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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20781. | (cauberong_199t) | 68.69 | 91% | 2014-11-27 |
| 20782. | Keyser Söze (johnomaha) | 68.69 | 97% | 2018-09-11 |
| 20783. | civi (civi) | 68.69 | 91% | 2016-12-27 |
| 20784. | Derp (dunkpai) | 68.68 | 96% | 2022-03-11 |
| 20785. | Deni (travao) | 68.68 | 98% | 2016-07-29 |
| 20786. | (shagrath) | 68.68 | — | 2010-07-23 |
| 20787. | (k3n74r0) | 68.68 | 95% | 2017-07-11 |
| 20788. | Chris (ctechdude13) | 68.67 | 96% | 2014-10-10 |
| 20789. | (thatusername) | 68.67 | 97% | 2020-11-25 |
| 20790. | (lycjean) | 68.67 | 99% | 2014-08-30 |
| 20791. | (nfj0143) | 68.67 | 99% | 2012-04-17 |
| 20792. | (kugan) | 68.67 | 90% | 2011-08-18 |
| 20793. | (wavevaw) | 68.66 | 95% | 2023-02-19 |
| 20794. | (evoril) | 68.66 | 97% | 2023-05-04 |
| 20795. | tstats[jaadunath] (jaadunath) | 68.66 | 96% | 2022-05-13 |
| 20796. | (newbkills) | 68.66 | 96% | 2023-10-22 |
| 20797. | (dogspa) | 68.65 | 95.9% | 2021-01-31 |
| 20798. | stared (stared) | 68.65 | 95% | 2016-12-12 |
| 20799. | Brian (xbjsx) | 68.65 | — | 2009-02-06 |
| 20800. | kevin (aslka126) | 68.65 | 99% | 2022-03-06 |
| 20801. | (jbmoak) | 68.65 | 98% | 2023-07-28 |
| 20802. | (natsuhanabi) | 68.65 | 98.3% | 2023-10-15 |
| 20803. | (kunal299) | 68.65 | 96% | 2021-03-05 |
| 20804. | codecalec (codecalec) | 68.65 | 96.7% | 2021-02-14 |
| 20805. | Joslyn (jmwest) | 68.65 | 89% | 2015-04-28 |
| 20806. | Emre (emreaz) | 68.65 | 94% | 2016-04-07 |
| 20807. | Lau (darkbb) | 68.65 | — | 2011-04-12 |
| 20808. | (refraction1) | 68.65 | 95% | 2015-10-07 |
| 20809. | (1024) | 68.65 | — | 2010-03-12 |
| 20810. | Shayan (shayanp) | 68.64 | 95% | 2019-05-31 |
| 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 |