We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy literally everything. And the majority of us live lifestyles undreamed of only a generation or two ago. One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the average household in Europe or North America has so many devices and such a variety of food and clothing that to produce the same lifestyle in Roman times would have required six thousand slaves.
—from Confessions of an Eco-Sinner: Tracking Down the Sources of My Stuff, a book by Fred Pearce
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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17720. | Tim (timlara) | 85.10 | — | 2010-08-15 |
| 17721. | cpl_chillaxton (cpl_chillax... | 85.10 | 99% | 2018-04-06 |
| 17722. | Enrique (zero9o) | 85.10 | 95% | 2015-10-25 |
| 17723. | Chris (dealthoughts) | 85.10 | 95% | 2013-09-08 |
| 17724. | Hayoung (hayoungrk) | 85.09 | 96% | 2025-08-25 |
| 17725. | Goose (friendlygoose) | 85.09 | 96% | 2024-12-28 |
| 17726. | Awais (awais_660) | 85.09 | 97.6% | 2024-01-09 |
| 17727. | cyan (cyan17) | 85.09 | 97.8% | 2024-01-06 |
| 17728. | madina (madina_000000) | 85.09 | 97% | 2023-03-23 |
| 17729. | elemental (asy_coder) | 85.09 | 97% | 2025-06-30 |
| 17730. | khalid (khalidabououalid) | 85.09 | 97.4% | 2024-07-19 |
| 17731. | Khiem (kdt1802) | 85.09 | 97% | 2025-06-23 |
| 17732. | jonathan (jonathangareth) | 85.09 | 95% | 2015-05-22 |
| 17733. | Stephen (srdiamond) | 85.09 | — | 2010-07-27 |
| 17734. | me (jy0801) | 85.09 | 94% | 2014-02-16 |
| 17735. | Abhinav (abhinav92003) | 85.09 | 97% | 2022-07-24 |
| 17736. | MasterGee (gigsternigster_) | 85.08 | 99% | 2024-09-26 |
| 17737. | joebidenfromvietnam (joebid... | 85.08 | 96% | 2024-02-15 |
| 17738. | EliasRose (eliasxrose) | 85.08 | 99% | 2025-01-03 |
| 17739. | Keegan (bigman2_) | 85.08 | 98.6% | 2024-10-04 |
| 17740. | ango (rfthefinal) | 85.08 | 96.4% | 2024-09-03 |
| 17741. | Smilax (smilax_09) | 85.08 | 97.8% | 2024-02-04 |
| 17742. | Jean (jlynnmark) | 85.08 | 94% | 2014-04-15 |
| 17743. | Musa (greatwarrior235) | 85.08 | 98% | 2022-05-26 |
| 17744. | John (high_def) | 85.08 | 97% | 2019-05-23 |
| 17745. | rg (rg69) | 85.08 | 97% | 2015-03-16 |
| 17746. | Cedar (cedars) | 85.07 | 98% | 2023-08-09 |
| 17747. | Tevdore (bebera) | 85.07 | 96% | 2022-11-22 |
| 17748. | Adrain (saydfalls) | 85.07 | 97.5% | 2023-12-06 |
| 17749. | InfernoHues (infernohues) | 85.07 | 97.8% | 2023-12-13 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
|---|---|---|---|
| Default (English) | 111,544 | 81.89 | May 21, 2010 |
| Long Texts | 175 | 84.15 | December 30, 2016 |
| Instant Death Mode | 49 | 83.74 | July 22, 2010 |
| Smoke Rise Prep | 13 | 77.95 | May 10, 2016 |
| ##typeracer | 2 | 76.54 | February 3, 2021 |
| All TypeRacer Texts | 1 | 75.55 | January 20, 2022 |