We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy literally everything. And the majority of us live lifestyles undreamed of only a generation or two ago. One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the average household in Europe or North America has so many devices and such a variety of food and clothing that to produce the same lifestyle in Roman times would have required six thousand slaves.
—from Confessions of an Eco-Sinner: Tracking Down the Sources of My Stuff, a book by Fred Pearce
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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20320. | Chemist (themamba) | 82.21 | 92% | 2013-10-22 |
| 20321. | Jake (jakejungkook) | 82.20 | 97% | 2023-03-05 |
| 20322. | colette (colette02) | 82.20 | 98% | 2025-01-18 |
| 20323. | tofu (tofu_860) | 82.20 | 97% | 2025-02-28 |
| 20324. | Gas Guzzler (rugerty100) | 82.20 | 97% | 2013-01-17 |
| 20325. | tstats[yam] (yammagar) | 82.20 | 99% | 2024-08-24 |
| 20326. | Michael (whittneyinthetub) | 82.20 | 97% | 2018-03-15 |
| 20327. | Nick (callmebigpimpin) | 82.19 | 97.8% | 2024-07-04 |
| 20328. | Sean (mr_responsible) | 82.19 | 94% | 2016-07-09 |
| 20329. | Nico McGill (lazysusan) | 82.19 | 96% | 2024-06-12 |
| 20330. | ThiYaTi (thiyati) | 82.19 | 99.5% | 2024-10-01 |
| 20331. | Adam (hannibal_ftw) | 82.19 | 96% | 2024-03-05 |
| 20332. | kahtleen (kahtleen) | 82.19 | — | 2011-01-04 |
| 20333. | Scarrrz (scarrrz) | 82.19 | 97% | 2019-07-10 |
| 20334. | Patrick (pawal001) | 82.19 | 96% | 2017-07-07 |
| 20335. | Frischi (frischi) | 82.19 | 97% | 2011-08-04 |
| 20336. | Keyser Söze (keyser_s0zere... | 82.18 | 96% | 2025-05-23 |
| 20337. | BALLSACK (ballmeister66) | 82.18 | 96% | 2024-05-02 |
| 20338. | Fahm (fahmz) | 82.18 | 98.8% | 2024-10-31 |
| 20339. | komi (rahul_kumayan) | 82.18 | 97.5% | 2024-06-30 |
| 20340. | Bartosz (kubicatyper) | 82.18 | 96.4% | 2024-05-31 |
| 20341. | Mark (mark2912) | 82.18 | 94% | 2022-11-21 |
| 20342. | Paul (slimpaulsy) | 82.18 | 96.3% | 2024-02-19 |
| 20343. | Arjun Singh (_arjun) | 82.18 | 96% | 2025-10-07 |
| 20344. | Driew (driew) | 82.18 | 96% | 2021-01-19 |
| 20345. | Prosper (prosperous) | 82.18 | 98% | 2022-05-30 |
| 20346. | Ovanchu (magealman) | 82.18 | 93% | 2014-11-27 |
| 20347. | Hue (huehue_) | 82.18 | 95% | 2016-06-11 |
| 20348. | Tyler (ttyler99) | 82.18 | 96% | 2015-06-18 |
| 20349. | H (hdawg187) | 82.18 | 95% | 2016-06-15 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
|---|---|---|---|
| Default (English) | 111,544 | 81.89 | May 21, 2010 |
| Long Texts | 175 | 84.15 | December 30, 2016 |
| Instant Death Mode | 49 | 83.74 | July 22, 2010 |
| Smoke Rise Prep | 13 | 77.95 | May 10, 2016 |
| ##typeracer | 2 | 76.54 | February 3, 2021 |
| All TypeRacer Texts | 1 | 75.55 | January 20, 2022 |