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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30116. | Jen (pink_gemini) | 55.74 | 99% | 2019-02-18 |
| 30117. | Gerardo (ggcv) | 55.74 | 96% | 2016-05-21 |
| 30118. | Kristoffer (koffer96) | 55.73 | 96% | 2020-12-07 |
| 30119. | Tam (josephtambmt) | 55.73 | 99% | 2017-09-17 |
| 30120. | huy (ngochuyvn) | 55.73 | 93% | 2011-07-26 |
| 30121. | tstats[pervez1020] (pervez1... | 55.72 | 97% | 2022-04-14 |
| 30122. | Kelley (kelley1) | 55.72 | 93% | 2011-06-13 |
| 30123. | Jay (lumiwumi) | 55.72 | 94% | 2018-06-22 |
| 30124. | HADI (adilmuhammadi) | 55.72 | 96.2% | 2023-08-03 |
| 30125. | Zovar (zovar) | 55.72 | 93% | 2016-08-26 |
| 30126. | Amrit (amrit21894) | 55.72 | 92% | 2014-04-28 |
| 30127. | Suraj (st1ck14) | 55.72 | 93% | 2021-09-23 |
| 30128. | andrej (ninjasrnka) | 55.72 | 96% | 2017-09-13 |
| 30129. | joshi (vremox) | 55.71 | 89% | 2014-01-12 |
| 30130. | Srdjan (savaraki) | 55.71 | 95% | 2021-03-01 |
| 30131. | 🏄Waves (speedtyper5) | 55.71 | — | 2009-08-24 |
| 30132. | Anuj (coder05) | 55.70 | 88% | 2013-09-19 |
| 30133. | robin (robin1919) | 55.70 | 95% | 2021-08-10 |
| 30134. | Trey (trey4) | 55.70 | 95% | 2011-10-12 |
| 30135. | Taro (taro) | 55.70 | — | 2009-04-21 |
| 30136. | Santiago (asingato) | 55.70 | 93% | 2012-12-04 |
| 30137. | Sam (samue_l) | 55.69 | 94% | 2020-06-18 |
| 30138. | Matthew (blayzed93) | 55.69 | 92% | 2017-12-08 |
| 30139. | Kevin (creepymk) | 55.68 | 94% | 2015-10-27 |
| 30140. | Phillip (phillywilly93) | 55.68 | 97% | 2022-05-02 |
| 30141. | Uurdmandakh (uurdmandakh) | 55.68 | 97% | 2021-11-26 |
| 30142. | Matty (matty_b_raps) | 55.68 | 96% | 2020-10-01 |
| 30143. | Justin (lightningvoltix) | 55.68 | 96% | 2018-01-03 |
| 30144. | (ṑḼṓ) (wraith98) | 55.68 | 94% | 2020-11-27 |
| 30145. | Ammar (a_alakkad) | 55.68 | — | 2011-03-31 |
| 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 |