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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21261. | Samiksha (samikshaparab) | 68.44 | 94% | 2012-04-18 |
| 21262. | milkywayfarer (milkywayfarer) | 68.44 | — | 2010-07-23 |
| 21263. | joker (co_y) | 68.44 | 96% | 2014-09-26 |
| 21264. | Melinda (melindawong) | 68.43 | 95% | 2020-06-21 |
| 21265. | Colemak (vladtsar37) | 68.43 | 96% | 2022-04-01 |
| 21266. | ClutchMaster (clutchmaster) | 68.43 | 97% | 2018-10-29 |
| 21267. | troy (gambler2k4) | 68.43 | 96% | 2014-06-26 |
| 21268. | Innocent (saquelain) | 68.43 | 97% | 2022-10-09 |
| 21269. | viv (toastexee) | 68.43 | 95% | 2021-03-12 |
| 21270. | Coalpi (coalpi) | 68.43 | 95% | 2021-01-24 |
| 21271. | Paperclip (akmalreza) | 68.43 | 95% | 2020-06-05 |
| 21272. | Austen (earle) | 68.43 | — | 2010-04-30 |
| 21273. | Jonathan (bestintheworld) | 68.43 | 99% | 2012-03-22 |
| 21274. | Philip (teardust) | 68.43 | 95% | 2013-04-23 |
| 21275. | Lucas (ldmatos) | 68.43 | 93% | 2013-09-09 |
| 21276. | janet (jmclean) | 68.43 | — | 2009-08-23 |
| 21277. | rahul (rahul_12) | 68.42 | 98% | 2023-10-06 |
| 21278. | Pavel Kotsev (pkotsev) | 68.42 | 96% | 2022-04-07 |
| 21279. | Hassan (hassanalmatar) | 68.42 | 97% | 2021-04-12 |
| 21280. | Edward (edwardoe) | 68.42 | 93% | 2013-11-07 |
| 21281. | Vishnu (thundercloud) | 68.42 | 97% | 2022-11-05 |
| 21282. | Juco (waco) | 68.42 | 95% | 2015-05-06 |
| 21283. | rngy (rngy) | 68.42 | 96% | 2017-07-06 |
| 21284. | Prabhakar (gkprabhakar) | 68.42 | 95% | 2014-12-09 |
| 21285. | Chaoui (chaoui) | 68.41 | 96% | 2022-08-11 |
| 21286. | Ben (bmj774) | 68.41 | 96% | 2021-07-29 |
| 21287. | Mikolaj (diamentos) | 68.41 | 96% | 2018-12-26 |
| 21288. | kroi (kroi) | 68.41 | 97% | 2013-03-11 |
| 21289. | rachel (rachelk) | 68.41 | — | 2009-07-12 |
| 21290. | Vape (cambo234) | 68.40 | 93% | 2016-08-25 |
| 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 |