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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20445. | Nosy (chimchim_) | 69.61 | 98% | 2022-10-16 |
| 20446. | Icy (ufsisi) | 69.61 | 91% | 2013-01-25 |
| 20447. | Sam (zozo_2) | 69.61 | 83% | 2015-09-21 |
| 20448. | Jebediah (jebediah144) | 69.61 | 100% | 2018-10-08 |
| 20449. | Not fast (slower_than_others) | 69.61 | 94% | 2019-04-03 |
| 20450. | Geo (godex) | 69.61 | 94% | 2018-10-23 |
| 20451. | Jaihuen (jaihuenalizada) | 69.61 | 95% | 2017-03-18 |
| 20452. | curry (cococurry) | 69.60 | 95% | 2020-10-16 |
| 20453. | Gerrald (wahyu_hayukk06) | 69.60 | 96% | 2023-04-22 |
| 20454. | Naolin (naolin) | 69.60 | 90% | 2016-12-23 |
| 20455. | cao cao (sosoreeb) | 69.60 | 99% | 2021-04-08 |
| 20456. | GiantDwarf (giantdwarf19) | 69.60 | 97% | 2021-03-21 |
| 20457. | wililam (wheky) | 69.60 | 95% | 2012-05-23 |
| 20458. | Surya (suryayadavalli) | 69.60 | 93% | 2011-08-12 |
| 20459. | soulengine (soulengine) | 69.60 | 91% | 2015-10-21 |
| 20460. | lswi (colmako) | 69.60 | 97% | 2014-01-20 |
| 20461. | lysrac (lysrac) | 69.59 | 97.6% | 2023-10-02 |
| 20462. | Torlava (torlava) | 69.59 | 96% | 2020-10-09 |
| 20463. | KvYd0 (kvyd0) | 69.59 | 93% | 2022-12-09 |
| 20464. | Ceru (ceruseiyu) | 69.59 | 93% | 2014-04-07 |
| 20465. | Harish (harishanchu1) | 69.59 | 97% | 2015-07-01 |
| 20466. | Margaret (maggie_mae) | 69.59 | — | 2010-04-24 |
| 20467. | Alan (iamtoooldforthis) | 69.58 | 97% | 2021-10-08 |
| 20468. | Jordan (jrae06) | 69.58 | — | 2010-02-26 |
| 20469. | BioFare (colemakinginprogress) | 69.57 | 95.7% | 2023-10-21 |
| 20470. | Aashrya (virtualvector) | 69.57 | 96% | 2020-09-13 |
| 20471. | Tony (sarcasticbanana) | 69.57 | 94.7% | 2021-02-23 |
| 20472. | Mage (mageeagle) | 69.57 | 99% | 2011-11-22 |
| 20473. | ooo0ooo (carlfriedrichgauss) | 69.57 | 88% | 2012-12-18 |
| 20474. | Cristian (crism123dm) | 69.56 | 97% | 2022-07-21 |
| 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 |