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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8704. | Nicholas (nickymillz) | 89.51 | 94% | 2014-02-21 |
| 8705. | cy. (cyvirus) | 89.51 | 97% | 2012-01-10 |
| 8706. | guu (guda) | 89.51 | 96% | 2012-12-01 |
| 8707. | Marc (mreading) | 89.51 | 99% | 2016-09-30 |
| 8708. | Pablo (pabloskimg) | 89.51 | 97% | 2017-02-18 |
| 8709. | Christopher (christos) | 89.51 | — | 2009-01-07 |
| 8710. | Daniel (d_elston) | 89.50 | 95% | 2013-09-13 |
| 8711. | Kinfi4 (kinfi4) | 89.50 | 97.9% | 2023-09-18 |
| 8712. | Leo (asdbooh) | 89.50 | 97% | 2021-11-28 |
| 8713. | James (antrix) | 89.50 | 95% | 2017-04-11 |
| 8714. | Banana (bananana_man) | 89.49 | 98% | 2023-01-17 |
| 8715. | Stacy (blingmama) | 89.49 | 93% | 2014-04-04 |
| 8716. | thomas (tlaugle) | 89.49 | 99% | 2011-07-29 |
| 8717. | flod (ash12449) | 89.49 | 97.7% | 2021-02-25 |
| 8718. | Dan (moxjet) | 89.49 | — | 2009-03-11 |
| 8719. | Pat (ralphxcrunner) | 89.49 | — | 2009-10-27 |
| 8720. | Samuel (ayvak) | 89.48 | 94% | 2022-07-14 |
| 8721. | Max (max424) | 89.48 | 96% | 2020-09-28 |
| 8722. | Matt (mwanchap) | 89.48 | 98% | 2016-11-17 |
| 8723. | Dib (dibchit) | 89.48 | 98% | 2023-03-08 |
| 8724. | Cameron (camerong123) | 89.48 | 95% | 2021-03-05 |
| 8725. | Siddharth (siddharthkurnal) | 89.48 | 97% | 2020-03-11 |
| 8726. | NOEL (armedandloaded) | 89.48 | 97% | 2015-05-05 |
| 8727. | dylan (dbfilmm) | 89.48 | 97% | 2017-04-02 |
| 8728. | Ryan (gaunt) | 89.47 | 95% | 2016-01-08 |
| 8729. | Gert (gertoperto) | 89.47 | 98% | 2017-08-27 |
| 8730. | Ji (jiyung) | 89.47 | 96% | 2012-06-11 |
| 8731. | Matthias (reiwok) | 89.47 | 97% | 2014-10-10 |
| 8732. | Jared (j_rad) | 89.47 | 93% | 2011-11-03 |
| 8733. | texel (texelz) | 89.47 | 91% | 2013-12-14 |
| 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 |