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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10974. | Krzysztof (onyxek) | 84.92 | 95% | 2014-11-11 |
| 10975. | Saint (stvalentine) | 84.91 | 97% | 2021-03-02 |
| 10976. | Naren (dva6102) | 84.91 | 93% | 2013-01-24 |
| 10977. | Zingiberis (eremophilia) | 84.91 | 92% | 2013-10-20 |
| 10978. | Lord (planta) | 84.90 | 96% | 2021-06-08 |
| 10979. | Colleen (coconut) | 84.90 | — | 2008-08-28 |
| 10980. | Christy (cbartolain) | 84.90 | — | 2009-05-08 |
| 10981. | diya (mixxanber) | 84.89 | 86% | 2011-05-07 |
| 10982. | Robin (starseed1983) | 84.89 | 96% | 2011-05-26 |
| 10983. | Alfabetica (alfabetica) | 84.89 | 98% | 2022-12-28 |
| 10984. | taylor (pastford) | 84.89 | 98% | 2022-05-19 |
| 10985. | Har (harr) | 84.89 | 93% | 2015-05-19 |
| 10986. | Tina (teenytina) | 84.88 | 92% | 2013-01-12 |
| 10987. | JanBa (pythonbyte) | 84.88 | 96% | 2021-12-23 |
| 10988. | Squeak (oweozz) | 84.88 | 97% | 2021-04-15 |
| 10989. | Bonnie (bonnieb1999) | 84.88 | — | 2008-09-25 |
| 10990. | Jonathan (the_mechanical) | 84.87 | 98% | 2019-05-03 |
| 10991. | Raja Amer (rakhan01) | 84.87 | 94% | 2012-10-13 |
| 10992. | JJ (japie4life) | 84.87 | 89% | 2016-09-26 |
| 10993. | Joshua (joshnah) | 84.86 | 96% | 2021-11-10 |
| 10994. | Ked (kedaro) | 84.86 | 95% | 2022-03-23 |
| 10995. | Prasant (man_iac) | 84.86 | 97% | 2021-08-26 |
| 10996. | MonkeyKing (m0nkeyking) | 84.86 | 92% | 2016-11-06 |
| 10997. | Shannon (shannon8605) | 84.86 | 95% | 2011-12-15 |
| 10998. | benjals (absolutetrashcan) | 84.86 | 97% | 2018-03-12 |
| 10999. | Existential Explorer (natmac4) | 84.85 | 93% | 2017-02-20 |
| 11000. | Max (fallacy) | 84.85 | 92% | 2013-06-18 |
| 11001. | Blue (blueberkeley) | 84.85 | 96% | 2023-06-04 |
| 11002. | Kaleb (cappyton) | 84.84 | 96% | 2023-05-12 |
| 11003. | sparkles (sparkles9367) | 84.84 | 97% | 2023-08-26 |
| 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 |