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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17881. | janus (janus) | 73.60 | — | 2010-04-02 |
| 17882. | fari (favarjooy86) | 73.60 | 93% | 2014-01-01 |
| 17883. | GiaTuong (giatuong) | 73.60 | 95% | 2012-12-05 |
| 17884. | 🍁 (kaspars) | 73.59 | 92% | 2014-09-24 |
| 17885. | Tone (toneed) | 73.59 | 96% | 2021-03-14 |
| 17886. | Rk (rktyper) | 73.59 | 96% | 2019-01-24 |
| 17887. | MRTN (mrtnms) | 73.59 | 97% | 2023-02-28 |
| 17888. | Excellence® (kunal_saxena) | 73.59 | 95% | 2011-06-10 |
| 17889. | chriswatch (chriswatch) | 73.58 | 88% | 2013-12-14 |
| 17890. | Jennifer (jenney.mcfaddon@g... | 73.58 | 98% | 2011-11-17 |
| 17891. | mat (netman) | 73.58 | 98% | 2011-07-17 |
| 17892. | Alan (alan001) | 73.58 | 98% | 2023-01-14 |
| 17893. | Sterling (banmido12) | 73.57 | 96% | 2013-11-01 |
| 17894. | (wordish) | 73.57 | 97% | 2023-01-30 |
| 17895. | Michael (thecreepyguy) | 73.57 | 96% | 2022-03-16 |
| 17896. | Diego (diego_areial_pb) | 73.57 | 96% | 2011-10-30 |
| 17897. | Erik (eglimpse) | 73.56 | 93% | 2012-06-08 |
| 17898. | lynn (lynnsweetspineda) | 73.56 | 98.2% | 2023-06-20 |
| 17899. | Felix (felixsantoso) | 73.56 | 97% | 2023-04-29 |
| 17900. | S (sh19) | 73.56 | 99% | 2022-09-07 |
| 17901. | SpeedyFingerson (scarymary09) | 73.56 | 97% | 2021-06-03 |
| 17902. | Aditya Pratap (anarchy_) | 73.56 | 93% | 2012-10-26 |
| 17903. | Thanh (d_t_nguyen) | 73.56 | 98% | 2017-04-30 |
| 17904. | Chris (million7) | 73.56 | 91% | 2015-06-03 |
| 17905. | Jun (unicornsandrainbows) | 73.56 | 98% | 2021-11-19 |
| 17906. | Ruben (strontklepper) | 73.55 | 97% | 2017-08-03 |
| 17907. | Gunther (nintendoaddict1) | 73.55 | 95% | 2014-09-14 |
| 17908. | Cory (cderms) | 73.55 | — | 2008-08-10 |
| 17909. | Marcin (marzelin) | 73.55 | 95% | 2016-04-12 |
| 17910. | David (wdnch) | 73.55 | 97% | 2022-08-17 |
| 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 |