09 |
| 20234. | Brian Hart (wiffle0926) | 69.76 | 97% | 2022-10-13 |
| 20235. | mahdi (carpenterbrother) | 69.76 | 97% | 2022-01-27 |
| 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 |