She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to be in the Spanish class - that'll be great!" But no, she walked into the Portuguese class. So I figured, what the hell - I might as well learn Portuguese. I started walking right after her when this Anglo-Saxon attitude that I have said, "No, that's not a good reason to decide which language to speak." So I went back and signed up for the Spanish class, to my utter regret.
—from Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, a book by Richard P. Feynman
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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39126. | Parker (avgtpspeed) | 48.36 | 92.8% | 2024-09-15 |
| 39127. | Lokesh Srivasatav (lucykumar) | 48.36 | 94.8% | 2024-12-26 |
| 39128. | bankai (bankai999) | 48.36 | 96% | 2024-12-31 |
| 39129. | rathish (rathish001) | 48.35 | 89% | 2015-11-03 |
| 39130. | Ahmed ElRefai (elreyodev) | 48.35 | 95% | 2024-12-07 |
| 39131. | Chris (losi) | 48.35 | 93% | 2012-10-16 |
| 39132. | Linh (linh_safi) | 48.35 | 93% | 2015-03-04 |
| 39133. | Arun (arunbastola) | 48.34 | 96% | 2022-11-22 |
| 39134. | Abhishek Raj Poudel (abhish... | 48.34 | 94.4% | 2023-12-31 |
| 39135. | Devlin (calhoude) | 48.34 | 96% | 2021-05-13 |
| 39136. | Sergio (rtos) | 48.34 | 92% | 2014-07-29 |
| 39137. | Brecht (brazilie) | 48.34 | 93% | 2017-05-22 |
| 39138. | Suraj Gurung (samiraz) | 48.34 | 96.5% | 2024-01-29 |
| 39139. | Marie (cu4tro) | 48.33 | 96.4% | 2024-04-14 |
| 39140. | Tegra (tegra) | 48.33 | 92% | 2015-07-29 |
| 39141. | oOoOoO'' (rokas1997) | 48.33 | 95% | 2014-06-01 |
| 39142. | Lydia (alrightyaphrodite) | 48.32 | 97.3% | 2023-05-17 |
| 39143. | WithInHerScars (hgjx) | 48.32 | 95.8% | 2024-08-11 |
| 39144. | Xorvarion (xorvarion) | 48.32 | 96% | 2024-10-07 |
| 39145. | Johann (johanntuhann) | 48.32 | 95.4% | 2023-11-20 |
| 39146. | Suman (sumogrewal) | 48.32 | 94% | 2022-03-15 |
| 39147. | Basti (kopptastic) | 48.32 | 90% | 2015-01-30 |
| 39148. | learningTouchTypin (learnin... | 48.31 | 95.3% | 2025-02-17 |
| 39149. | William (the_true_pringle) | 48.31 | 95.2% | 2025-05-23 |
| 39150. | Persistent (persistentlearner) | 48.31 | 97% | 2023-08-11 |
| 39151. | Valerie (valmartinez8) | 48.31 | 93% | 2020-08-29 |
| 39152. | Anna Graem (anna_graem) | 48.31 | 94% | 2024-02-16 |
| 39153. | mallux (mallux) | 48.31 | 93.8% | 2024-05-05 |
| 39154. | Mohamed (mfahim97) | 48.31 | 95% | 2021-01-26 |
| 39155. | elVirtuoso (elvirtuoso) | 48.30 | 96% | 2025-05-12 |
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| Default (English) | 85,825 | 73.56 | May 21, 2010 |
| Long Texts | 133 | 77.05 | December 30, 2016 |
| Instant Death Mode | 35 | 76.53 | June 7, 2010 |
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| ##typeracer | 4 | 60.63 | February 6, 2021 |