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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1798. | Shotaro (litoxe2718281828) | 116.30 | — | 2009-07-08 |
| 1799. | Alan (ahlen) | 116.29 | 96% | 2014-09-29 |
| 1800. | Silent G (silentgisback) | 116.29 | 98% | 2023-01-17 |
| 1801. | Jon (jonazn) | 116.29 | 90% | 2016-06-29 |
| 1802. | ARPANET (whitemocha) | 116.28 | 99% | 2018-01-29 |
| 1803. | Ronny (rocygel) | 116.27 | 98% | 2020-10-30 |
| 1804. | FoTGReckless (fotg_reckless) | 116.25 | 100% | 2022-11-26 |
| 1805. | Frenchie (jafrenchie) | 116.25 | 98% | 2021-04-25 |
| 1806. | icic (icecreamicecream) | 116.25 | 97% | 2015-09-07 |
| 1807. | Magnus (magicbane) | 116.22 | 98% | 2016-07-17 |
| 1808. | wormie (wormie_) | 116.20 | 97% | 2022-08-02 |
| 1809. | Marco (marcotheboy) | 116.19 | 96% | 2021-01-21 |
| 1810. | ZeroNine (dtrix) | 116.18 | 99% | 2019-10-04 |
| 1811. | Maija (maijakarina) | 116.18 | 97% | 2011-07-15 |
| 1812. | Jono (jonodvorak) | 116.17 | 98% | 2011-11-15 |
| 1813. | Grey (all_greay) | 116.17 | 98% | 2018-12-21 |
| 1814. | Sqube (sqube84) | 116.13 | — | 2009-06-08 |
| 1815. | A (asegesta) | 116.13 | 97% | 2021-03-16 |
| 1816. | mikaeel (stressless) | 116.12 | 98.9% | 2023-05-14 |
| 1817. | - (ndca) | 116.12 | 99% | 2023-04-15 |
| 1818. | fhbjnrng (fhbjnrng) | 116.12 | 97% | 2021-12-21 |
| 1819. | Jack (alwaysk84hockey) | 116.11 | 98% | 2012-03-16 |
| 1820. | clément (clement) | 116.11 | — | 2008-12-31 |
| 1821. | Dante (infern03) | 116.10 | — | 2010-08-20 |
| 1822. | (´・_・｀) (sinji) | 116.10 | — | 2010-12-28 |
| 1823. | Jing (oddishjing) | 116.10 | 97% | 2016-12-30 |
| 1824. | MySpaceBarIsBroken (kanto) | 116.09 | 96% | 2016-02-26 |
| 1825. | typos (eku53ru) | 116.09 | 94% | 2012-09-20 |
| 1826. | b (blohrman) | 116.08 | 99% | 2022-04-28 |
| 1827. | Tensel (tbbone) | 116.08 | 95% | 2016-09-10 |
| 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 |