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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20498. | Ashok (cygnuxxs) | 69.50 | 97% | 2023-07-15 |
| 20499. | Ridge (eaderbug) | 69.50 | 94% | 2012-08-29 |
| 20500. | Steven (labrad00r) | 69.50 | 95% | 2021-12-19 |
| 20501. | meh (lrnmhl) | 69.50 | 99.3% | 2023-10-21 |
| 20502. | Brent (brentdrns) | 69.50 | 97% | 2019-09-20 |
| 20503. | Jack (trongnghia4849) | 69.50 | 97% | 2018-10-11 |
| 20504. | Kristóf (acsiman01) | 69.50 | 86% | 2016-09-29 |
| 20505. | Rudolf (rutzzz) | 69.50 | 96% | 2019-03-16 |
| 20506. | djshagggyd (djshagggyd) | 69.50 | 98% | 2015-03-09 |
| 20507. | em (eeopkc) | 69.48 | 87% | 2015-09-23 |
| 20508. | björn (estyle) | 69.48 | — | 2010-03-29 |
| 20509. | Hendrik (grimbitten) | 69.48 | 94% | 2013-09-26 |
| 20510. | Juice (plushiexlover) | 69.48 | 95% | 2013-11-22 |
| 20511. | silver (sasori) | 69.48 | — | 2009-05-19 |
| 20512. | ??! (vindicatrice) | 69.48 | 95% | 2013-12-11 |
| 20513. | Atilla (blueatillalonny) | 69.48 | — | 2009-12-27 |
| 20514. | YkLifts (yklifts) | 69.47 | 96% | 2023-05-18 |
| 20515. | Petar (petar17) | 69.47 | 97% | 2022-10-27 |
| 20516. | Daniel (flyingpig) | 69.47 | 92% | 2014-05-30 |
| 20517. | Simone (motonacciu) | 69.47 | 97% | 2016-05-26 |
| 20518. | winner (thisisgoodname) | 69.46 | 96% | 2023-02-04 |
| 20519. | SpeedTrain (speedtraintyper) | 69.46 | 93% | 2021-12-01 |
| 20520. | sadgiddy (sadgiddy) | 69.46 | 97% | 2016-05-18 |
| 20521. | thojac (thojac) | 69.46 | 97% | 2017-09-30 |
| 20522. | jsack (j_sack) | 69.46 | 93% | 2012-02-17 |
| 20523. | thomas (thomas) | 69.46 | 93% | 2012-07-31 |
| 20524. | Burt (burtjoneson) | 69.46 | 94% | 2012-11-21 |
| 20525. | godskook (godskook) | 69.45 | 98% | 2023-05-23 |
| 20526. | netesr (nettt21312) | 69.45 | 95.1% | 2023-10-27 |
| 20527. | Pineapple (pineapple_pie1) | 69.45 | 98% | 2021-03-09 |
| 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 |