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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12351. | DMaz (winstondouble) | 82.41 | 97% | 2018-02-21 |
| 12352. | Sharil (sharilyuen) | 82.41 | 97% | 2013-06-07 |
| 12353. | hauwiee (paerody) | 82.41 | 90% | 2011-11-08 |
| 12354. | tstats[medinasamuel89] (med... | 82.41 | 95% | 2012-09-18 |
| 12355. | justin (onemadbubble) | 82.40 | 95% | 2021-04-30 |
| 12356. | Lelouch (lelouchlamperouge) | 82.40 | 96% | 2020-07-14 |
| 12357. | Salad (iuseblueswitchesands... | 82.40 | 95% | 2020-05-28 |
| 12358. | FaceSittingPeyton (facesitt... | 82.40 | 88% | 2015-12-19 |
| 12359. | speedy (speedydemonguy) | 82.39 | 97% | 2021-10-28 |
| 12360. | Venkat (venkat423) | 82.39 | 97.6% | 2023-09-16 |
| 12361. | 🙃 (asdf2321) | 82.39 | 97% | 2021-03-26 |
| 12362. | Veselin (veselin) | 82.39 | 100% | 2012-08-06 |
| 12363. | Kevin (thealphamale) | 82.39 | 97% | 2017-12-29 |
| 12364. | Gandalf the Green (gandalft... | 82.38 | 98% | 2022-05-30 |
| 12365. | Toots (toots) | 82.38 | 90% | 2014-09-16 |
| 12366. | Dan (ephoph) | 82.38 | — | 2011-02-04 |
| 12367. | Viet (vietbui99) | 82.37 | 95% | 2018-11-16 |
| 12368. | Slayers (slayersofdiablo) | 82.37 | 98% | 2017-12-07 |
| 12369. | Surbhi (surbhi1207) | 82.37 | 97% | 2023-06-11 |
| 12370. | Matthew (themathlow) | 82.37 | 96% | 2021-05-20 |
| 12371. | Anthony (an1hony) | 82.37 | 96% | 2018-07-17 |
| 12372. | Carter (pogoz) | 82.37 | 96% | 2013-06-28 |
| 12373. | Hemmi (hemmi) | 82.36 | 97% | 2023-03-20 |
| 12374. | PAFxd (pafxd) | 82.36 | 94% | 2021-11-17 |
| 12375. | Branden (dreda100) | 82.36 | 97% | 2016-10-13 |
| 12376. | Denny (shizkr) | 82.36 | 99% | 2020-11-26 |
| 12377. | Asim (_asim_) | 82.35 | 99% | 2022-02-20 |
| 12378. | steven (bubble0six) | 82.35 | 91% | 2015-12-23 |
| 12379. | Han (mozes) | 82.35 | — | 2009-08-30 |
| 12380. | Kyle (kylebobyle) | 82.35 | 96% | 2019-03-20 |
| 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 |