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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1489. | Paul (dakuzo) | 119.25 | 99% | 2014-04-17 |
| 1490. | Joe (kingtoad) | 119.24 | — | 2009-03-26 |
| 1491. | saucy (saucysemite) | 119.24 | 98% | 2011-09-22 |
| 1492. | C (cwany) | 119.22 | 99% | 2012-11-19 |
| 1493. | Makoto (mk234) | 119.22 | — | 2009-03-06 |
| 1494. | Typos (silent26) | 119.20 | — | 2009-02-13 |
| 1495. | Shutaro (w_h_) | 119.20 | 96% | 2012-02-11 |
| 1496. | Michael (mwong95) | 119.20 | 99% | 2022-06-13 |
| 1497. | Crono (ddrcrono) | 119.19 | 96% | 2011-11-03 |
| 1498. | Tranquility (secondarily) | 119.19 | 99% | 2013-03-09 |
| 1499. | pol (polll) | 119.17 | 98% | 2016-08-17 |
| 1500. | Brendan (wikiplaystyperacer) | 119.17 | 99% | 2016-03-04 |
| 1501. | helle (helleruhe) | 119.16 | — | 2010-02-03 |
| 1502. | Adrian (adrian) | 119.15 | — | 2008-08-29 |
| 1503. | Darvin (nivrad00) | 119.15 | 98% | 2017-11-07 |
| 1504. | Sam (samtsullivan) | 119.13 | 99% | 2014-09-18 |
| 1505. | Michael (mouzshin) | 119.11 | 99% | 2023-03-30 |
| 1506. | atomic (atomic) | 119.10 | — | 2008-10-05 |
| 1507. | 5'6Monster (igotovancouverc... | 119.10 | 99% | 2016-05-04 |
| 1508. | wow (iloevtypos) | 119.10 | — | 2011-02-04 |
| 1509. | NiglaciousXII (glaedrlol) | 119.08 | 98% | 2015-05-07 |
| 1510. | (filth001) | 119.08 | 97% | 2022-12-03 |
| 1511. | Dark (lewpur) | 119.05 | 95% | 2014-12-17 |
| 1512. | Lunchlady (xg33kx) | 119.05 | 98% | 2016-12-23 |
| 1513. | lark (jeduhay) | 119.03 | 95% | 2014-07-23 |
| 1514. | kayl (uncool_person) | 119.03 | 100% | 2019-01-07 |
| 1515. | Lence (lence88) | 119.02 | — | 2008-09-26 |
| 1516. | zin (asthesunshines) | 119.02 | 100% | 2020-08-05 |
| 1517. | J.Do (soyguero) | 119.01 | — | 2010-05-02 |
| 1518. | csnormie (nerfedcookie) | 118.98 | 97% | 2021-04-07 |
| 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 |