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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41983. | punjabi (vishalbadhan) | 27.64 | 81% | 2013-03-26 |
| 41984. | Alvaro (patomalo) | 27.64 | 90% | 2018-11-04 |
| 41985. | Amaraa (_king_) | 27.64 | — | 2010-03-16 |
| 41986. | le viet (thonga12) | 27.64 | 95% | 2013-01-06 |
| 41987. | Angga (angga99) | 27.63 | 81% | 2016-02-27 |
| 41988. | Bohdan (soldierkb) | 27.63 | 87% | 2016-01-26 |
| 41989. | Kei (marco21) | 27.60 | — | 2010-11-29 |
| 41990. | Joe (joeo) | 27.59 | 92% | 2014-04-01 |
| 41991. | Roshan (rosu) | 27.58 | 90% | 2019-02-18 |
| 41992. | Justice (lowjay) | 27.57 | 97% | 2023-04-07 |
| 41993. | Cassidy (cassidy) | 27.57 | — | 2009-03-31 |
| 41994. | scsdawg (scsdawg) | 27.56 | 93.1% | 2021-02-13 |
| 41995. | Miljan (miljan06) | 27.56 | 96.4% | 2021-02-06 |
| 41996. | Esther Luiza (esther) | 27.56 | — | 2008-09-23 |
| 41997. | labaalli (hajjaba) | 27.55 | 93% | 2021-12-05 |
| 41998. | dhia (dhia) | 27.55 | 95% | 2018-01-18 |
| 41999. | Michael (macx) | 27.54 | 97% | 2012-06-23 |
| 42000. | tarun kumar (tarun0125) | 27.54 | 90% | 2020-11-13 |
| 42001. | kazindro (kazindro) | 27.54 | 84% | 2012-03-13 |
| 42002. | diligent (diligent) | 27.54 | — | 2009-12-18 |
| 42003. | KiNg_RoWeR09 (jaisurya) | 27.53 | 94% | 2022-01-25 |
| 42004. | Fazriel (ohokoces4450) | 27.53 | 92% | 2019-09-03 |
| 42005. | karan (karan_sharma) | 27.53 | 92% | 2016-06-12 |
| 42006. | Unbeatable (an_unbeatable) | 27.52 | 92% | 2023-05-03 |
| 42007. | Boipelo (the_big_bp) | 27.52 | 92% | 2021-05-11 |
| 42008. | Pritom (pritom01777) | 27.51 | 94% | 2020-08-01 |
| 42009. | Koren794 (koren794) | 27.48 | 93.7% | 2021-02-19 |
| 42010. | chinu (chinu) | 27.48 | — | 2009-03-10 |
| 42011. | sherwin (sherwin) | 27.47 | — | 2008-11-19 |
| 42012. | deen (107555) | 27.46 | 88% | 2012-08-27 |
| 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 |