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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6386. | Uses Home Row (nickmanning214) | 95.59 | 96% | 2017-01-23 |
| 6387. | Lam (eeric) | 95.59 | 100% | 2012-04-19 |
| 6388. | alieb (alieb) | 95.58 | 95% | 2020-10-02 |
| 6389. | Alan (lunatorra) | 95.58 | 97% | 2017-01-05 |
| 6390. | Minh Khoa (tmkhoahcmus) | 95.58 | 98.2% | 2023-07-06 |
| 6391. | Ethan (conanethan) | 95.57 | 98% | 2023-05-12 |
| 6392. | Greg (gpfraser1) | 95.57 | 100% | 2016-06-28 |
| 6393. | Snail (nickbiophysics) | 95.57 | 99% | 2012-06-13 |
| 6394. | M4RT1N (flipous) | 95.57 | 99% | 2019-08-26 |
| 6395. | tiramisu🐇 (pkpeekay) | 95.57 | 96% | 2018-01-04 |
| 6396. | Jane (janeshepard) | 95.56 | 96% | 2019-10-11 |
| 6397. | jiwatenang (jiwatenang) | 95.56 | 96.8% | 2021-02-06 |
| 6398. | Duduk (dudukmete) | 95.55 | 96% | 2023-04-29 |
| 6399. | my fingers are slow (jay12310) | 95.55 | 99% | 2022-06-01 |
| 6400. | kevin (fboi) | 95.55 | 97% | 2020-06-04 |
| 6401. | jeen (jeenlueez) | 95.54 | 96% | 2017-03-23 |
| 6402. | (wattati) | 95.53 | 99% | 2018-03-14 |
| 6403. | Shanks (shankspvp) | 95.53 | 98% | 2012-10-23 |
| 6404. | Dyno (dekar126) | 95.53 | 92% | 2016-01-23 |
| 6405. | Patrik (isei) | 95.53 | — | 2009-04-27 |
| 6406. | Yu (guarneri) | 95.53 | 93% | 2016-12-14 |
| 6407. | Kazu (kazukeii) | 95.52 | 93% | 2016-07-16 |
| 6408. | i cant type im trash (darkn... | 95.52 | 97% | 2020-12-04 |
| 6409. | Tony (complex) | 95.51 | 99% | 2012-03-10 |
| 6410. | Robert (trewgrip1) | 95.51 | 96% | 2014-05-09 |
| 6411. | Erika (rinachandayo) | 95.51 | — | 2010-12-05 |
| 6412. | Serenity (turkaturka) | 95.50 | 99% | 2022-05-31 |
| 6413. | Hkishi (hkishi) | 95.50 | 99% | 2021-05-29 |
| 6414. | Harrison (happyg) | 95.50 | 98% | 2020-11-16 |
| 6415. | Nic (scylla1) | 95.49 | 97% | 2021-05-02 |
| 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 |