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
Active since August 3, 2008.
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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 483. | (descartes) | 133.61 | — | 2008-08-11 |
| 484. | Violet (a87321dc00) | 133.60 | 97% | 2020-05-15 |
| 485. | (lkortebe) | 133.57 | 99% | 2015-05-15 |
| 486. | (tcubesak) | 133.57 | 99% | 2018-04-02 |
| 487. | thumb space for fun (supere... | 133.52 | 89% | 2016-04-25 |
| 488. | (izzi_e) | 133.51 | 99% | 2014-09-11 |
| 489. | (bitnbaud) | 133.49 | 100% | 2014-04-09 |
| 490. | (namavi) | 133.46 | 97% | 2014-05-23 |
| 491. | (latigidigital) | 133.46 | 96% | 2012-12-03 |
| 492. | (kaibaboi) | 133.44 | 99% | 2021-11-24 |
| 493. | (trethonez) | 133.40 | 94% | 2015-09-26 |
| 494. | ✔️▄◘🚀!new_luca@y... | 133.38 | 100% | 2013-10-22 |
| 495. | (makemute) | 133.38 | — | 2008-10-19 |
| 496. | (nonquitvinpho) | 133.33 | 98% | 2022-06-16 |
| 497. | (3l81n50) | 133.22 | 96% | 2012-10-05 |
| 498. | Berryou (berryou) | 133.19 | 98.3% | 2023-10-19 |
| 499. | aoeuidhtns (tamiya) | 133.17 | 99% | 2011-07-30 |
| 500. | (dlee23) | 133.16 | — | 2009-07-26 |
| 501. | Celestial Two Hundred (true... | 133.12 | 97% | 2014-01-03 |
| 502. | Tuzki (tuzki) | 133.11 | 99% | 2017-09-16 |
| 503. | Long Dong (molokai) | 133.11 | — | 2011-01-17 |
| 504. | God help us (novabond) | 133.07 | 99% | 2022-10-04 |
| 505. | (boomerangflash) | 133.02 | 96% | 2011-05-03 |
| 506. | (joetrumpet) | 133.01 | — | 2009-06-05 |
| 507. | kream (remmie2k) | 133.00 | 97% | 2019-04-08 |
| 508. | (davidcrone) | 132.97 | — | 2010-12-01 |
| 509. | Anagram (_anagram) | 132.96 | 99% | 2021-07-20 |
| 510. | (wuzzuppeeps) | 132.87 | 96% | 2016-02-29 |
| 511. | (hroent) | 132.87 | 97% | 2015-01-05 |
| 512. | (harold33) | 132.86 | 98.6% | 2023-09-20 |
| 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 |