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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42178. | yams (strawberry) | 26.69 | — | 2008-10-05 |
| 42179. | anne (annaluzky) | 26.69 | — | 2010-02-16 |
| 42180. | Pmk (pmk00) | 26.68 | 93% | 2023-07-03 |
| 42181. | hang (hangnguyen) | 26.65 | 82% | 2011-11-08 |
| 42182. | marhamo (marhamo) | 26.64 | 89% | 2011-09-19 |
| 42183. | Joanna (hymhym0610) | 26.64 | 92% | 2014-06-05 |
| 42184. | Carlos (orellana) | 26.63 | — | 2010-03-11 |
| 42185. | trung (hotdream1990) | 26.61 | — | 2009-06-13 |
| 42186. | bem (justbem) | 26.60 | 96% | 2022-10-23 |
| 42187. | Tonio (tonio004) | 26.60 | 92% | 2018-06-22 |
| 42188. | Zaina (zaina_7) | 26.60 | 91.2% | 2023-09-08 |
| 42189. | Parind (rocker) | 26.60 | — | 2008-10-23 |
| 42190. | emanuel (emans5410) | 26.59 | 97% | 2023-09-15 |
| 42191. | shahriar (sadid007) | 26.57 | 96% | 2021-03-23 |
| 42192. | candid_racer (dnmn) | 26.57 | 93% | 2022-11-12 |
| 42193. | Bugatti (calculus) | 26.57 | 88% | 2011-08-08 |
| 42194. | X (xexistence) | 26.55 | 96% | 2021-01-09 |
| 42195. | Ricky [Dvorak] (semithinkingd) | 26.55 | 91% | 2013-04-10 |
| 42196. | Meghan (yeet) | 26.55 | 88% | 2014-10-16 |
| 42197. | cole (gone) | 26.55 | — | 2009-11-06 |
| 42198. | Cathy (gryfinn) | 26.54 | 90% | 2013-03-17 |
| 42199. | erko (erko1) | 26.54 | — | 2009-04-08 |
| 42200. | verncam (verncam) | 26.54 | 89% | 2011-11-10 |
| 42201. | chiron (chiron) | 26.53 | — | 2011-03-31 |
| 42202. | ziv (zivl3) | 26.51 | 93% | 2018-04-14 |
| 42203. | jiao (jiaotong) | 26.51 | 90% | 2012-04-11 |
| 42204. | dawn (tea18) | 26.50 | 92% | 2012-03-02 |
| 42205. | brenden (brenden) | 26.50 | — | 2008-11-07 |
| 42206. | Kertwonesty (francys) | 26.48 | — | 2011-01-23 |
| 42207. | yogesh (deltahulk) | 26.47 | 93% | 2023-03-26 |
| 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 |