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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18691. | (kimm10) | 71.79 | 98% | 2014-03-31 |
| 18692. | dasmachine (dasmachine) | 71.79 | 98% | 2012-02-03 |
| 18693. | Ho (dangxuanaa) | 71.79 | — | 2009-12-01 |
| 18694. | (egyz) | 71.78 | 96% | 2023-01-04 |
| 18695. | (mihawk_1414) | 71.78 | 94% | 2022-09-09 |
| 18696. | (erical77) | 71.78 | 98% | 2021-09-14 |
| 18697. | (shepherdm) | 71.78 | 95% | 2021-08-06 |
| 18698. | (kristofferxdd) | 71.78 | 87% | 2016-09-27 |
| 18699. | (bubzybubs) | 71.77 | 90% | 2013-11-18 |
| 18700. | (spideyj) | 71.77 | 96% | 2021-08-25 |
| 18701. | Lakshya (lakshyasharma) | 71.77 | 96% | 2021-02-27 |
| 18702. | (egemr) | 71.77 | 97% | 2021-03-02 |
| 18703. | (smoothwillyd) | 71.77 | 97% | 2020-06-28 |
| 18704. | (reomizuno) | 71.77 | — | 2009-10-05 |
| 18705. | (raginhio) | 71.77 | 94% | 2016-11-04 |
| 18706. | (alanfortlink) | 71.77 | 95% | 2018-11-28 |
| 18707. | (buuga) | 71.76 | 91% | 2014-11-23 |
| 18708. | (waynechen523) | 71.76 | 96% | 2022-10-13 |
| 18709. | (rocchia) | 71.76 | 97% | 2020-04-13 |
| 18710. | (vulfke) | 71.76 | 97% | 2020-12-28 |
| 18711. | Jessica (jessdn) | 71.76 | 97% | 2020-12-10 |
| 18712. | (redbeam) | 71.76 | 98% | 2012-01-10 |
| 18713. | (johnemo) | 71.76 | 98% | 2014-08-25 |
| 18714. | (jokerstatus) | 71.75 | 90% | 2012-10-19 |
| 18715. | billie (eillib) | 71.75 | 96% | 2021-12-03 |
| 18716. | (bobjenkins77) | 71.75 | 97% | 2018-07-25 |
| 18717. | Jessica (slacker1998) | 71.75 | 97% | 2020-03-12 |
| 18718. | From the river to the sea (... | 71.75 | 96% | 2021-05-05 |
| 18719. | (b_radical) | 71.75 | 96% | 2021-02-18 |
| 18720. | (polarbright) | 71.75 | 93% | 2011-07-01 |
| 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 |