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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17706. | Ace (kamal705) | 73.77 | 100% | 2015-01-15 |
| 17707. | Parker (grasshopper_weeb) | 73.77 | 95% | 2020-10-09 |
| 17708. | IChun (lighttodie) | 73.76 | 95% | 2013-07-25 |
| 17709. | Arjun (arjun.webmail@gmail.... | 73.76 | 97% | 2011-12-08 |
| 17710. | Frostbite (ttfrostbite) | 73.76 | 94% | 2012-09-13 |
| 17711. | Jxxxsever (jxxxsever) | 73.76 | — | 2008-11-07 |
| 17712. | Zehady (brishtiteveja) | 73.76 | 99% | 2013-11-15 |
| 17713. | Lauri (laurikin) | 73.75 | 99% | 2022-09-24 |
| 17714. | bp4dn (bp4dn) | 73.75 | 98% | 2020-08-08 |
| 17715. | Temple (mason_carlson) | 73.75 | 94% | 2021-12-22 |
| 17716. | Dabi2k (dabi2k) | 73.75 | 97% | 2021-04-11 |
| 17717. | (nikasaur) | 73.75 | 89% | 2011-12-23 |
| 17718. | EZ (extremepepper) | 73.74 | 96% | 2021-12-28 |
| 17719. | Dominic (mickeyice3) | 73.74 | 97% | 2021-12-29 |
| 17720. | Cultist (kishore0305) | 73.74 | 97% | 2021-05-30 |
| 17721. | Apperception (apperception) | 73.74 | 97% | 2011-06-19 |
| 17722. | Matt (blackjack95129) | 73.73 | 90% | 2012-10-29 |
| 17723. | Kim P (kimmykimmy) | 73.73 | 95% | 2023-05-21 |
| 17724. | Josh (poon_tamer) | 73.73 | 96% | 2016-09-27 |
| 17725. | Hitesh (hitesh_y) | 73.73 | 97% | 2023-08-02 |
| 17726. | F (rotfrukten) | 73.73 | 88% | 2015-12-30 |
| 17727. | Ferhat (ferhat) | 73.73 | 92% | 2016-06-10 |
| 17728. | Jim (its_jim) | 73.73 | 95% | 2018-01-19 |
| 17729. | Aidan (epixaidbeta) | 73.73 | 96% | 2019-06-29 |
| 17730. | Mr. Fahrenheit (eadgbe) | 73.73 | — | 2009-02-23 |
| 17731. | stephen roberts (pathion1337) | 73.72 | 97% | 2021-07-07 |
| 17732. | Douglas (dougiej) | 73.72 | 95% | 2013-08-16 |
| 17733. | Alberto Balsalm (kutaybozkurt) | 73.72 | 96% | 2023-03-28 |
| 17734. | A-A-RON (hihyooka) | 73.72 | — | 2010-05-10 |
| 17735. | Esman (hedwyn_the_nomad) | 73.72 | 98% | 2022-02-21 |
| 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 |