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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12996. | Anderson (andrsnhd) | 81.20 | — | 2011-03-07 |
| 12997. | Gilbert (azulsky085) | 81.19 | 96% | 2013-10-03 |
| 12998. | typo_racer (haffe) | 81.19 | 96% | 2022-12-27 |
| 12999. | tilko (tilko) | 81.19 | 96% | 2021-03-18 |
| 13000. | Gio (g_yoyo) | 81.19 | 98% | 2021-03-20 |
| 13001. | Fer (fer_nando) | 81.19 | 92% | 2013-12-30 |
| 13002. | Seyaua (seyaua) | 81.19 | 97% | 2013-04-17 |
| 13003. | lando_nomiss (lando_nomiss) | 81.18 | 98% | 2022-12-17 |
| 13004. | Denis Çerri (deniscerri) | 81.18 | 95% | 2021-11-21 |
| 13005. | Chris (shumtlc27) | 81.18 | 98% | 2023-01-06 |
| 13006. | Edgey (tedge) | 81.18 | 96.3% | 2021-02-14 |
| 13007. | kian (kianyang) | 81.18 | 96% | 2011-09-05 |
| 13008. | Antonio (senny22) | 81.18 | 96% | 2019-07-01 |
| 13009. | Finn (finnark) | 81.18 | 96% | 2018-03-09 |
| 13010. | aoki (ice273) | 81.18 | 96% | 2012-10-25 |
| 13011. | Breen (gajuwakaghajini) | 81.18 | 95% | 2013-01-19 |
| 13012. | joooooooooooooo (whereisthe... | 81.17 | 97% | 2023-04-02 |
| 13013. | 5 second headstart (haxi) | 81.17 | 97% | 2013-01-08 |
| 13014. | T (raket124) | 81.17 | 98.9% | 2023-08-05 |
| 13015. | Anmol (anmol_up70) | 81.17 | 98% | 2022-03-21 |
| 13016. | Sriram (sriram1994) | 81.17 | 99% | 2023-02-02 |
| 13017. | Jared (angrybadger) | 81.17 | 97% | 2023-11-01 |
| 13018. | nmsl (luciferpan88) | 81.17 | 97.2% | 2023-06-04 |
| 13019. | Hailee (haileeshower) | 81.17 | 97% | 2016-07-27 |
| 13020. | sunny (sunxuz) | 81.17 | — | 2010-03-22 |
| 13021. | Matti (djveslemoy) | 81.17 | 95% | 2012-07-23 |
| 13022. | Joash Emmanuel (wawashie) | 81.16 | 97% | 2012-06-26 |
| 13023. | ph (phmi) | 81.16 | 100% | 2019-08-30 |
| 13024. | Tempepper (smintz) | 81.15 | 97% | 2021-09-02 |
| 13025. | pedro (febronio) | 81.15 | 97% | 2023-10-20 |
| 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 |