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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17021. | ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (keypist) | 74.79 | 96% | 2020-07-14 |
| 17022. | Katherine (doylesgirl73) | 74.79 | 98% | 2021-01-22 |
| 17023. | Juan (caxis) | 74.79 | 96% | 2020-12-30 |
| 17024. | g (gbr05) | 74.79 | 99% | 2013-10-29 |
| 17025. | Xavier (try2pass) | 74.79 | 92% | 2013-05-04 |
| 17026. | >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (avdg) | 74.79 | 95% | 2011-10-01 |
| 17027. | Lawrence (lawrey) | 74.78 | 91% | 2012-06-28 |
| 17028. | Shaun (scuffedorangutan) | 74.78 | 97% | 2022-09-26 |
| 17029. | thebigfloppa (thebigfloppa) | 74.78 | 95% | 2022-10-20 |
| 17030. | Nate (virtu0s0) | 74.78 | 95% | 2022-12-10 |
| 17031. | Boba (tapiocaman) | 74.78 | 97% | 2022-10-21 |
| 17032. | Robert Joe (robertjoep) | 74.78 | 96% | 2013-01-23 |
| 17033. | Sierra (sierra_0001) | 74.78 | 92% | 2013-03-28 |
| 17034. | Rusty (rustyembers) | 74.78 | 89% | 2016-10-30 |
| 17035. | Speeder (zberkom) | 74.78 | 96% | 2014-11-26 |
| 17036. | Selah - The Typing Chick (a... | 74.78 | 96% | 2013-03-21 |
| 17037. | Ahmad (aawwad172) | 74.77 | 98.9% | 2023-07-08 |
| 17038. | Good Vibe Tribe (lucas_lm) | 74.77 | 96% | 2022-04-12 |
| 17039. | Henriko (zayde) | 74.77 | 92% | 2015-04-13 |
| 17040. | 101 (needlepaws) | 74.77 | 98% | 2021-09-26 |
| 17041. | tim (toxolzet) | 74.77 | 88% | 2011-10-12 |
| 17042. | Emile (zolaric) | 74.77 | 91% | 2011-08-21 |
| 17043. | unmanbearpig (unmanbearpig) | 74.77 | 96% | 2016-10-12 |
| 17044. | Tuan (tuansoibk) | 74.77 | 96% | 2016-04-09 |
| 17045. | Rolf (epostenmin) | 74.77 | 90% | 2015-05-02 |
| 17046. | WAD (_waddup_) | 74.76 | 96% | 2023-06-30 |
| 17047. | Shekhar (shekharchikara) | 74.76 | 93% | 2013-08-01 |
| 17048. | Cyber (dernikonoll) | 74.76 | 97% | 2014-06-17 |
| 17049. | Nagai (nagaimatsuge) | 74.75 | 96% | 2021-07-11 |
| 17050. | Pratyush (pratyush211) | 74.75 | 96% | 2022-04-27 |
| 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 |