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To be fair, English is full of booby traps for the unwary foreigner. Any language where the unassuming word "fly" signifies an annoying insect, a means of travel, and a critical part of a gentleman's apparel is clearly asking to be mangled.

—from The Mother Tongue, English and How It Got That Way, a book by Bill Bryson

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Leaders

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Rank Username WPM Accuracy Date
63. Hyper (hypasuper) 159.23 98% 2017-11-18
64. Andrei (_son_) 159.21 99% 2020-11-27
65. (evestay) 159.09 99.2% 2024-11-21
66. Arrogant (dkaocka) 158.71 99.2% 2024-05-19
67. eiko (eikomaniac) 158.35 98.5% 2023-11-18
68. (keegant) 158.34 99% 2022-03-23
69. paperboy ditty (wordracer888) 158.29 100% 2019-03-11
70. Vielle (arc_sec) 158.22 98% 2018-06-09
71. VERISTUN FAN (poem) 158.00 99.2% 2021-06-28
72. mr nonquit (that_shoulder_guy) 157.61 98% 2020-01-31
73. traben (ama_nesciri) 157.50 100% 2024-05-17
74. good Bye lol (but a Little ... 157.47 99% 2023-03-05
75. Lapur (lapur) 157.17 99.2% 2025-04-02
76. MT (goodtyper19) 157.04 98.4% 2025-05-24
77. hola (olikomoztan) 157.02 99.6% 2023-10-29
78. 终 (dead) 157.02 100% 2022-06-27
79. (sidd_) 156.92 99% 2018-11-10
80. . (hurst) 156.68 100% 2017-01-10
81. Renardo (renarded) 156.64 98% 2017-03-04
82. zetria (primalknight) 156.22 99% 2023-06-26
83. still type (mokori) 156.15 100% 2016-08-12
84. rain (rainnonquit) 156.10 100% 2020-03-19
85. twitch.tv/mcasoooo LIVE RN ... 156.09 98% 2018-01-11
86. whomsts mans (afterbreakonly) 155.93 99% 2019-06-09
87. ashton (ashesze) 155.73 99.2% 2024-11-24
88. beat me if u can ; (bblaise) 155.69 100% 2018-05-21
89. (krivos) 155.56 98.5% 2024-02-17
90. blaqshaq (blaqshaq) 155.10 100% 2020-07-18
91. WatchDominion.org (lithox2) 155.10 99% 2023-06-21
92. Use an inappropriate name (... 155.01 100% 2022-10-11

Universes

Universe Races Average WPM First Race
Default (English) 51,986 74.12 April 3, 2015
Instant Death Mode 56 80.85 December 26, 2018
New Texts Proving Ground 1 114.77 March 22, 2015
ᗜ Stenography 1 59.70 August 7, 2022