The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every business had rooms full of secretaries whose job it was to type letters that had been hand-written. They were copying the writing into a more readable format. In the early 1980s, the personal computer became a common office machine.
—from Keyboarding Made Simple (1985), a book by Leigh E. Zeitz, Ph.D.
Active since September 30, 2008.
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Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
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21692. | lswi (colmako) | 69.05 | 97% | 2014-01-28 |
21693. | Sandro (sado) | 69.05 | 95% | 2016-07-10 |
21694. | Kah Khei (protractor7) | 69.05 | 96% | 2020-12-07 |
21695. | Sequnz (sequenzx) | 69.05 | 93% | 2016-04-12 |
21696. | Tấn (tanbkhn) | 69.04 | 94% | 2014-02-12 |
21697. | tstats[ymagunn] (ymagunn) | 69.04 | 96% | 2022-02-07 |
21698. | Callisto (dpi24) | 69.04 | 95% | 2021-08-31 |
21699. | Andreas (wuerla) | 69.04 | 97% | 2022-05-07 |
21700. | bee (aliceisjesus) | 69.04 | 93% | 2020-11-07 |
21701. | Spencer (assassins_creed) | 69.04 | 97% | 2019-08-05 |
21702. | Aaditya (aadigaming) | 69.04 | 95% | 2020-03-23 |
21703. | Ian (iantu) | 69.04 | 97% | 2022-08-13 |
21704. | Hoby (docdanishphd) | 69.04 | 92% | 2013-06-23 |
21705. | Patrick (patrick4ux) | 69.04 | 98% | 2023-01-19 |
21706. | Payas (payas) | 69.04 | 93% | 2016-02-05 |
21707. | Sameer (sameersadiq1) | 69.04 | 94% | 2016-10-06 |
21708. | Maxwell (manwhoisnamed) | 69.03 | 97% | 2017-06-24 |
21709. | Wacky (wackyrio) | 69.03 | 95% | 2023-07-07 |
21710. | Man (manontheway54) | 69.03 | 99% | 2016-10-07 |
21711. | iqbal hakim (ballz_bazz) | 69.03 | 97% | 2022-12-19 |
21712. | abdu (snuxxgaming) | 69.03 | 95% | 2017-04-28 |
21713. | Josh (iccarus) | 69.03 | 94% | 2012-11-02 |
21714. | Jamie (jamietyper90) | 69.03 | 96.8% | 2021-02-20 |
21715. | Nam (supergimper) | 69.03 | 99% | 2014-06-13 |
21716. | Surajit (surajit) | 69.03 | 100% | 2017-08-23 |
21717. | Cameron (gurundus) | 69.03 | 98% | 2018-08-01 |
21718. | Wiljam (suzukin) | 69.03 | 91% | 2017-02-02 |
21719. | Ayush (ajrksh) | 69.02 | 96% | 2021-03-27 |
21720. | Nathan (popwontstop) | 69.02 | 97% | 2020-07-31 |
21721. | Speed (catchup) | 69.02 | — | 2009-05-29 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
---|---|---|---|
Default (English) | 107,999 | 74.75 | September 30, 2008 |
Instant Death Mode | 213 | 72.93 | March 30, 2010 |
Smoke Rise Prep | 41 | 54.43 | February 25, 2016 |
Riverside Middle School | 17 | 43.16 | February 7, 2011 |
##typeracer | 6 | 68.05 | March 1, 2024 |
TypeRacer Classic | 2 | 79.47 | February 26, 2022 |
All TypeRacer Texts | 1 | 45.83 | January 24, 2024 |
Mrs. Wunschel's TypeRacer Universe | 1 | 42.32 | November 26, 2012 |