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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8169. | connor (i_cant_do_this) | 91.03 | 96% | 2015-08-31 |
| 8170. | T (tbicks13) | 91.02 | 98.6% | 2021-02-20 |
| 8171. | jamie (ravissantt) | 91.02 | 96.7% | 2021-02-14 |
| 8172. | Wolah (michael_j_g) | 91.02 | 96% | 2021-01-25 |
| 8173. | Derek (dabbad) | 91.01 | 94% | 2015-09-29 |
| 8174. | Zubelinde (jhony987) | 91.01 | 98% | 2012-04-18 |
| 8175. | Gábor (koponya89) | 91.01 | — | 2010-05-26 |
| 8176. | TJ (inameiname) | 91.00 | — | 2011-03-02 |
| 8177. | Ahjin (sakurajimasan) | 91.00 | 97% | 2021-05-14 |
| 8178. | Jude (jrrr_r) | 91.00 | 97.6% | 2023-10-04 |
| 8179. | Snowy (it_was_lag) | 91.00 | 98% | 2022-11-14 |
| 8180. | wtfamidoing (acc99) | 90.99 | 98.6% | 2023-06-23 |
| 8181. | Belgarde (reiner24) | 90.99 | 98% | 2022-12-10 |
| 8182. | Chris (clibonati) | 90.99 | 97% | 2019-10-22 |
| 8183. | Anthony (tonyshui) | 90.99 | 90% | 2016-09-29 |
| 8184. | Perserus (perserus) | 90.98 | — | 2011-03-18 |
| 8185. | Wiggy (wiggywiggy) | 90.97 | 98% | 2022-08-11 |
| 8186. | Somogyi (vincture) | 90.97 | 98% | 2021-05-28 |
| 8187. | Mirek (mireknguyen) | 90.97 | 97% | 2022-11-11 |
| 8188. | tudgengthorf (tudgengthorf) | 90.96 | 99% | 2022-01-12 |
| 8189. | Raina (bumpjammy) | 90.96 | 96% | 2023-08-18 |
| 8190. | Terraa (rekinetics) | 90.96 | 93% | 2012-09-24 |
| 8191. | Greg (hodari) | 90.95 | — | 2011-04-15 |
| 8192. | Piotr (pitoko) | 90.95 | — | 2009-09-11 |
| 8193. | lptp (dragoncityjose1738) | 90.95 | 95.3% | 2023-09-21 |
| 8194. | nancy (wasteoftime) | 90.94 | 95% | 2014-01-26 |
| 8195. | Alex (duskyhusky) | 90.94 | 95% | 2015-06-25 |
| 8196. | Optimal (optimalpoke) | 90.94 | 97% | 2021-03-29 |
| 8197. | maximum typer pro (pivot5) | 90.94 | 100% | 2017-09-09 |
| 8198. | jeremoo (jeremoo) | 90.93 | 97% | 2019-09-07 |
| 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 |