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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27051. | Matthew (imsuck) | 59.97 | 89% | 2012-07-29 |
| 27052. | Shubham (shubhamabhang77) | 59.97 | 98% | 2021-01-03 |
| 27053. | bayu (bayurespati) | 59.97 | 96% | 2021-05-27 |
| 27054. | panc1r (panc1r) | 59.97 | 99% | 2019-05-12 |
| 27055. | You never learn anything by... | 59.97 | 91% | 2013-10-24 |
| 27056. | Laurens (laurens) | 59.97 | 95% | 2011-08-18 |
| 27057. | Raemon (raemon) | 59.96 | 92% | 2014-07-09 |
| 27058. | Ashish (ashugarg.lucky7@gma... | 59.96 | 87% | 2016-04-03 |
| 27059. | Youngjin (mrbusy) | 59.95 | 96% | 2016-02-16 |
| 27060. | Nate (nwjsmith) | 59.94 | — | 2010-11-03 |
| 27061. | Rob (icupboard) | 59.94 | — | 2010-10-11 |
| 27062. | James (mysticalentity) | 59.94 | 93% | 2021-02-17 |
| 27063. | kit (kitminh) | 59.94 | — | 2009-09-26 |
| 27064. | Tina (tinahan) | 59.94 | — | 2010-11-15 |
| 27065. | Alexis (incmach) | 59.94 | 98% | 2017-10-01 |
| 27066. | Steven (sanstotz) | 59.94 | 95% | 2016-06-11 |
| 27067. | Ben (jastas) | 59.93 | 92% | 2011-07-05 |
| 27068. | Furkan (notoriousfs) | 59.93 | 95% | 2019-04-10 |
| 27069. | Paul (yuri_e) | 59.93 | 95% | 2023-09-25 |
| 27070. | James (jimyo) | 59.93 | 95% | 2023-08-12 |
| 27071. | Denish (denishkayastha) | 59.93 | 95% | 2021-08-27 |
| 27072. | ... (taol) | 59.93 | — | 2009-08-16 |
| 27073. | kakarot (kakkarot) | 59.93 | 97% | 2012-06-23 |
| 27074. | a (jan_nowak) | 59.93 | 96% | 2015-08-03 |
| 27075. | Hanchy (hanchyguy) | 59.93 | 95% | 2015-12-22 |
| 27076. | Nasser (_nasser) | 59.93 | 90% | 2014-06-19 |
| 27077. | Carlos (carlossgarcia95) | 59.92 | 97% | 2022-04-28 |
| 27078. | Jasmine (bonitajas) | 59.92 | — | 2010-01-03 |
| 27079. | Paddy (pattycarps) | 59.92 | 93% | 2020-10-22 |
| 27080. | Kobe (kobe8diaz) | 59.92 | 95% | 2020-12-30 |
| 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 |