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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 249. | (cypher_xd) | 143.20 | 99% | 2021-04-03 |
| 250. | (flapjacks) | 143.14 | 99% | 2020-01-30 |
| 251. | (ckjy00) | 143.11 | — | 2008-08-10 |
| 252. | (skys) | 143.10 | 98% | 2013-08-28 |
| 253. | Chris (kizzx2) | 143.00 | — | 2009-03-18 |
| 254. | (wow963) | 142.98 | 100% | 2014-02-01 |
| 255. | (badtyper5) | 142.92 | 99% | 2017-06-22 |
| 256. | (crdm0) | 142.86 | 99% | 2018-07-31 |
| 257. | (realtyperbest) | 142.84 | 99% | 2013-09-25 |
| 258. | Ronald (albaniancello) | 142.83 | 97% | 2017-01-24 |
| 259. | Joshua (sh1nobie) | 142.82 | 100% | 2023-07-20 |
| 260. | (eyver) | 142.81 | 97% | 2011-09-21 |
| 261. | 16/f/cali (ultrashibe) | 142.63 | 98% | 2023-01-07 |
| 262. | (theclairvoyant5) | 142.51 | — | 2009-03-19 |
| 263. | (znging) | 142.40 | 99% | 2013-12-07 |
| 264. | Fraze (dunklioscious) | 142.24 | 97.9% | 2021-02-16 |
| 265. | (justtypefast) | 142.23 | 97% | 2014-05-11 |
| 266. | ♥ (boundaries) | 142.15 | 98.3% | 2024-06-05 |
| 267. | (dnfm) | 142.15 | — | 2011-01-23 |
| 268. | (henriquemonteiro) | 142.06 | — | 2008-10-17 |
| 269. | (erikjscott) | 142.01 | — | 2010-10-16 |
| 270. | Phoenix (phoenixflare500) | 141.97 | 100% | 2012-05-09 |
| 271. | (tyrisal) | 141.93 | 99% | 2013-01-13 |
| 272. | (janjan838) | 141.92 | — | 2008-08-31 |
| 273. | (c9h13n) | 141.91 | — | 2011-03-01 |
| 274. | 人間で (innonimate) | 141.81 | 99% | 2012-09-22 |
| 275. | (nexgenetix) | 141.78 | 96% | 2013-11-30 |
| 276. | (pixis) | 141.75 | 98% | 2015-03-08 |
| 277. | (dontrun) | 141.70 | — | 2010-10-25 |
| 278. | Abhi (abhib22) | 141.68 | 98% | 2021-01-04 |
| 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 |