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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11049. | Ked (kedaro) | 84.86 | 95% | 2022-03-23 |
| 11050. | Joshua (joshnah) | 84.86 | 96% | 2021-11-10 |
| 11051. | Existential Explorer (natmac4) | 84.85 | 93% | 2017-02-20 |
| 11052. | Blue (blueberkeley) | 84.85 | 96% | 2023-06-04 |
| 11053. | Max (fallacy) | 84.85 | 92% | 2013-06-18 |
| 11054. | Gus (v1per41) | 84.84 | 98% | 2018-09-08 |
| 11055. | Minh (minhnguyen156) | 84.84 | 97% | 2019-07-16 |
| 11056. | John (02johnerickson) | 84.84 | 92% | 2017-01-27 |
| 11057. | sparkles (sparkles9367) | 84.84 | 97% | 2023-08-26 |
| 11058. | Corey (corstar97) | 84.84 | 99% | 2019-10-23 |
| 11059. | Kaleb (cappyton) | 84.84 | 96% | 2023-05-12 |
| 11060. | peter (hlelsmh) | 84.83 | 96% | 2022-03-08 |
| 11061. | Ethan (ethanjb98) | 84.83 | 98% | 2021-03-06 |
| 11062. | Pavan (pavantyperacer) | 84.83 | 99% | 2021-07-11 |
| 11063. | Alex (revl8er) | 84.83 | 96% | 2012-03-04 |
| 11064. | lorenzo (lorenzo2131) | 84.82 | 95% | 2016-01-11 |
| 11065. | Zoe (zcheimets) | 84.81 | 97% | 2018-05-11 |
| 11066. | 강남 Style (cherryblue1) | 84.81 | 97% | 2012-02-20 |
| 11067. | Elgin™ (elginz) | 84.81 | 94% | 2014-08-15 |
| 11068. | Leonurine (leonurine) | 84.81 | 93% | 2017-02-15 |
| 11069. | Shivam Rai (shivamrai162) | 84.81 | 96.9% | 2023-09-06 |
| 11070. | John (johnsimer2) | 84.81 | 94% | 2015-11-01 |
| 11071. | Desdemona (desdemona) | 84.81 | — | 2009-12-01 |
| 11072. | Mathijs (streamingfire) | 84.81 | 96% | 2021-03-30 |
| 11073. | DMack (dmack98) | 84.81 | 96% | 2022-12-16 |
| 11074. | Beret (boina) | 84.80 | 95.7% | 2023-08-31 |
| 11075. | Thueras (thueras) | 84.80 | 95% | 2015-02-09 |
| 11076. | Alesandro (alesandroalbert) | 84.80 | 97% | 2020-05-02 |
| 11077. | sush (hungig) | 84.80 | 94% | 2020-01-11 |
| 11078. | DocHoliday (leonbrooks680) | 84.79 | 97% | 2016-05-22 |
| 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 |