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
Active since August 3, 2008.
267 total characters in this text.
View Pit Stop page for this text
| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1620. | (packfan14) | 117.40 | 92% | 2013-05-02 |
| 1621. | Not (canuck) | 117.40 | — | 2010-01-18 |
| 1622. | (flip2theleft) | 117.38 | 99% | 2022-02-22 |
| 1623. | (mj970325) | 117.38 | 96% | 2014-03-03 |
| 1624. | (twitchtv_whydnatv) | 117.37 | 97% | 2016-01-14 |
| 1625. | jwwells42 (jesterinarms) | 117.36 | 94% | 2015-10-28 |
| 1626. | (techcom0) | 117.35 | 92% | 2014-01-12 |
| 1627. | (nadia16) | 117.35 | 100% | 2012-12-11 |
| 1628. | (davidfellows) | 117.34 | 100% | 2018-06-28 |
| 1629. | (sgunderson) | 117.33 | — | 2008-08-31 |
| 1630. | l a u r i e (elevendays) | 117.31 | 97% | 2016-03-28 |
| 1631. | (sabelle_) | 117.30 | 97% | 2021-05-31 |
| 1632. | Aleksei (al1as) | 117.28 | 97% | 2017-03-25 |
| 1633. | (ponysaurus) | 117.27 | — | 2011-04-03 |
| 1634. | joao (cnjao) | 117.26 | 99% | 2022-07-06 |
| 1635. | (ifeelhyper) | 117.26 | 98% | 2018-04-23 |
| 1636. | (demianwolf) | 117.25 | 98% | 2022-08-26 |
| 1637. | (soonerdisciple) | 117.23 | — | 2010-08-10 |
| 1638. | Elden (bloab) | 117.22 | 99% | 2021-01-14 |
| 1639. | (libertylaw) | 117.22 | 94% | 2015-02-24 |
| 1640. | (someguy) | 117.20 | 95% | 2013-10-25 |
| 1641. | (jellybee) | 117.19 | 97% | 2016-08-06 |
| 1642. | (jtsao22) | 117.17 | 97% | 2015-04-27 |
| 1643. | Jax (jax00) | 117.17 | 99% | 2016-01-21 |
| 1644. | (csperler) | 117.15 | — | 2009-11-13 |
| 1645. | (lieutenanttoast) | 117.14 | 96% | 2011-10-24 |
| 1646. | Aaron (arcfide) | 117.11 | 99% | 2012-02-25 |
| 1647. | (relictus) | 117.09 | 97% | 2015-10-11 |
| 1648. | (kingjeffxii) | 117.08 | 98% | 2020-02-04 |
| 1649. | Charley (cming) | 117.08 | 95% | 2012-08-25 |
| 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 |