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
Active since August 3, 2008.
267 total characters in this text.
View Pit Stop page for this text
| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20819. | badtypist (josecostamartins) | 69.01 | 93% | 2016-08-19 |
| 20820. | Necro (necroeater) | 69.01 | 97% | 2015-06-19 |
| 20821. | Hasan (kingofnumbers) | 69.01 | 92% | 2016-08-23 |
| 20822. | Ceonsamea (ceonsamea) | 69.01 | 90% | 2014-06-08 |
| 20823. | Tommy (named after the gun)... | 69.01 | 98% | 2014-08-03 |
| 20824. | Oatseveryday (oatseveryday) | 69.00 | 98% | 2023-02-23 |
| 20825. | Tyler (t_lyman) | 69.00 | 90% | 2012-12-13 |
| 20826. | Deadly (deadlypliers) | 69.00 | 91% | 2013-04-25 |
| 20827. | angel (angelllfoo) | 69.00 | 96% | 2021-05-02 |
| 20828. | Astra (astrame) | 69.00 | 96% | 2021-05-11 |
| 20829. | Hope (fakeluvely) | 69.00 | 97.3% | 2021-02-21 |
| 20830. | OWAS (owais_typist) | 69.00 | 97% | 2021-08-28 |
| 20831. | Woku (writingotaku) | 69.00 | 95% | 2012-12-03 |
| 20832. | aman (whitepigeon) | 69.00 | — | 2010-02-11 |
| 20833. | Sowrabh (sowrabh) | 69.00 | 92% | 2011-09-26 |
| 20834. | Joe (jmaya) | 69.00 | 91% | 2014-03-25 |
| 20835. | Lucas (lukasyoi2) | 68.99 | 94% | 2022-04-03 |
| 20836. | Melisa (colorsunimaginable) | 68.99 | 98.2% | 2023-09-25 |
| 20837. | niek (nnniek) | 68.99 | 96% | 2022-09-14 |
| 20838. | Jose (jfpapaaa) | 68.99 | 96.6% | 2023-05-25 |
| 20839. | Hunter (wizardhunter11) | 68.99 | 96% | 2021-09-28 |
| 20840. | Matt (mm6483a) | 68.99 | 98% | 2020-03-30 |
| 20841. | Ahmed (ahmed_salama) | 68.99 | 94% | 2013-02-09 |
| 20842. | Vincent (vincesuuu1) | 68.99 | 98% | 2018-10-17 |
| 20843. | sam (grommok) | 68.98 | 96% | 2017-06-21 |
| 20844. | midnight (aw01) | 68.98 | 97% | 2020-09-22 |
| 20845. | Benz Viano (tb12thegoat) | 68.98 | 96% | 2022-03-31 |
| 20846. | Anupam (plaanupam) | 68.98 | 98% | 2021-05-13 |
| 20847. | Amin (iran) | 68.98 | — | 2010-09-16 |
| 20848. | Mike (promike) | 68.98 | 97% | 2015-03-07 |
| 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 |