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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38816. | ali (thalib) | 39.42 | 77% | 2012-06-24 |
| 38817. | walrus man (jammal) | 39.42 | 89% | 2013-09-05 |
| 38818. | Gaurav (gkeesh7) | 39.42 | 88% | 2015-02-24 |
| 38819. | vasu (vaszu) | 39.41 | 95% | 2023-07-08 |
| 38820. | dzizuz (blakayn) | 39.41 | 92% | 2019-05-03 |
| 38821. | Noob (_anto_200) | 39.41 | 95% | 2021-11-30 |
| 38822. | chev (chev) | 39.41 | — | 2009-05-13 |
| 38823. | Michael (yinyanyo3) | 39.41 | 88% | 2015-11-03 |
| 38824. | macmakkara (macmakkara) | 39.41 | 91% | 2012-11-30 |
| 38825. | Jebaraj (jebarajpaul) | 39.41 | 92% | 2012-11-16 |
| 38826. | pawl (pawl) | 39.41 | — | 2009-04-21 |
| 38827. | balu (balu_80) | 39.41 | 94% | 2014-04-11 |
| 38828. | Patick (paddy_powa) | 39.40 | 93% | 2018-02-16 |
| 38829. | caesar (caesar03) | 39.40 | 93% | 2021-11-11 |
| 38830. | ali (gargey) | 39.40 | 91% | 2020-09-25 |
| 38831. | Shadowrise (zellion) | 39.40 | 93% | 2012-12-03 |
| 38832. | Shashwat Gupta (shashwat_g27) | 39.39 | 97% | 2022-06-06 |
| 38833. | Chase (speemf) | 39.39 | 95% | 2023-10-31 |
| 38834. | tan (tanspk) | 39.39 | 97% | 2011-05-28 |
| 38835. | Sam (sam_0) | 39.38 | 94% | 2021-02-22 |
| 38836. | Ethan (ethan_bulo) | 39.38 | 91% | 2016-09-15 |
| 38837. | Danger (dangerdog) | 39.38 | 97% | 2012-06-13 |
| 38838. | Flying fingers (tg_gamer) | 39.38 | 96% | 2021-11-18 |
| 38839. | PKL (klm13) | 39.38 | 95.5% | 2021-02-06 |
| 38840. | MinEr (emptytimes) | 39.38 | 88% | 2012-06-07 |
| 38841. | Anete Stine (nebuus) | 39.37 | — | 2011-04-10 |
| 38842. | rutebuka (sabihi77) | 39.36 | 98% | 2021-03-29 |
| 38843. | nenda (nendasukendar) | 39.36 | — | 2010-04-12 |
| 38844. | christine (vampire_) | 39.36 | — | 2009-10-08 |
| 38845. | Trần (thuytran898) | 39.36 | 88% | 2011-12-28 |
| 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 |