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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28606. | (punkbooster) | 57.17 | 95% | 2017-01-06 |
| 28607. | (jenny24) | 57.17 | — | 2009-06-25 |
| 28608. | (ak292) | 57.17 | 97% | 2016-10-10 |
| 28609. | soup (supralol) | 57.16 | 94% | 2021-08-03 |
| 28610. | (nielo99) | 57.16 | 95% | 2016-10-07 |
| 28611. | Kamyar (kamyar_raisee) | 57.16 | 99% | 2016-10-25 |
| 28612. | (sonn) | 57.16 | — | 2009-02-02 |
| 28613. | (adwxnz) | 57.15 | 95% | 2022-06-04 |
| 28614. | (kepa) | 57.15 | — | 2009-05-07 |
| 28615. | (msamat_98) | 57.15 | 95% | 2022-12-21 |
| 28616. | (4rs3n1c) | 57.15 | 94% | 2022-07-28 |
| 28617. | (andreas) | 57.15 | — | 2009-02-04 |
| 28618. | (mrmakai) | 57.15 | 93% | 2022-12-17 |
| 28619. | (faridbang97) | 57.15 | 97% | 2019-03-21 |
| 28620. | (herding) | 57.15 | 91% | 2013-04-30 |
| 28621. | D (bacchus_d) | 57.15 | 88% | 2014-05-03 |
| 28622. | bad (very_bad_at_typing) | 57.14 | 95% | 2020-10-30 |
| 28623. | (aybaz) | 57.14 | 96% | 2021-06-21 |
| 28624. | (yorrick) | 57.14 | — | 2010-11-08 |
| 28625. | Tran (tranquang) | 57.14 | — | 2008-12-14 |
| 28626. | (phaneath) | 57.14 | 92% | 2015-11-08 |
| 28627. | (akkadbakkad) | 57.13 | 95% | 2023-02-27 |
| 28628. | (buggativeyron) | 57.13 | 88% | 2016-07-17 |
| 28629. | (shichimi) | 57.13 | — | 2010-12-15 |
| 28630. | (peterpop) | 57.13 | 92% | 2012-06-07 |
| 28631. | (vlad_putin) | 57.13 | 89% | 2017-04-26 |
| 28632. | (tomsit) | 57.13 | — | 2011-01-01 |
| 28633. | (drummer) | 57.13 | — | 2008-09-22 |
| 28634. | (davecat) | 57.13 | 91% | 2015-08-20 |
| 28635. | (christosdi) | 57.13 | 84% | 2012-11-25 |
| 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 |