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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40716. | Kim (klapsley) | 44.47 | 94% | 2011-12-25 |
| 40717. | midnight (rhythm_008) | 44.46 | 95% | 2024-09-28 |
| 40718. | Abrb (abrb) | 44.46 | 93% | 2025-02-21 |
| 40719. | Declan (thecoolcyborg) | 44.46 | 94% | 2024-06-20 |
| 40720. | Totto (totto_swamy) | 44.45 | 95.9% | 2024-06-28 |
| 40721. | rt (matilda_) | 44.45 | 83% | 2011-08-26 |
| 40722. | Johnny (jaaycee) | 44.45 | 93% | 2011-09-07 |
| 40723. | Naomi (nmb813) | 44.45 | 91% | 2016-07-19 |
| 40724. | Carlos (carlossgarcia95) | 44.44 | 96% | 2022-03-10 |
| 40725. | Leen (_lean_1) | 44.43 | 96% | 2025-08-29 |
| 40726. | Slow-Finger Steve (mgormley75) | 44.43 | 95% | 2024-09-17 |
| 40727. | ewwreading (lamebooks) | 44.43 | 97% | 2023-12-06 |
| 40728. | Marco (marcov641) | 44.43 | 94% | 2022-11-07 |
| 40729. | Olivier (oligaudet424) | 44.43 | 95% | 2024-09-16 |
| 40730. | Ikukatsuzimah (ikukatsuzimah) | 44.43 | 90% | 2015-07-02 |
| 40731. | shadow (shady994) | 44.42 | 97% | 2024-07-01 |
| 40732. | Coffeelover (coffeeflover) | 44.41 | 98% | 2024-06-03 |
| 40733. | spencer (everfeather) | 44.41 | 93% | 2018-06-17 |
| 40734. | Lexi (alexendria_) | 44.41 | 95% | 2024-03-13 |
| 40735. | JRacermansupercool (jmadman) | 44.40 | 94.2% | 2025-04-14 |
| 40736. | Raja (rajkrish) | 44.40 | 88% | 2016-08-29 |
| 40737. | obsidian (cbehen) | 44.40 | 95% | 2011-07-19 |
| 40738. | keev (keev10) | 44.39 | 95.5% | 2024-05-22 |
| 40739. | Piyik's (polkups_yeay) | 44.38 | 94.3% | 2023-12-23 |
| 40740. | Rika (rika_noka) | 44.38 | 95% | 2022-11-03 |
| 40741. | Janelle (xsoysauce501x) | 44.38 | — | 2011-01-16 |
| 40742. | Battu (battu_01) | 44.37 | 92.5% | 2024-02-11 |
| 40743. | 레나 (hddjec_jfei) | 44.37 | 95% | 2024-12-24 |
| 40744. | Amit (vincenzo_969) | 44.36 | 93% | 2025-07-08 |
| 40745. | hawa (hawa00) | 44.36 | 94.1% | 2024-03-18 |
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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 |