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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20225. | Jennifer (jennifrawr) | 70.11 | 91% | 2012-05-08 |
| 20226. | Ramsudhan (sudhanlee) | 70.10 | 93.8% | 2023-05-28 |
| 20227. | drago (drag00me) | 70.10 | 99% | 2021-10-22 |
| 20228. | Mark (markieisfast) | 70.10 | 96% | 2020-11-09 |
| 20229. | Pearl (amphetamine) | 70.10 | 91% | 2011-11-07 |
| 20230. | Parker (oracleus) | 70.10 | 95% | 2017-10-04 |
| 20231. | Tomas (winnfield) | 70.10 | 96% | 2012-09-23 |
| 20232. | Cristi (sup3rfly) | 70.10 | 95% | 2017-01-27 |
| 20233. | Meh (liszt) | 70.10 | 94% | 2011-08-13 |
| 20234. | sacktizzle (chara) | 70.10 | 92% | 2012-12-29 |
| 20235. | vaibhav (vaibhav6996) | 70.09 | 95% | 2022-10-15 |
| 20236. | Sean (ltsean97) | 70.09 | 86% | 2015-10-11 |
| 20237. | rmbench (rmbench) | 70.09 | 95% | 2021-03-19 |
| 20238. | Cole (colemathew) | 70.09 | 97% | 2020-12-30 |
| 20239. | 18K.ca (hunterwoodchase) | 70.09 | 96.6% | 2023-09-04 |
| 20240. | bobby (bb0wn) | 70.09 | 97% | 2012-12-10 |
| 20241. | cole (comit) | 70.08 | 95% | 2022-09-16 |
| 20242. | Meep (mepthemeep) | 70.08 | 97% | 2023-09-09 |
| 20243. | Jonathan (tobeak1026) | 70.08 | 98% | 2023-02-22 |
| 20244. | H (hkariti) | 70.08 | 92% | 2014-11-27 |
| 20245. | sam (samracer) | 70.08 | — | 2010-04-09 |
| 20246. | Yuan (lydxlx) | 70.07 | 88% | 2015-07-13 |
| 20247. | ✨ (abhisekai) | 70.07 | 97% | 2022-09-01 |
| 20248. | Colemak Since (colemakking) | 70.07 | 97.3% | 2021-03-02 |
| 20249. | Neeraj (neerajnkk) | 70.07 | 97% | 2014-03-27 |
| 20250. | NOJ8 (noj8) | 70.06 | 93% | 2020-11-28 |
| 20251. | Phi (surphi10) | 70.06 | 97% | 2021-08-23 |
| 20252. | paul (dunzo18) | 70.06 | 97% | 2021-07-20 |
| 20253. | seized (heehoca) | 70.06 | 98% | 2020-12-02 |
| 20254. | Misticati (misticati) | 70.06 | 99% | 2012-04-17 |
| 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 |