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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8798. | Gert (gertoperto) | 89.47 | 98% | 2017-08-27 |
| 8799. | Ji (jiyung) | 89.47 | 96% | 2012-06-11 |
| 8800. | Matthias (reiwok) | 89.47 | 97% | 2014-10-10 |
| 8801. | Jared (j_rad) | 89.47 | 93% | 2011-11-03 |
| 8802. | texel (texelz) | 89.47 | 91% | 2013-12-14 |
| 8803. | Alex (mavis_beacon) | 89.47 | — | 2008-12-12 |
| 8804. | Krista (knight1010) | 89.47 | — | 2010-08-15 |
| 8805. | Veronica (init2winit) | 89.47 | 97% | 2014-10-22 |
| 8806. | プロトポト (azsatu) | 89.46 | 97% | 2021-07-09 |
| 8807. | l (lllddd) | 89.46 | 98% | 2017-07-24 |
| 8808. | zulueta (zzxjoanw) | 89.46 | 98% | 2022-01-02 |
| 8809. | DudaWamoFexburtze (neelazvi... | 89.46 | 98.3% | 2023-10-01 |
| 8810. | Jonathan (jjones0598) | 89.46 | 97% | 2020-07-09 |
| 8811. | Jay (xbleedalkalinex) | 89.46 | — | 2009-06-08 |
| 8812. | (zehm) | 89.45 | 96% | 2023-07-13 |
| 8813. | De9mond (uniwite) | 89.45 | 97% | 2023-05-12 |
| 8814. | Lachlan (thewindtornado) | 89.44 | 98% | 2019-06-30 |
| 8815. | Apoorv Singhal (sasuke232) | 89.44 | 97% | 2023-04-05 |
| 8816. | Greg (eggertstwart) | 89.44 | 97% | 2012-03-10 |
| 8817. | nils (nilsnils) | 89.43 | 90% | 2015-03-25 |
| 8818. | Shawn (filipinofriend) | 89.43 | 98% | 2019-05-31 |
| 8819. | MLSN (mlsn) | 89.43 | 94% | 2012-10-12 |
| 8820. | Amir (nao.paladin@yahoo.com) | 89.43 | 96% | 2014-06-15 |
| 8821. | Carla (xiao_chan07) | 89.43 | — | 2009-07-19 |
| 8822. | Stevens Rommzky (epytotorp09) | 89.43 | 97% | 2011-09-27 |
| 8823. | Tung (tungvh04) | 89.42 | 97% | 2023-01-27 |
| 8824. | Mike (dnarb123) | 89.42 | 91% | 2016-02-12 |
| 8825. | hades / dimagno (dimagster) | 89.42 | 96% | 2019-04-10 |
| 8826. | 🦥 (isitenough) | 89.41 | 97% | 2021-07-23 |
| 8827. | NiceOne (pkzviiv) | 89.41 | 99% | 2022-08-29 |
| 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 |