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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42241. | Brian (dcst_bri) | 23.62 | 83% | 2013-07-29 |
| 42242. | tstats[aidanboy] (aidanboy) | 23.57 | 94% | 2023-09-22 |
| 42243. | vhin (marvin1) | 23.57 | 78% | 2014-02-08 |
| 42244. | Neil (neilfoley) | 23.54 | 84% | 2011-07-20 |
| 42245. | Fabricio (fabrox) | 23.53 | 91.4% | 2021-03-03 |
| 42246. | Dimash (dimash19) | 23.52 | 95% | 2014-11-23 |
| 42247. | Sunnyhnh (sunnyhnh) | 23.52 | — | 2009-01-24 |
| 42248. | silly (mahnoor) | 23.50 | 89% | 2013-03-17 |
| 42249. | Anton (anton_krutoi) | 23.49 | 92.1% | 2023-10-07 |
| 42250. | Steve (batman1) | 23.48 | — | 2009-04-12 |
| 42251. | brazenwolf (_brazenwolf_) | 23.47 | 88% | 2023-02-24 |
| 42252. | hubayl (lamesquirrel23) | 23.45 | 95% | 2021-03-12 |
| 42253. | kin (kinkin) | 23.40 | — | 2009-04-27 |
| 42254. | Hmn (hmnhf) | 23.40 | 91% | 2011-08-26 |
| 42255. | ranjit (itsa) | 23.40 | 79% | 2016-07-17 |
| 42256. | borzoo (borzoo) | 23.38 | 91.8% | 2023-07-11 |
| 42257. | p (cookie_pk) | 23.32 | — | 2009-11-03 |
| 42258. | Mark (mark_hisham2007) | 23.29 | 95.7% | 2023-08-02 |
| 42259. | ironcollar (rbscholtus) | 23.26 | 95% | 2022-01-15 |
| 42260. | Jafor (jaforcse) | 23.26 | 91% | 2012-02-26 |
| 42261. | Top (sheilsarda) | 23.23 | 89% | 2015-04-08 |
| 42262. | YOGESH (yogi07) | 23.23 | 94% | 2022-09-11 |
| 42263. | Cloudy (cloudywastaken) | 23.23 | 89% | 2021-04-02 |
| 42264. | tstats[uwnicke] (uwnicke) | 23.22 | 93% | 2020-08-04 |
| 42265. | Arasu (arasu93) | 23.21 | 93% | 2019-04-28 |
| 42266. | rohan (rohan045) | 23.20 | 93% | 2022-03-03 |
| 42267. | eric (eric4000) | 23.20 | 91% | 2012-03-13 |
| 42268. | CHENG (cyhei23) | 23.19 | — | 2010-12-02 |
| 42269. | badak (badak) | 23.15 | — | 2011-03-11 |
| 42270. | Eiyra (eiyra) | 23.15 | 74% | 2013-07-04 |
| 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 |