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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8980. | Neelam (problemsolver1026) | 89.23 | 85% | 2015-03-17 |
| 8981. | Jammer (jammerlammer) | 89.22 | 95% | 2017-05-06 |
| 8982. | Samuel (bigbadblowfish) | 89.22 | 99% | 2015-11-22 |
| 8983. | Stéphanie (tirose) | 89.22 | 96% | 2012-06-05 |
| 8984. | Kris (kriskringle) | 89.22 | 88% | 2012-12-30 |
| 8985. | Adam (adamcapo) | 89.22 | 96% | 2015-01-13 |
| 8986. | Sean (rrshift) | 89.21 | 95% | 2015-04-10 |
| 8987. | IntangiblePri (intangible_pri) | 89.20 | 98% | 2021-08-25 |
| 8988. | Kiko (kikozz) | 89.20 | 95% | 2021-09-02 |
| 8989. | Th3BossC (th3bossc) | 89.20 | 97.3% | 2023-09-03 |
| 8990. | Nathan (nathanwithnums) | 89.20 | 98.9% | 2021-02-01 |
| 8991. | lean (bryanlean4) | 89.20 | 99% | 2018-08-18 |
| 8992. | JO (nadegut) | 89.20 | 97% | 2018-06-01 |
| 8993. | Filco (filcobrowns) | 89.19 | 97% | 2013-12-10 |
| 8994. | james (awesome4aces115) | 89.19 | 97% | 2022-08-22 |
| 8995. | Jon (jonpwn1) | 89.19 | 96% | 2015-11-06 |
| 8996. | Max (maxlo0123) | 89.18 | 98% | 2019-09-12 |
| 8997. | Newb (newbcoder) | 89.18 | 96% | 2011-06-08 |
| 8998. | Ted (macfan) | 89.18 | 98% | 2022-03-27 |
| 8999. | Michael (bannister) | 89.18 | 97% | 2011-11-06 |
| 9000. | Alvex (gr_alvex) | 89.18 | 97% | 2017-03-30 |
| 9001. | M (ahhhhh) | 89.18 | 96% | 2011-05-20 |
| 9002. | 一向 (quan72io) | 89.17 | 99% | 2021-03-03 |
| 9003. | Benjamin (beni048) | 89.17 | 97.6% | 2023-10-18 |
| 9004. | Bob (beachhut) | 89.17 | — | 2011-03-11 |
| 9005. | getmeacake (getmeacake) | 89.16 | 97% | 2020-11-10 |
| 9006. | Nox (nymanne) | 89.16 | 97% | 2022-10-31 |
| 9007. | Daniel (siichotic) | 89.16 | 94% | 2020-09-02 |
| 9008. | Miyue (miyue) | 89.16 | 96% | 2011-09-21 |
| 9009. | Brent (spuriousgeorge) | 89.16 | 99% | 2014-02-10 |
| 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 |