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
Active since August 3, 2008.
267 total characters in this text.
View Pit Stop page for this text
| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30299. | Derrick (duskymonk) | 55.47 | 96% | 2019-07-10 |
| 30300. | Amanda (aj1111) | 55.47 | 95% | 2013-03-04 |
| 30301. | BOZO (b0z0) | 55.46 | 97% | 2022-02-04 |
| 30302. | wiz (_wiz_) | 55.46 | 95% | 2021-06-21 |
| 30303. | oanh (maioanh) | 55.46 | 96% | 2011-06-23 |
| 30304. | ganesh (ganeshji) | 55.46 | — | 2009-04-17 |
| 30305. | omar (omar_elsayed) | 55.45 | 95% | 2021-11-16 |
| 30306. | ramona (ramonapark) | 55.45 | 93% | 2021-03-05 |
| 30307. | Poula (poulaatef) | 55.45 | 96% | 2015-01-17 |
| 30308. | Kelvin (onodoro) | 55.44 | 91% | 2017-02-06 |
| 30309. | Ceej (cyfour) | 55.44 | 94% | 2023-05-12 |
| 30310. | Grace (namtan888) | 55.44 | 95% | 2022-08-07 |
| 30311. | Kristian (krissen) | 55.44 | 95% | 2022-07-24 |
| 30312. | zulvandri (zulvandri) | 55.44 | 97% | 2022-03-08 |
| 30313. | Ankit (ankp) | 55.44 | 96% | 2022-12-18 |
| 30314. | mahal (mahalku) | 55.44 | 91% | 2012-04-10 |
| 30315. | Ellie (sluis9_halmak) | 55.43 | 95.5% | 2023-07-11 |
| 30316. | human713 (human713) | 55.43 | 94% | 2012-02-09 |
| 30317. | stuckat70wpm (hltv) | 55.43 | 98% | 2021-04-30 |
| 30318. | andrin (andrin) | 55.43 | 93.2% | 2023-09-11 |
| 30319. | Soul (wrecked_911) | 55.43 | 94% | 2021-10-09 |
| 30320. | Ajitesh (adji2057) | 55.43 | 96% | 2021-02-22 |
| 30321. | vervane (vervane) | 55.43 | 88% | 2011-10-21 |
| 30322. | Fran (puflines) | 55.43 | 96% | 2013-05-28 |
| 30323. | Edwin (edwin91) | 55.43 | 94% | 2016-07-25 |
| 30324. | S (technicalguy) | 55.42 | — | 2009-10-13 |
| 30325. | Kyle (doodlepoker) | 55.42 | 97% | 2019-01-06 |
| 30326. | Penguin (peguin_lv) | 55.42 | 95% | 2023-05-04 |
| 30327. | simon (simon21) | 55.42 | 94% | 2018-01-28 |
| 30328. | Tugge (tugge) | 55.42 | 89% | 2012-10-24 |
| 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 |