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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11212. | glyserr (glyserr) | 84.52 | — | 2009-10-20 |
| 11213. | atirrh (atirrh) | 84.52 | 98% | 2017-07-26 |
| 11214. | Billyboiyo (billyboiyo) | 84.52 | 97% | 2021-04-23 |
| 11215. | adsfjk (jbcabintoy14) | 84.52 | 97% | 2021-03-03 |
| 11216. | Jordan (imffbrgr) | 84.52 | 96% | 2020-09-21 |
| 11217. | Anson (the_chill_templar) | 84.52 | 97.3% | 2021-02-17 |
| 11218. | jeff (typecringe) | 84.52 | 95% | 2021-12-08 |
| 11219. | Nick (heyitsnick) | 84.52 | — | 2009-10-31 |
| 11220. | Patrick (tuaman) | 84.52 | 98% | 2022-03-22 |
| 11221. | Ckh (theckh) | 84.52 | 97% | 2022-01-19 |
| 11222. | Philip (philipyu17) | 84.52 | 96.8% | 2023-09-09 |
| 11223. | Florian (jordanbelfort) | 84.51 | 97% | 2022-05-23 |
| 11224. | Andrew (apgz) | 84.51 | 93% | 2013-10-07 |
| 11225. | Stephen (captainicy) | 84.51 | 90% | 2016-08-12 |
| 11226. | Breanna (bjr7) | 84.51 | 98% | 2011-09-21 |
| 11227. | Lego (lamborgotii) | 84.51 | 97% | 2021-06-24 |
| 11228. | Alexei (mrzantrax) | 84.50 | 96% | 2019-09-27 |
| 11229. | H_24 (h_24) | 84.50 | 99% | 2016-11-27 |
| 11230. | Rajkumar (rajku) | 84.50 | 94% | 2017-01-25 |
| 11231. | Sonic (sonicflash144) | 84.50 | 97% | 2021-07-17 |
| 11232. | Aidan (b8its) | 84.50 | 96% | 2023-03-10 |
| 11233. | Lightening Crashes !! An ol... | 84.50 | 90% | 2013-01-16 |
| 11234. | Mihir (mihirsahasrabudhe) | 84.50 | — | 2010-12-13 |
| 11235. | Desktop (desktop) | 84.50 | 95% | 2013-12-10 |
| 11236. | Ludvig (luddez1) | 84.49 | 97% | 2019-09-30 |
| 11237. | Ben (benwcc) | 84.49 | — | 2010-03-24 |
| 11238. | Drew (mercuryowlll) | 84.49 | 96% | 2022-02-03 |
| 11239. | abraham (shewdiebro) | 84.49 | 91% | 2017-05-14 |
| 11240. | Frederik (elmieg) | 84.48 | 90% | 2013-02-04 |
| 11241. | Jinhwan (jinhwanlazy) | 84.48 | 98% | 2017-04-27 |
| 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 |