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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36411. | Daniel (friedayyz) | 44.48 | 95% | 2015-09-20 |
| 36412. | ESRA (esra) | 44.48 | — | 2008-12-22 |
| 36413. | yuccai (yucca) | 44.48 | 92% | 2011-12-11 |
| 36414. | Colleen (stack) | 44.48 | — | 2011-01-25 |
| 36415. | Garrett (joejoefriez) | 44.47 | 82% | 2016-10-03 |
| 36416. | Adam (adamkl1994) | 44.47 | 91% | 2014-03-03 |
| 36417. | Voltron (voltron3108) | 44.47 | 94.8% | 2021-02-22 |
| 36418. | mustafa (mustafa_dastekin) | 44.47 | 96% | 2011-12-26 |
| 36419. | Lekhraj (lekhrajprasad) | 44.47 | 92% | 2015-08-09 |
| 36420. | Tuan (tonyteo321) | 44.47 | — | 2010-05-07 |
| 36421. | Rony (joyrony) | 44.47 | 87% | 2012-10-07 |
| 36422. | Albert (cheezad) | 44.46 | 94% | 2021-07-28 |
| 36423. | Sapient (sapient) | 44.46 | 96.2% | 2023-08-27 |
| 36424. | Lincoln (poole_lincoln) | 44.46 | 93% | 2021-01-08 |
| 36425. | BestSteve (ibmibmibm) | 44.46 | — | 2009-04-20 |
| 36426. | Jacob (gaycob) | 44.46 | 93% | 2017-06-21 |
| 36427. | Devesh (titu_singh) | 44.45 | 94% | 2022-02-03 |
| 36428. | Psych (psych_16) | 44.45 | 96% | 2023-09-23 |
| 36429. | Mi (masonmoon) | 44.45 | — | 2009-12-17 |
| 36430. | Red (tobeidle) | 44.45 | 92% | 2011-08-27 |
| 36431. | Kanishak (kanishak202) | 44.44 | 94.7% | 2021-02-18 |
| 36432. | Mohamed (mabdelsattar99) | 44.44 | 96% | 2021-05-21 |
| 36433. | Sajan (sajan) | 44.44 | — | 2009-03-31 |
| 36434. | Diego (bacu) | 44.44 | 88% | 2014-09-10 |
| 36435. | Charles (charlesstein) | 44.43 | 95% | 2022-09-30 |
| 36436. | obama (obama001) | 44.43 | 91% | 2016-04-06 |
| 36437. | Flameguy (flame01) | 44.42 | 93.4% | 2023-10-13 |
| 36438. | Unkown (slow_typer001) | 44.41 | 96% | 2021-07-27 |
| 36439. | Billy (billythreehands) | 44.41 | 95% | 2022-01-15 |
| 36440. | max (low_wpm) | 44.41 | 96% | 2021-05-15 |
| 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 |