She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to be in the Spanish class - that'll be great!" But no, she walked into the Portuguese class. So I figured, what the hell - I might as well learn Portuguese. I started walking right after her when this Anglo-Saxon attitude that I have said, "No, that's not a good reason to decide which language to speak." So I went back and signed up for the Spanish class, to my utter regret.
—from Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, a book by Richard P. Feynman
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16303. | kasra (kasraclan) | 72.81 | 99% | 2025-04-06 |
| 16304. | Asif (asif04) | 72.81 | 96.8% | 2024-10-02 |
| 16305. | Monil (monilsinghal) | 72.81 | 97% | 2015-07-16 |
| 16306. | Edward (dodo_zu) | 72.81 | — | 2010-08-23 |
| 16307. | SpinRoleDevelop (spinrolede... | 72.80 | 94.2% | 2024-01-08 |
| 16308. | BigTickDyping (bigtickdyping) | 72.80 | 96.2% | 2024-03-10 |
| 16309. | Trang (sameoceannguyen) | 72.80 | 98% | 2025-03-18 |
| 16310. | Haris (polystyrene) | 72.80 | 95% | 2013-09-20 |
| 16311. | ghostofnav (jokerhyper) | 72.80 | 95.7% | 2024-09-24 |
| 16312. | Snorlax (pidude314) | 72.80 | 93% | 2015-05-14 |
| 16313. | Zach (zach_bill) | 72.80 | 90% | 2017-01-19 |
| 16314. | Kreator (thekreator42) | 72.80 | 96% | 2013-02-01 |
| 16315. | Ruchir (ruchirtravadi) | 72.80 | 95% | 2012-04-30 |
| 16316. | Ilias (iliasanastasiadis) | 72.80 | 95% | 2016-11-17 |
| 16317. | Marcelo (idlebot) | 72.80 | 95% | 2015-05-19 |
| 16318. | Fer (fernandog13) | 72.80 | 91% | 2013-04-28 |
| 16319. | megan (megcost) | 72.79 | 95% | 2023-07-16 |
| 16320. | baba (multiplevioletkoala) | 72.79 | 96% | 2024-09-19 |
| 16321. | Callum (cal1um) | 72.79 | 96% | 2023-12-02 |
| 16322. | Henry (habisho) | 72.79 | 96.8% | 2025-03-04 |
| 16323. | touchtypepracticer69 (touch... | 72.79 | 98% | 2021-06-20 |
| 16324. | NickyPP (weenniecat) | 72.79 | 95% | 2022-05-27 |
| 16325. | Boo (crayon626) | 72.79 | 97% | 2021-02-12 |
| 16326. | Alikhan (realikh) | 72.79 | 98.1% | 2021-02-22 |
| 16327. | Dener (uchiha__sasuke) | 72.79 | 99% | 2018-06-12 |
| 16328. | bert (soodo) | 72.78 | 96% | 2020-08-03 |
| 16329. | charlie (charlie_y) | 72.78 | 97% | 2024-09-05 |
| 16330. | Shane Titus (stitus75) | 72.78 | 97% | 2024-09-13 |
| 16331. | Chinmaya Salinamakki (jumbi... | 72.78 | 96% | 2023-12-30 |
| 16332. | moahamed (mkamed) | 72.78 | 94.7% | 2023-12-27 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Default (English) | 85,825 | 73.56 | May 21, 2010 |
| Long Texts | 133 | 77.05 | December 30, 2016 |
| Instant Death Mode | 35 | 76.53 | June 7, 2010 |
| ##typeracer | 4 | 60.63 | February 6, 2021 |
| Riverside Middle School | 4 | 49.43 | April 8, 2011 |