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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15044. | Jen (jenoglo) | 78.07 | 94% | 2014-08-08 |
| 15045. | Radjer (enfawz) | 78.06 | 92% | 2014-01-22 |
| 15046. | Bryan (twitchdxslive) | 78.06 | 91% | 2014-04-04 |
| 15047. | Sandesh (sandeshjoshi) | 78.06 | 98% | 2023-09-06 |
| 15048. | Yuri (yurigurgenidze) | 78.06 | 97% | 2018-11-16 |
| 15049. | Ian (iczerw) | 78.06 | — | 2011-01-15 |
| 15050. | Mateusz (nieproszenieja) | 78.06 | — | 2009-10-19 |
| 15051. | Martin (kompik) | 78.05 | 98% | 2021-09-16 |
| 15052. | Mike (plasmo24) | 78.05 | 97.7% | 2023-08-03 |
| 15053. | Brandon (brandonjaffe) | 78.05 | 91% | 2016-02-20 |
| 15054. | eric_colemak (eric_colemak) | 78.05 | 97% | 2021-05-26 |
| 15055. | Paul (dkim1497) | 78.05 | 97% | 2021-03-05 |
| 15056. | Gordon (gordy) | 78.05 | 92% | 2012-04-12 |
| 15057. | obobo (nola324) | 78.05 | 95% | 2014-04-07 |
| 15058. | Zzzz (serum_zero) | 78.05 | 92% | 2012-01-19 |
| 15059. | Cheng-Yu (greenoyster) | 78.05 | 95% | 2011-08-04 |
| 15060. | neromantic (neromantic) | 78.04 | 99% | 2022-08-30 |
| 15061. | Tarun (troon) | 78.04 | 98% | 2021-10-03 |
| 15062. | progress (cmprogress) | 78.04 | 96% | 2022-11-14 |
| 15063. | Eric (ericstern) | 78.04 | 95% | 2014-04-04 |
| 15064. | Justin (just_aidyn) | 78.04 | — | 2010-12-30 |
| 15065. | sgbiscuits (snailzzy) | 78.04 | 97% | 2021-12-28 |
| 15066. | Sami (race_for_u) | 78.04 | 97% | 2012-05-13 |
| 15067. | dj_sevdah (dj_sevdah) | 78.03 | 98% | 2022-04-08 |
| 15068. | Anon (0xff) | 78.03 | 93% | 2014-11-30 |
| 15069. | Nature (nature) | 78.03 | — | 2011-01-28 |
| 15070. | Sam (samthemaam) | 78.03 | 97% | 2018-04-23 |
| 15071. | Cedric (cedrilicity) | 78.03 | 97% | 2021-03-24 |
| 15072. | Yoav (yoav) | 78.03 | — | 2010-09-09 |
| 15073. | Eesa (eesa10) | 78.03 | 98.9% | 2023-06-18 |
| 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 |