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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38917. | Aloual (palamo_) | 39.60 | 96.5% | 2021-03-02 |
| 38918. | alexjr977 (alexjr977) | 39.60 | 96% | 2021-08-02 |
| 38919. | qv_vp (qv_vp) | 39.60 | 96% | 2022-04-16 |
| 38920. | Max (maxwong) | 39.60 | — | 2008-12-10 |
| 38921. | Michael (michael_7890) | 39.60 | 94% | 2022-02-14 |
| 38922. | Asima (asima1_tahir) | 39.60 | 95% | 2023-06-22 |
| 38923. | vanez (nezanne21) | 39.60 | 84% | 2012-07-17 |
| 38924. | rahul (indianlegend) | 39.60 | 93% | 2016-10-26 |
| 38925. | the (the_vista) | 39.59 | 97% | 2019-05-03 |
| 38926. | qjari (kjari) | 39.59 | 94% | 2019-12-04 |
| 38927. | The (theone) | 39.59 | — | 2009-03-16 |
| 38928. | Gordon (threekings) | 39.58 | 91% | 2013-05-17 |
| 38929. | Jermine (jermine) | 39.58 | 95% | 2011-08-12 |
| 38930. | Martin (285115059) | 39.58 | 93% | 2015-11-29 |
| 38931. | Emmer (emmer144) | 39.58 | — | 2009-06-09 |
| 38932. | Jibril (jibril) | 39.58 | — | 2009-03-17 |
| 38933. | Martin (minwork) | 39.57 | 88% | 2016-10-05 |
| 38934. | Toxiker (toxiker) | 39.57 | 95% | 2019-08-25 |
| 38935. | Valliappan (its_me04) | 39.56 | 96% | 2021-09-17 |
| 38936. | Waleed Mukhtar (waleed320) | 39.56 | 92% | 2023-09-25 |
| 38937. | Walk with a Waddle (waddle) | 39.55 | — | 2009-11-30 |
| 38938. | Chan (pizzx) | 39.55 | 94% | 2021-01-13 |
| 38939. | Mohamed (mohamed1158) | 39.54 | 91% | 2022-03-21 |
| 38940. | Crystal (crystall) | 39.54 | — | 2008-09-28 |
| 38941. | Sukhmander (mumbofromavnota... | 39.54 | 95.6% | 2021-02-14 |
| 38942. | sarita (sarita0kumari) | 39.54 | — | 2009-07-09 |
| 38943. | Carmen (kamantc) | 39.54 | — | 2010-04-01 |
| 38944. | mohammed (faizan4979) | 39.53 | 88% | 2014-02-01 |
| 38945. | Amit (amityadav700) | 39.53 | 96% | 2022-12-20 |
| 38946. | Ryley (r_sand11) | 39.53 | 92.1% | 2021-02-28 |
| 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 |