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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5162. | Christopher (curryshoe) | 99.42 | 95% | 2016-01-31 |
| 5163. | Yanterko (yanterko) | 99.41 | 98% | 2023-02-13 |
| 5164. | Quibz (white_fire) | 99.41 | 98% | 2023-02-14 |
| 5165. | Jeff (wuthefwasthat) | 99.41 | 91% | 2013-02-08 |
| 5166. | Praise Jesus (distajo) | 99.41 | 97% | 2011-10-09 |
| 5167. | endcaps (cadspen) | 99.40 | 97% | 2015-04-05 |
| 5168. | Guahahahah (guahahahah) | 99.40 | 99% | 2023-09-03 |
| 5169. | Raian (raian_tasfin) | 99.40 | 98% | 2023-05-12 |
| 5170. | xena (scogx3281) | 99.40 | 98% | 2022-04-05 |
| 5171. | Nathan (slowtyping) | 99.40 | — | 2011-03-23 |
| 5172. | Patrick (pzuknome) | 99.40 | 88% | 2016-05-06 |
| 5173. | Kate (iblowtheoboe) | 99.40 | 99% | 2013-08-13 |
| 5174. | LockStock (lockstock) | 99.39 | 99% | 2019-12-20 |
| 5175. | mgcfrg (mcfrg) | 99.39 | 97% | 2013-10-27 |
| 5176. | chachasoba (chachasoba) | 99.38 | 98% | 2022-03-14 |
| 5177. | Axivy (texelz0) | 99.38 | 87% | 2014-10-19 |
| 5178. | Peter (pojzo) | 99.37 | 97% | 2022-09-14 |
| 5179. | Alex (supersupreme) | 99.37 | 96% | 2012-12-13 |
| 5180. | justin (skynative) | 99.37 | 97% | 2012-07-22 |
| 5181. | Touch (touchlearner) | 99.36 | 98% | 2020-01-24 |
| 5182. | Gabriel (gabmano) | 99.36 | 99% | 2017-04-19 |
| 5183. | SURFΛCΞ (surface) | 99.36 | 94% | 2013-05-29 |
| 5184. | beigecactus (idoofus123) | 99.35 | 93% | 2016-08-22 |
| 5185. | Ahmadi (transporter) | 99.35 | 97% | 2018-04-01 |
| 5186. | Andrew (anarchyao) | 99.35 | 88% | 2013-01-28 |
| 5187. | RIP yomps (dtfps) | 99.34 | 98% | 2022-10-15 |
| 5188. | Tom (tomme2009) | 99.34 | 97% | 2022-12-26 |
| 5189. | Frankie (slowpokess) | 99.34 | 98.2% | 2023-10-16 |
| 5190. | sadiyah (sadiyah) | 99.34 | — | 2011-02-16 |
| 5191. | tryagainplss (tryagainplss) | 99.33 | 94% | 2011-12-23 |
| 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 |