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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6191. | Jennifer (jenbregypt) | 95.92 | 96% | 2011-11-27 |
| 6192. | ahmir (ahmir123) | 95.91 | 97% | 2018-07-26 |
| 6193. | Dan (videogamewarrior) | 95.91 | 95% | 2016-11-29 |
| 6194. | Jon (guitarrocker500) | 95.91 | 94% | 2012-04-13 |
| 6195. | Torsten (thorman42) | 95.90 | 97% | 2018-09-29 |
| 6196. | Suspicious White (marrymeru... | 95.90 | 91% | 2014-06-07 |
| 6197. | Marimo (hiyoshi) | 95.90 | 97% | 2013-06-14 |
| 6198. | geras (gerastv) | 95.89 | 95% | 2021-09-30 |
| 6199. | Mitch (stoopify) | 95.89 | 96% | 2012-12-02 |
| 6200. | P (pchen) | 95.89 | 96% | 2013-02-05 |
| 6201. | Jay (jcdu) | 95.89 | 97% | 2019-08-01 |
| 6202. | Alan (senseichen) | 95.88 | 97% | 2023-07-27 |
| 6203. | RamEatsCow (sddhrthrt) | 95.88 | 98% | 2023-01-06 |
| 6204. | left to build something gre... | 95.88 | 98% | 2020-06-12 |
| 6205. | Alex (zackron) | 95.88 | — | 2010-06-20 |
| 6206. | Slow (insys) | 95.88 | — | 2010-10-27 |
| 6207. | Dill (dillcapote) | 95.87 | 97% | 2016-04-26 |
| 6208. | Will (bigmac1time) | 95.87 | 98% | 2021-01-05 |
| 6209. | Guy (feller) | 95.87 | 97% | 2023-09-06 |
| 6210. | Stuji (stu_ji) | 95.86 | 97% | 2021-03-15 |
| 6211. | Zale (zllee) | 95.85 | 96.8% | 2023-10-12 |
| 6212. | Bojack (runninginthe90s) | 95.85 | 95% | 2015-12-03 |
| 6213. | 😀 (brettkavanaughcj) | 95.85 | 98.9% | 2021-01-28 |
| 6214. | Johan (fraught) | 95.85 | — | 2010-09-13 |
| 6215. | Special Guest (ssguest) | 95.85 | 100% | 2015-06-19 |
| 6216. | anT (gregorpingic) | 95.85 | 98% | 2019-01-12 |
| 6217. | absolute elsewhere (bibux) | 95.84 | 97% | 2014-01-19 |
| 6218. | xerb (xerb) | 95.84 | 96% | 2022-09-03 |
| 6219. | twitch.tv/YasuoNA (denigratez) | 95.84 | 98% | 2020-10-25 |
| 6220. | Ryan Smith (chickenhelmet) | 95.84 | 98% | 2023-03-03 |
| 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 |