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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18069. | chris (chris1962) | 73.31 | 96% | 2015-08-06 |
| 18070. | PedeJo (pedejo) | 73.31 | 96% | 2023-03-29 |
| 18071. | lonald (lonald) | 73.31 | 98% | 2017-07-22 |
| 18072. | Nota (filco2ninga) | 73.31 | 95% | 2013-06-03 |
| 18073. | sliptok (sliptok) | 73.30 | 97% | 2021-05-26 |
| 18074. | Coconut (coconutstraw) | 73.30 | 96% | 2019-12-24 |
| 18075. | Love (dorrhandtag) | 73.30 | 96% | 2020-02-11 |
| 18076. | Thock (mechanicalkeyswitch) | 73.30 | 97% | 2021-03-16 |
| 18077. | Jamey (poachedspinach) | 73.30 | 96% | 2021-01-24 |
| 18078. | Esme (esmeb56) | 73.30 | 89% | 2013-03-02 |
| 18079. | Alexander (arkross) | 73.30 | 97% | 2016-07-14 |
| 18080. | Luis (regneva17) | 73.30 | 96% | 2022-03-15 |
| 18081. | Meowmix (sekasmeowmix) | 73.29 | 97% | 2023-09-27 |
| 18082. | KilinWei (kilinwei) | 73.29 | 96% | 2023-02-07 |
| 18083. | Nicky (sleeky_nicky) | 73.29 | 98% | 2019-11-14 |
| 18084. | Davidson (iphoenix) | 73.29 | — | 2009-07-27 |
| 18085. | Obi (obi2605) | 73.28 | 98% | 2022-01-02 |
| 18086. | Sami (audous) | 73.28 | 95% | 2018-06-03 |
| 18087. | Cristian (zamf) | 73.28 | 93% | 2016-10-30 |
| 18088. | Jacob (jmbogo19) | 73.28 | 98% | 2022-08-06 |
| 18089. | ghostofnav (jokerhyper) | 73.28 | 97% | 2022-11-14 |
| 18090. | Everly (scribblenerd) | 73.28 | 95% | 2021-02-25 |
| 18091. | Uriel (uriel1217) | 73.28 | 98% | 2017-02-10 |
| 18092. | Butts (yurian903) | 73.28 | 87% | 2013-11-01 |
| 18093. | Fang (fang1216) | 73.28 | 96% | 2017-07-16 |
| 18094. | ByteWise (bytewise) | 73.27 | 98% | 2023-04-10 |
| 18095. | 🤔 (stabilized) | 73.27 | 96% | 2015-01-08 |
| 18096. | tapos (mykdspyk) | 73.27 | — | 2011-04-12 |
| 18097. | Quan (awesomesaucecpp) | 73.27 | 90% | 2014-06-22 |
| 18098. | NorthernNinja (northernninj... | 73.26 | 94% | 2019-02-13 |
| 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 |