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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17962. | HamP (hamzaabamboo) | 73.39 | 95% | 2016-01-16 |
| 17963. | Manikhan (khan_12345) | 73.38 | 96% | 2023-08-14 |
| 17964. | Kieran (godquack) | 73.38 | 97% | 2022-09-23 |
| 17965. | Sara (saraakre) | 73.38 | 94% | 2021-08-20 |
| 17966. | Kok Kun (kokkun92) | 73.38 | 97% | 2022-02-22 |
| 17967. | Jason (pradogy) | 73.38 | 96% | 2021-10-07 |
| 17968. | 🐄 cow (chickencole) | 73.38 | 97% | 2021-01-04 |
| 17969. | Brandon (xeroeverblade34) | 73.38 | — | 2010-05-04 |
| 17970. | Mr Speedy (mrspeedy) | 73.38 | — | 2010-05-05 |
| 17971. | Zaxx (zaxx) | 73.38 | 88% | 2014-11-08 |
| 17972. | spaceaps (spacecaps) | 73.38 | 94% | 2015-03-07 |
| 17973. | Cayke (mrcayke) | 73.37 | 94% | 2015-03-03 |
| 17974. | Tung (haruharu2257) | 73.37 | 98% | 2023-02-17 |
| 17975. | Radosław (radoslaw_) | 73.37 | 99% | 2017-01-22 |
| 17976. | jaMart (jamart) | 73.37 | 97% | 2013-11-12 |
| 17977. | Mike (maverick) | 73.37 | — | 2008-08-13 |
| 17978. | Guian Cyrus (guiancyrus14) | 73.36 | 98% | 2022-12-23 |
| 17979. | Siddharth (sid_1310) | 73.36 | 97% | 2023-02-07 |
| 17980. | ttypist (ttypistt) | 73.36 | 97% | 2023-07-02 |
| 17981. | Huy (phidao) | 73.36 | — | 2008-09-12 |
| 17982. | iqbal hakim (ballz_bazz) | 73.35 | 97.3% | 2023-08-10 |
| 17983. | Weesydoesit (wy125) | 73.35 | 96.4% | 2023-09-23 |
| 17984. | James (ddir_james) | 73.35 | 97% | 2020-08-08 |
| 17985. | oswin (oswin) | 73.35 | — | 2011-03-05 |
| 17986. | Stephanie (st133169) | 73.35 | 97% | 2013-08-22 |
| 17987. | yui ^_^ (sakyui) | 73.35 | — | 2010-05-13 |
| 17988. | kmdt (okayama) | 73.35 | — | 2010-12-04 |
| 17989. | Filipe (fgsguedes) | 73.35 | — | 2011-03-29 |
| 17990. | Pete (doviende) | 73.34 | — | 2009-01-21 |
| 17991. | Junny (junny13) | 73.34 | 96% | 2022-06-13 |
| 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 |