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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881. | Otomun (otomun) | 115.64 | 97% | 2015-09-08 |
| 1882. | James (heiji) | 115.64 | — | 2009-05-04 |
| 1883. | Meep (meeeep) | 115.61 | 99% | 2017-10-06 |
| 1884. | z✨ (zakizamzami) | 115.60 | 97.8% | 2023-06-05 |
| 1885. | jonny (jlun23) | 115.59 | 98% | 2021-08-12 |
| 1886. | Spiffy (spiffyjr) | 115.59 | 96% | 2012-02-11 |
| 1887. | bagel on laptop (randyr6) | 115.58 | 97.9% | 2023-07-08 |
| 1888. | Dekeract (shuuru) | 115.58 | 97% | 2017-09-22 |
| 1889. | Ray (iconoclasm84) | 115.57 | 100% | 2016-05-23 |
| 1890. | Turtle (godlyadonis) | 115.56 | 98% | 2021-05-06 |
| 1891. | It'sMe (freakinnickp) | 115.55 | 99.3% | 2023-05-23 |
| 1892. | Sky (sky8713) | 115.55 | 96% | 2014-11-09 |
| 1893. | おやすみ (ishki) | 115.54 | 97% | 2012-01-11 |
| 1894. | Di (kali_08) | 115.54 | — | 2010-07-26 |
| 1895. | Mister W (misterw) | 115.53 | 97% | 2014-10-21 |
| 1896. | Josh (velocity92c) | 115.53 | 98% | 2016-09-06 |
| 1897. | pak (packedup) | 115.52 | — | 2008-08-21 |
| 1898. | Minas (mmel) | 115.51 | 98% | 2019-01-19 |
| 1899. | Sartan (sartan) | 115.49 | — | 2011-01-04 |
| 1900. | Marvin (marvin737) | 115.49 | — | 2010-12-16 |
| 1901. | Zoosmell (zoosmell) | 115.48 | 96% | 2014-10-29 |
| 1902. | Reiner (reinerp) | 115.45 | 100% | 2017-08-19 |
| 1903. | Cheung (cheung) | 115.45 | — | 2010-12-02 |
| 1904. | Brandon (brandong) | 115.45 | — | 2009-10-16 |
| 1905. | click clack (albert471) | 115.44 | 98% | 2021-04-06 |
| 1906. | Mickle (worldvisit) | 115.44 | 95% | 2016-09-09 |
| 1907. | Henry (henryliuser1) | 115.42 | 99% | 2021-02-08 |
| 1908. | Emerald (thisiswhatwecalltr... | 115.42 | — | 2009-04-14 |
| 1909. | Johnathon (johnason) | 115.42 | — | 2008-11-26 |
| 1910. | Martin (demonakinale) | 115.42 | 93% | 2017-02-02 |
| 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 |