She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to be in the Spanish class - that'll be great!" But no, she walked into the Portuguese class. So I figured, what the hell - I might as well learn Portuguese. I started walking right after her when this Anglo-Saxon attitude that I have said, "No, that's not a good reason to decide which language to speak." So I went back and signed up for the Spanish class, to my utter regret.
—from Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, a book by Richard P. Feynman
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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18967. | Thomas (igreek) | 70.92 | 93% | 2012-12-15 |
| 18968. | kunal (kunav) | 70.92 | 96% | 2021-09-25 |
| 18969. | Hussain (malik1122) | 70.92 | 94% | 2015-03-17 |
| 18970. | Oliver (tingsvad) | 70.92 | 95% | 2016-05-11 |
| 18971. | lordvj (lordvj) | 70.92 | 93% | 2012-01-01 |
| 18972. | Tran Thanh Tu (toila3t) | 70.92 | 98% | 2013-11-28 |
| 18973. | mahesh (kakashi757) | 70.91 | 97% | 2022-05-13 |
| 18974. | Alexander (militiakilz) | 70.91 | 96% | 2023-05-22 |
| 18975. | Mart (burt_toast) | 70.91 | 95% | 2023-01-06 |
| 18976. | Huy (giahuy7753) | 70.91 | 98% | 2022-02-02 |
| 18977. | rj (reidjax) | 70.91 | 97% | 2023-12-28 |
| 18978. | jaggu (jaggu94) | 70.91 | 95% | 2016-03-08 |
| 18979. | wobblingpeanut (wobblingpea... | 70.90 | 98% | 2024-02-29 |
| 18980. | Myles (expertgoat) | 70.90 | 95% | 2022-09-27 |
| 18981. | Wayne (waynechen523) | 70.90 | 96.5% | 2023-12-10 |
| 18982. | Lord (lordkail) | 70.90 | — | 2011-04-20 |
| 18983. | Pointyepic (pointyepic) | 70.89 | 95% | 2019-12-22 |
| 18984. | Kari (novaaurora) | 70.89 | 95.5% | 2024-07-07 |
| 18985. | Robin_IRL (robin_irl) | 70.89 | 94.4% | 2025-05-26 |
| 18986. | Nithyanandaswarup (neo_2305) | 70.89 | 97% | 2024-07-22 |
| 18987. | Kasey (kaseyc73) | 70.89 | 91% | 2016-03-28 |
| 18988. | Sharan (spellsharp) | 70.89 | 96% | 2025-09-23 |
| 18989. | UberTraffic (ubertraffic) | 70.89 | 95% | 2025-12-12 |
| 18990. | ✨✨✨ (emp_t) | 70.89 | 96% | 2021-04-04 |
| 18991. | Sadie (selbe) | 70.89 | 96% | 2015-01-05 |
| 18992. | Paul (pauldh) | 70.89 | 91% | 2013-05-21 |
| 18993. | Paulius (likeyou) | 70.89 | 94% | 2018-05-03 |
| 18994. | Jibin (jibinthomas89) | 70.89 | 95% | 2011-06-09 |
| 18995. | ooo0ooo (carlfriedrichgauss) | 70.89 | 93% | 2013-01-09 |
| 18996. | Sergei Masliukov (mslkv_) | 70.88 | 96% | 2025-01-28 |
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| Default (English) | 85,825 | 73.56 | May 21, 2010 |
| Long Texts | 133 | 77.05 | December 30, 2016 |
| Instant Death Mode | 35 | 76.53 | June 7, 2010 |
| ##typeracer | 4 | 60.63 | February 6, 2021 |
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