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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12283. | Nick (njwelsh) | 79.42 | 92% | 2011-07-25 |
| 12284. | Zachxy (fortzachary) | 79.42 | 97% | 2022-03-26 |
| 12285. | Dakareddy (dakareddy) | 79.42 | 96% | 2015-03-07 |
| 12286. | Victor (owlgoesw00t) | 79.42 | 88% | 2016-07-08 |
| 12287. | bob (sputnik_15) | 79.41 | 94% | 2012-09-11 |
| 12288. | Sigma (sigma_fi) | 79.41 | 97.5% | 2023-07-31 |
| 12289. | utemqezbal (personanongrattta) | 79.41 | 96.3% | 2024-01-12 |
| 12290. | panzzz (panzzzz) | 79.41 | 97% | 2023-12-19 |
| 12291. | Jeff (muscularfingers) | 79.41 | 96% | 2015-07-17 |
| 12292. | Jonjon (jonjonlilbas) | 79.41 | 98% | 2023-04-19 |
| 12293. | Abhas (imabhas) | 79.41 | 98.1% | 2024-07-23 |
| 12294. | DoctorBest (doctorbest) | 79.41 | 94% | 2014-02-10 |
| 12295. | Struuly (wtfstruuly) | 79.41 | 96% | 2012-11-26 |
| 12296. | doubleyew (touchtypist99) | 79.41 | 94% | 2015-10-26 |
| 12297. | adrian (aidsasis) | 79.41 | — | 2010-09-29 |
| 12298. | Aidan (aidan810) | 79.41 | 91% | 2012-07-05 |
| 12299. | EmberWord (bryce_liang) | 79.40 | 95% | 2024-12-24 |
| 12300. | tstats[morgchow] (morgchow) | 79.40 | 96.5% | 2024-01-12 |
| 12301. | Reilly (bakabacchus) | 79.40 | 98% | 2022-09-12 |
| 12302. | Nancy (error_200) | 79.40 | 96.7% | 2024-10-24 |
| 12303. | Cherry Clears (whiskeydelta) | 79.40 | 91% | 2015-03-25 |
| 12304. | goshi (goshii12) | 79.39 | 96.5% | 2025-02-24 |
| 12305. | alfred747 (alfred747) | 79.39 | 96% | 2025-02-23 |
| 12306. | Davinchi (davinchix) | 79.39 | 97.5% | 2024-01-14 |
| 12307. | netty (breadwitch) | 79.39 | 96% | 2022-04-23 |
| 12308. | Brix (brixsprix) | 79.39 | 95% | 2012-12-13 |
| 12309. | Joe (paul_allen) | 79.39 | 92% | 2016-02-23 |
| 12310. | Hailee (perkypotato) | 79.39 | 95% | 2016-09-20 |
| 12311. | Ceri (ceriser) | 79.39 | 93% | 2015-07-13 |
| 12312. | Sam (sambibiriz) | 79.38 | 96% | 2023-04-25 |
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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 |