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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996. | Joel (joel6677) | 114.79 | 97.9% | 2023-09-08 |
| 1997. | Your Mom (pmendez) | 114.79 | 97% | 2013-08-18 |
| 1998. | Jan (janlonden) | 114.79 | 100% | 2015-11-25 |
| 1999. | 可爱的小女孩 (teraspazz) | 114.79 | 98% | 2016-11-11 |
| 2000. | Jordan (jahallc) | 114.78 | — | 2010-02-02 |
| 2001. | Seany (seanta8) | 114.78 | 99% | 2014-01-22 |
| 2002. | Minjae (minjaesong) | 114.76 | 98% | 2019-03-11 |
| 2003. | Laggy (thefitfatass) | 114.76 | 100% | 2021-08-08 |
| 2004. | hz (nonquithenryzhou) | 114.76 | 98% | 2018-08-17 |
| 2005. | Casey (raven_skorge) | 114.73 | 97% | 2014-04-11 |
| 2006. | Mizune (mizune) | 114.73 | 98% | 2014-02-04 |
| 2007. | Thomas (sanel) | 114.72 | 99% | 2013-11-03 |
| 2008. | J (maqkattaqk) | 114.72 | 93% | 2016-12-09 |
| 2009. | Guy (vall3y) | 114.70 | 97% | 2012-06-26 |
| 2010. | Chelseafc (naesgnuhc) | 114.66 | 100% | 2014-05-31 |
| 2011. | Braden (brc509) | 114.66 | 97% | 2015-10-16 |
| 2012. | merebanana (merebanana) | 114.65 | 99% | 2023-01-02 |
| 2013. | Nocturnal prime (demonixrob) | 114.65 | 99% | 2019-09-19 |
| 2014. | Gabriel (tacbacjack) | 114.63 | 98.6% | 2025-03-23 |
| 2015. | Lithox (lithoxsmurf) | 114.63 | 96% | 2013-10-19 |
| 2016. | Sara (hentaiclockwise) | 114.62 | 94% | 2016-12-10 |
| 2017. | Frank (y0l0sweq) | 114.61 | 98% | 2021-11-23 |
| 2018. | webcrawls (kadenscott) | 114.60 | 96% | 2022-10-10 |
| 2019. | 🍉 Palestine Will be Free... | 114.59 | 98% | 2016-04-23 |
| 2020. | nmyo (nmyo) | 114.59 | 99% | 2018-03-30 |
| 2021. | Angelic (angelic_devil) | 114.58 | 99% | 2021-12-27 |
| 2022. | K (zuggm) | 114.58 | 97% | 2016-03-20 |
| 2023. | YaoXPS (yaoxps) | 114.55 | 99% | 2020-04-18 |
| 2024. | AnakNgPating (2001or21) | 114.54 | 96.4% | 2023-08-22 |
| 2025. | zveda (zveda) | 114.53 | 98% | 2018-08-24 |
| 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 |