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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12004. | tstats[shubhampatil] (shubh... | 82.91 | 98% | 2022-10-20 |
| 12005. | Joel (joel5534) | 82.91 | 96% | 2021-05-02 |
| 12006. | User (redytedy) | 82.91 | 96% | 2016-02-18 |
| 12007. | Obese (codename2510) | 82.91 | 95% | 2014-03-17 |
| 12008. | Stephen (elementsen) | 82.91 | 94% | 2013-01-04 |
| 12009. | I am Smokin' on that Gas! (... | 82.91 | 93% | 2011-10-24 |
| 12010. | Joe (srittenhouse) | 82.90 | 88% | 2016-12-19 |
| 12011. | Anth (swaganth) | 82.90 | 98% | 2019-05-28 |
| 12012. | nah (ministermeme) | 82.90 | 98% | 2021-11-23 |
| 12013. | Fast&Furious7 (fastandfurio... | 82.90 | 96% | 2014-02-17 |
| 12014. | How r u? (apololzed) | 82.90 | 95% | 2017-03-20 |
| 12015. | Snerulite (snerulite) | 82.90 | 96% | 2016-05-01 |
| 12016. | Philip (neodestro734) | 82.90 | 98% | 2014-03-21 |
| 12017. | TC (kingwirch) | 82.90 | 91% | 2015-07-10 |
| 12018. | aseemsachdeva (aseemtypist) | 82.90 | 95% | 2012-02-12 |
| 12019. | Joel (althie) | 82.90 | 95% | 2013-01-12 |
| 12020. | kamote35 (cooldz) | 82.89 | 97% | 2022-12-05 |
| 12021. | Cxlt (fujimaaa) | 82.89 | 97% | 2022-09-15 |
| 12022. | Stratos (ztratos) | 82.89 | 97.9% | 2023-10-13 |
| 12023. | Aleksander (acidix) | 82.89 | 95.3% | 2021-02-19 |
| 12024. | jeuw (ryansbeast) | 82.89 | — | 2009-12-18 |
| 12025. | Guest (stay8899) | 82.89 | 97% | 2013-11-11 |
| 12026. | lana (lanalynn) | 82.89 | 95% | 2014-06-04 |
| 12027. | Jonathan (bubbler123) | 82.89 | 96% | 2015-03-24 |
| 12028. | EkuL (ekulthe2nd) | 82.88 | 97% | 2018-11-21 |
| 12029. | Captain (bobispro2) | 82.88 | 98% | 2018-10-15 |
| 12030. | Kristian (kristiant) | 82.88 | 96% | 2017-11-05 |
| 12031. | rodrigo (rodtronx) | 82.87 | 99% | 2022-11-18 |
| 12032. | Jackson (dunndogyt) | 82.87 | 97% | 2021-07-23 |
| 12033. | Julian (rocky_succ) | 82.87 | 97% | 2021-11-11 |
| 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 |