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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5275. | Lexeme (lexeme) | 98.96 | 98% | 2012-02-15 |
| 5276. | Vladimir (gallardoelise) | 98.95 | 97% | 2015-02-18 |
| 5277. | typeRacer (olegbucolo) | 98.95 | 98.6% | 2023-06-30 |
| 5278. | Toyota (websitejunkie) | 98.95 | 96% | 2019-12-03 |
| 5279. | Joseph (_regex_) | 98.95 | 97% | 2012-12-05 |
| 5280. | Roy (roy_alty) | 98.94 | 97% | 2015-08-12 |
| 5281. | Nick (epicdegree) | 98.94 | 96% | 2019-01-24 |
| 5282. | Dav (asiandomination0) | 98.94 | 99% | 2018-09-06 |
| 5283. | Nir (nirslsk) | 98.94 | 93% | 2016-09-30 |
| 5284. | Empress (empress812) | 98.94 | 96% | 2014-05-27 |
| 5285. | new keyb who dis(k3 max) (s... | 98.93 | 97% | 2021-12-07 |
| 5286. | Gotcha (g0tcha) | 98.93 | 98% | 2019-04-08 |
| 5287. | Abishiek (abishiek_12) | 98.93 | 98.6% | 2023-09-05 |
| 5288. | Pehz (pehz) | 98.93 | 98% | 2021-10-22 |
| 5289. | Smeh (smeh_hulloe) | 98.93 | 96% | 2011-08-18 |
| 5290. | nicole (teeka949) | 98.93 | — | 2009-11-25 |
| 5291. | WhITelion (whitelion2) | 98.92 | 95% | 2016-12-10 |
| 5292. | Joseph (frozenclaw) | 98.92 | 90% | 2012-01-29 |
| 5293. | Stacey (fantasticpsycho) | 98.92 | — | 2009-11-08 |
| 5294. | noobnoob (garblovian) | 98.91 | 99% | 2021-10-18 |
| 5295. | Jesse (wonderpanda) | 98.91 | 96% | 2012-12-18 |
| 5296. | Ethan (chinge329) | 98.90 | 98% | 2018-04-23 |
| 5297. | cimsunf (nhtai) | 98.90 | — | 2011-02-14 |
| 5298. | Alex (alexjdam) | 98.90 | — | 2009-11-13 |
| 5299. | Alan (niteharte) | 98.89 | 97% | 2021-10-22 |
| 5300. | ruru (awestrike) | 98.89 | 98% | 2019-05-19 |
| 5301. | Camden (mypenguinbuddy) | 98.89 | 97% | 2019-03-22 |
| 5302. | Austin (smellsmell929) | 98.89 | 94% | 2013-12-15 |
| 5303. | nyaaaaaaash (akerei) | 98.89 | 95% | 2016-09-29 |
| 5304. | Fabian (bengan) | 98.89 | — | 2011-04-04 |
| 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 |