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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18815. | Dave (gream) | 71.87 | — | 2008-10-07 |
| 18816. | Grognak (coolermaster) | 71.87 | 94% | 2015-07-19 |
| 18817. | Salman (salmanzeb) | 71.87 | 98% | 2017-08-10 |
| 18818. | Le (badragon) | 71.87 | 98% | 2012-05-14 |
| 18819. | edgar (bumbleblast) | 71.86 | 98% | 2012-05-16 |
| 18820. | Jan (mikenight120) | 71.86 | 96% | 2023-04-30 |
| 18821. | Dj (dearimran1986) | 71.86 | 99% | 2014-06-27 |
| 18822. | VirtualKai (virtualkai) | 71.86 | 95% | 2023-05-02 |
| 18823. | Strikeknight (strikeknight02) | 71.86 | 97% | 2022-01-12 |
| 18824. | damon (damonliv) | 71.86 | 96% | 2021-06-23 |
| 18825. | nimitz (nimitzpro) | 71.86 | 95.7% | 2021-02-20 |
| 18826. | Wols (wols) | 71.86 | 96% | 2012-04-15 |
| 18827. | Paper (spamllama) | 71.86 | 97% | 2018-04-10 |
| 18828. | J (jpero) | 71.86 | 97% | 2012-05-23 |
| 18829. | Jai (jais) | 71.86 | 99% | 2016-10-11 |
| 18830. | Colemak (colemakschlick) | 71.86 | 95% | 2013-06-08 |
| 18831. | Prasmus (prasmus) | 71.85 | 97% | 2022-04-27 |
| 18832. | PoiZed (poized) | 71.85 | 95% | 2023-10-06 |
| 18833. | WrexnessYT (ttv_notwrexness) | 71.85 | 95% | 2019-01-14 |
| 18834. | qiTsuk (qitsuk) | 71.85 | 95% | 2020-10-01 |
| 18835. | Harald (updatin) | 71.85 | 95% | 2021-06-01 |
| 18836. | 3LeggedSquid (3leggedsquid) | 71.85 | 97% | 2019-02-11 |
| 18837. | Alan (amio) | 71.85 | 96% | 2014-01-19 |
| 18838. | Chaddog (svd997) | 71.85 | 97% | 2019-12-20 |
| 18839. | Azshadore (friedchicken2003) | 71.85 | 95% | 2012-04-29 |
| 18840. | Daniel (onosendi) | 71.85 | 97% | 2019-09-06 |
| 18841. | Leon (leon22) | 71.85 | 91% | 2016-06-13 |
| 18842. | Leif (style) | 71.85 | — | 2009-03-26 |
| 18843. | Patrick (slaos) | 71.85 | 93% | 2015-10-20 |
| 18844. | Basti (basteh) | 71.84 | 96% | 2021-05-10 |
| 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 |