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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12106. | Wil$on (wilsonlee123) | 82.92 | 95% | 2023-07-18 |
| 12107. | Hee-Min (hcha219) | 82.92 | — | 2011-04-29 |
| 12108. | Late (datalate) | 82.92 | 96% | 2012-03-09 |
| 12109. | HD (thetruehd) | 82.92 | 89% | 2016-03-17 |
| 12110. | Grandhal (grandhal) | 82.92 | 95% | 2019-02-11 |
| 12111. | Ashvin (ashvinsharma) | 82.92 | 91% | 2015-05-18 |
| 12112. | Oliver (raptorrapture42) | 82.91 | 97% | 2021-03-15 |
| 12113. | Susie (soozer) | 82.91 | 98% | 2014-11-22 |
| 12114. | tstats[shubhampatil] (shubh... | 82.91 | 98% | 2022-10-20 |
| 12115. | Joel (joel5534) | 82.91 | 96% | 2021-05-02 |
| 12116. | User (redytedy) | 82.91 | 96% | 2016-02-18 |
| 12117. | Obese (codename2510) | 82.91 | 95% | 2014-03-17 |
| 12118. | Stephen (elementsen) | 82.91 | 94% | 2013-01-04 |
| 12119. | Abizer (abizern) | 82.91 | 99% | 2012-03-28 |
| 12120. | Mason (kim_jong_un_) | 82.91 | 96% | 2017-07-24 |
| 12121. | I am Smokin' on that Gas! (... | 82.91 | 93% | 2011-10-24 |
| 12122. | Joe (srittenhouse) | 82.90 | 88% | 2016-12-19 |
| 12123. | Anth (swaganth) | 82.90 | 98% | 2019-05-28 |
| 12124. | nah (ministermeme) | 82.90 | 98% | 2021-11-23 |
| 12125. | Fast&Furious7 (fastandfurio... | 82.90 | 96% | 2014-02-17 |
| 12126. | How r u? (apololzed) | 82.90 | 95% | 2017-03-20 |
| 12127. | Snerulite (snerulite) | 82.90 | 96% | 2016-05-01 |
| 12128. | Philip (neodestro734) | 82.90 | 98% | 2014-03-21 |
| 12129. | TC (kingwirch) | 82.90 | 91% | 2015-07-10 |
| 12130. | aseemsachdeva (aseemtypist) | 82.90 | 95% | 2012-02-12 |
| 12131. | Joel (althie) | 82.90 | 95% | 2013-01-12 |
| 12132. | kamote35 (cooldz) | 82.89 | 97% | 2022-12-05 |
| 12133. | Stratos (ztratos) | 82.89 | 97.9% | 2023-10-13 |
| 12134. | Cxlt (fujimaaa) | 82.89 | 97% | 2022-09-15 |
| 12135. | Aleksander (acidix) | 82.89 | 95.3% | 2021-02-19 |
| 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 |