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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4990. | Linda (koneko) | 93.93 | 92% | 2011-06-25 |
| 4991. | Proteus93 (proteus93) | 93.93 | 97% | 2016-04-22 |
| 4992. | Carlin (carlin) | 93.93 | — | 2010-10-07 |
| 4993. | JAY (xmm_jj) | 93.92 | 97.3% | 2024-06-07 |
| 4994. | Brennan (uman) | 93.92 | — | 2010-08-21 |
| 4995. | Shane West (fyy0r) | 93.92 | 94% | 2011-07-01 |
| 4996. | Joshua (lysergicdie) | 93.91 | 99.5% | 2024-03-05 |
| 4997. | Thomas (uedoh) | 93.91 | 97% | 2018-07-27 |
| 4998. | Erdi (itmemomentum) | 93.91 | 94% | 2014-12-05 |
| 4999. | Matt (matthuxley22) | 93.90 | 98% | 2025-07-12 |
| 5000. | Rezenee (rezenee) | 93.90 | 98% | 2022-10-06 |
| 5001. | Cao (planetarygoxuanthinh) | 93.89 | 98% | 2022-01-22 |
| 5002. | Kaitlin (kaitlinmichele) | 93.89 | 95% | 2014-04-26 |
| 5003. | Joking_Phantom (joking_phan... | 93.89 | 97% | 2019-06-12 |
| 5004. | Biped Potato (bipedpotato) | 93.87 | 98% | 2025-03-03 |
| 5005. | notdoggz (notdoggz) | 93.87 | 98.1% | 2024-03-26 |
| 5006. | Justin (imjustajustin) | 93.86 | 97% | 2024-09-03 |
| 5007. | William (deltawk) | 93.86 | 93% | 2012-11-01 |
| 5008. | Darwin (dwaxe) | 93.86 | 98% | 2013-08-08 |
| 5009. | CBScoutdog (cbscoutdog) | 93.85 | 98.9% | 2024-09-26 |
| 5010. | Lee Paul (timberlandpaul) | 93.84 | 98% | 2026-04-20 |
| 5011. | SeeStarz (mfahrim) | 93.84 | 96.7% | 2024-11-13 |
| 5012. | 5'6Monster (igotovancouverc... | 93.84 | 95% | 2016-05-09 |
| 5013. | Rex (krellsta) | 93.84 | 96.2% | 2024-10-24 |
| 5014. | Conhor (lininmist) | 93.83 | 95.8% | 2024-04-29 |
| 5015. | Brian (brianxq3) | 93.83 | — | 2010-10-28 |
| 5016. | borck (borck) | 93.83 | 96% | 2022-03-22 |
| 5017. | Meli (emc_meli) | 93.83 | 96% | 2022-12-01 |
| 5018. | Joshua (joshque) | 93.83 | 98% | 2026-01-29 |
| 5019. | arena (arenacloser204) | 93.83 | 97.7% | 2023-10-22 |
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| Default (English) | 85,825 | 73.56 | May 21, 2010 |
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| Instant Death Mode | 35 | 76.53 | June 7, 2010 |
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| Riverside Middle School | 4 | 49.43 | April 8, 2011 |