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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40897. | Waseem Shahid (waseemshahid) | 31.74 | 94% | 2023-07-05 |
| 40898. | Dang Hai (dang_hai_ema) | 31.73 | 97% | 2021-10-17 |
| 40899. | Micke (magicmikeee) | 31.73 | 86% | 2016-01-30 |
| 40900. | Kevin (chenaren) | 31.72 | — | 2008-12-20 |
| 40901. | Carlo (carloemorallos) | 31.72 | 83% | 2016-09-30 |
| 40902. | 李 (magician) | 31.72 | — | 2009-06-06 |
| 40903. | Amr (amrnader) | 31.71 | 94% | 2021-02-05 |
| 40904. | James (youngthe) | 31.70 | 98% | 2021-05-26 |
| 40905. | Vrinda (pyth) | 31.70 | 94% | 2021-01-15 |
| 40906. | kifle (kifletdss) | 31.70 | 94% | 2017-01-16 |
| 40907. | lemuel (lempoi) | 31.70 | — | 2011-03-20 |
| 40908. | TEA (banqhsia) | 31.69 | — | 2009-04-13 |
| 40909. | Florent (galildor) | 31.69 | 92% | 2015-05-27 |
| 40910. | Sami (sami_types) | 31.68 | 94% | 2023-09-12 |
| 40911. | Sam (kloves) | 31.68 | 90% | 2015-04-20 |
| 40912. | spirit (spirit0rz) | 31.68 | 93% | 2013-11-28 |
| 40913. | Valery (pavlov) | 31.67 | — | 2008-09-25 |
| 40914. | Aleksey (tshlro) | 31.67 | 97% | 2020-07-11 |
| 40915. | s0urid5n (s0urid5n) | 31.67 | 96% | 2021-02-01 |
| 40916. | Kon (konnn) | 31.67 | 93% | 2014-08-28 |
| 40917. | karla (karla) | 31.67 | — | 2008-12-08 |
| 40918. | Rohan (roankar) | 31.66 | 91% | 2013-12-13 |
| 40919. | Wesley (upurs) | 31.65 | — | 2009-04-25 |
| 40920. | tszyiu (hungtszyiu) | 31.65 | 88% | 2013-04-25 |
| 40921. | Tony (caliaudio) | 31.65 | 92% | 2015-12-28 |
| 40922. | pooh (pooh8454) | 31.65 | 95% | 2019-06-19 |
| 40923. | milson (milsonlim) | 31.64 | 91% | 2021-03-28 |
| 40924. | Jette (jette) | 31.64 | — | 2009-01-09 |
| 40925. | faizan` (faizan56) | 31.63 | 97% | 2023-06-21 |
| 40926. | vignesh (rb_vignesh) | 31.63 | 91% | 2012-09-25 |
| 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 |