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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10473. | Vaibhav (vaibhav974) | 86.02 | 98% | 2019-06-03 |
| 10474. | Susan (houstonsleepingbeauty) | 86.02 | 98% | 2012-09-17 |
| 10475. | O.U. (hotwater1228) | 86.01 | 94% | 2015-09-01 |
| 10476. | Ainis (thescriptan) | 86.00 | 88% | 2016-05-15 |
| 10477. | Blase (blase83) | 86.00 | 99% | 2017-09-06 |
| 10478. | 0xlyd (0xlyd) | 86.00 | 97% | 2021-09-21 |
| 10479. | Branko (branko_md) | 86.00 | 98% | 2021-05-24 |
| 10480. | Ashley (dazzlers110) | 86.00 | 96% | 2016-04-27 |
| 10481. | Jake (stinkydubeau) | 85.99 | 97% | 2023-05-18 |
| 10482. | John (draken) | 85.99 | 89% | 2013-02-05 |
| 10483. | Maxim (_justchill) | 85.99 | 97% | 2023-02-23 |
| 10484. | jude (jude17) | 85.99 | 97% | 2023-05-18 |
| 10485. | Riel (rielgrumal) | 85.99 | 97.5% | 2023-10-29 |
| 10486. | Vijay (pattisapu) | 85.99 | 87% | 2015-07-01 |
| 10487. | Niels (nielsey) | 85.99 | 97% | 2019-02-03 |
| 10488. | 911 (domeier) | 85.99 | 94% | 2013-01-24 |
| 10489. | Cindy (chi3tcin) | 85.98 | — | 2011-03-29 |
| 10490. | Tafferico (firetaffer) | 85.98 | — | 2009-09-14 |
| 10491. | Kanti (gunjique) | 85.98 | 96% | 2021-05-14 |
| 10492. | Gabe (yuri_tarted) | 85.98 | 96% | 2021-02-10 |
| 10493. | KTH (kthmanish) | 85.98 | 98% | 2022-02-25 |
| 10494. | Daddy Mac (0317) | 85.98 | 97% | 2017-05-02 |
| 10495. | Zupery (zupery) | 85.97 | 96% | 2023-03-28 |
| 10496. | silverEyed (silvereyed) | 85.97 | — | 2010-04-30 |
| 10497. | Kevin (tigon_ridge) | 85.96 | 98% | 2021-09-27 |
| 10498. | Nomig (nomig) | 85.96 | 98% | 2022-08-07 |
| 10499. | Kristen (kristengreen3) | 85.96 | 97% | 2011-06-17 |
| 10500. | FreeHongKong (aquaficial) | 85.96 | 96% | 2019-07-04 |
| 10501. | Nix (albus_dumbledore) | 85.96 | — | 2009-03-03 |
| 10502. | Arthur (alamofgod) | 85.96 | 94% | 2016-09-29 |
| 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 |