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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27160. | Matthew (imsuck) | 59.97 | 89% | 2012-07-29 |
| 27161. | Shubham (shubhamabhang77) | 59.97 | 98% | 2021-01-03 |
| 27162. | bayu (bayurespati) | 59.97 | 96% | 2021-05-27 |
| 27163. | panc1r (panc1r) | 59.97 | 99% | 2019-05-12 |
| 27164. | You never learn anything by... | 59.97 | 91% | 2013-10-24 |
| 27165. | Laurens (laurens) | 59.97 | 95% | 2011-08-18 |
| 27166. | Raemon (raemon) | 59.96 | 92% | 2014-07-09 |
| 27167. | Ashish (ashugarg.lucky7@gma... | 59.96 | 87% | 2016-04-03 |
| 27168. | Youngjin (mrbusy) | 59.95 | 96% | 2016-02-16 |
| 27169. | Nate (nwjsmith) | 59.94 | — | 2010-11-03 |
| 27170. | Rob (icupboard) | 59.94 | — | 2010-10-11 |
| 27171. | James (mysticalentity) | 59.94 | 93% | 2021-02-17 |
| 27172. | kit (kitminh) | 59.94 | — | 2009-09-26 |
| 27173. | Tina (tinahan) | 59.94 | — | 2010-11-15 |
| 27174. | Alexis (incmach) | 59.94 | 98% | 2017-10-01 |
| 27175. | Steven (sanstotz) | 59.94 | 95% | 2016-06-11 |
| 27176. | Ben (jastas) | 59.93 | 92% | 2011-07-05 |
| 27177. | Furkan (notoriousfs) | 59.93 | 95% | 2019-04-10 |
| 27178. | Paul (yuri_e) | 59.93 | 95% | 2023-09-25 |
| 27179. | James (jimyo) | 59.93 | 95% | 2023-08-12 |
| 27180. | Denish (denishkayastha) | 59.93 | 95% | 2021-08-27 |
| 27181. | ... (taol) | 59.93 | — | 2009-08-16 |
| 27182. | kakarot (kakkarot) | 59.93 | 97% | 2012-06-23 |
| 27183. | a (jan_nowak) | 59.93 | 96% | 2015-08-03 |
| 27184. | Hanchy (hanchyguy) | 59.93 | 95% | 2015-12-22 |
| 27185. | Nasser (_nasser) | 59.93 | 90% | 2014-06-19 |
| 27186. | Carlos (carlossgarcia95) | 59.92 | 97% | 2022-04-28 |
| 27187. | Jasmine (bonitajas) | 59.92 | — | 2010-01-03 |
| 27188. | Paddy (pattycarps) | 59.92 | 93% | 2020-10-22 |
| 27189. | Kobe (kobe8diaz) | 59.92 | 95% | 2020-12-30 |
| 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 |