She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to be in the Spanish class - that'll be great!" But no, she walked into the Portuguese class. So I figured, what the hell - I might as well learn Portuguese. I started walking right after her when this Anglo-Saxon attitude that I have said, "No, that's not a good reason to decide which language to speak." So I went back and signed up for the Spanish class, to my utter regret.
—from Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, a book by Richard P. Feynman
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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17279. | patembe (patembe) | 71.71 | — | 2011-04-21 |
| 17280. | syed (nayaz) | 71.71 | 94% | 2015-04-08 |
| 17281. | Cite (cite_berlin) | 71.71 | 95.7% | 2024-02-06 |
| 17282. | abhishek (akk2069) | 71.71 | 91% | 2017-04-28 |
| 17283. | Gauravjeet (gjeet) | 71.70 | 97% | 2017-07-22 |
| 17284. | Desker (deskerr) | 71.70 | 96.1% | 2023-12-26 |
| 17285. | TehWeifu (tehweifu) | 71.70 | 99% | 2021-08-01 |
| 17286. | Shinnokisgods (shinnokisgods) | 71.70 | 95.5% | 2023-11-15 |
| 17287. | Felipe (felipet) | 71.70 | 97% | 2021-01-05 |
| 17288. | Chaitanya (chaitanya608) | 71.70 | 97.8% | 2024-05-18 |
| 17289. | Pat (artham) | 71.70 | 96% | 2019-06-24 |
| 17290. | gab (ggzl1998) | 71.69 | 95% | 2020-10-17 |
| 17291. | Poarthan (poarthan_arseus) | 71.69 | 96.1% | 2023-12-27 |
| 17292. | Kyle (dragonvids) | 71.69 | 95% | 2021-06-03 |
| 17293. | Lingabathula (thapaswi_01) | 71.69 | 98.3% | 2024-03-20 |
| 17294. | Sean (ziltiod94) | 71.69 | — | 2010-12-23 |
| 17295. | JayboB (jaybob_) | 71.68 | 97% | 2025-05-18 |
| 17296. | Victor (milnerv) | 71.68 | 86% | 2014-11-23 |
| 17297. | typist101 (typist1011) | 71.68 | 96% | 2021-06-22 |
| 17298. | Gaspar (gaspar_pi) | 71.68 | 98% | 2023-01-22 |
| 17299. | gort (pinklegneep) | 71.68 | 97% | 2023-03-24 |
| 17300. | stephen (mr_tofu) | 71.68 | 96.2% | 2023-09-29 |
| 17301. | prune (operatedprune) | 71.68 | 95% | 2018-01-26 |
| 17302. | Gray (ryodansai) | 71.68 | 96% | 2013-04-06 |
| 17303. | Alex (evoamac) | 71.68 | 93% | 2011-09-13 |
| 17304. | Eric (ericstern) | 71.68 | 95% | 2012-07-13 |
| 17305. | DAWAS (dawas) | 71.67 | 97.4% | 2024-10-17 |
| 17306. | Mukanshi (mukanshi) | 71.67 | 97% | 2025-03-18 |
| 17307. | ratpace (ratpace) | 71.67 | 96% | 2025-01-10 |
| 17308. | Yeeker (yeeker) | 71.67 | 96% | 2024-08-26 |
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| Default (English) | 85,825 | 73.56 | May 21, 2010 |
| Long Texts | 133 | 77.05 | December 30, 2016 |
| Instant Death Mode | 35 | 76.53 | June 7, 2010 |
| Riverside Middle School | 4 | 49.43 | April 8, 2011 |
| ##typeracer | 4 | 60.63 | February 6, 2021 |