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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17751. | Kevin (zapdosblitz) | 73.64 | 96% | 2011-11-20 |
| 17752. | Liad (ozonzono) | 73.64 | 96% | 2023-09-19 |
| 17753. | EraZorX (erazorx) | 73.64 | 100% | 2014-09-23 |
| 17754. | MAC (1v1_ill_rek_u_m8) | 73.64 | 94% | 2018-05-16 |
| 17755. | Jayvin Wu (fbijayvin) | 73.63 | 93% | 2022-06-19 |
| 17756. | ethan (ethanwander83) | 73.63 | 98% | 2021-10-19 |
| 17757. | Cheesetoast (cheesetoastman) | 73.63 | 96% | 2023-03-12 |
| 17758. | ItsKevin (kwilz) | 73.63 | 94% | 2020-07-02 |
| 17759. | prashanth (prashanth8323) | 73.63 | 93% | 2016-10-06 |
| 17760. | Fabio (prosfearme) | 73.63 | 95% | 2019-02-04 |
| 17761. | Ilya (rotator73) | 73.63 | 97% | 2015-03-10 |
| 17762. | Wribbe (wribbe) | 73.63 | 99% | 2011-06-26 |
| 17763. | aislan (aislan) | 73.63 | 94% | 2015-11-16 |
| 17764. | Tuomas (tumaas) | 73.62 | 96% | 2021-01-18 |
| 17765. | Michael (mranonymous) | 73.62 | — | 2010-01-22 |
| 17766. | joflin (joflin) | 73.62 | — | 2010-03-20 |
| 17767. | Jasper (jaspero) | 73.61 | 96% | 2021-05-14 |
| 17768. | Yani (theghak) | 73.61 | 96.4% | 2023-06-02 |
| 17769. | Gaurav (absurd_man) | 73.61 | 96.5% | 2023-06-02 |
| 17770. | redpickle13 (redpickle13) | 73.61 | 97% | 2023-01-07 |
| 17771. | Andrew (fyir) | 73.61 | 97% | 2022-03-22 |
| 17772. | Oliver (iii_warden_iii) | 73.61 | 94% | 2021-02-24 |
| 17773. | Marcos (marcosjlr) | 73.61 | 99% | 2022-01-09 |
| 17774. | Keenan (tygere) | 73.61 | 98% | 2017-08-02 |
| 17775. | Ed (selfe) | 73.61 | 95.6% | 2021-02-16 |
| 17776. | Lulu (def__init__) | 73.61 | 99% | 2021-05-14 |
| 17777. | Chris (chriztina) | 73.61 | — | 2011-02-01 |
| 17778. | canadavid1 (canadavid1) | 73.60 | 97% | 2022-11-22 |
| 17779. | janus (janus) | 73.60 | — | 2010-04-02 |
| 17780. | Moha (matthias) | 73.60 | — | 2008-08-23 |
| 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 |