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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41967. | faes (faespaes) | 28.19 | 91% | 2016-07-19 |
| 41968. | Anahera (anaheras) | 28.18 | 96% | 2021-03-02 |
| 41969. | Elvine (elvinelea) | 28.17 | 96% | 2015-12-01 |
| 41970. | zhao (zmh8351) | 28.16 | — | 2010-10-25 |
| 41971. | RHOnly (rhjander) | 28.16 | 86% | 2011-12-17 |
| 41972. | Tyler (tg3430) | 28.16 | 75% | 2011-10-24 |
| 41973. | Kanishq (boom_k) | 28.16 | 95% | 2021-02-18 |
| 41974. | soumysay (soumysay) | 28.15 | 91% | 2014-03-30 |
| 41975. | boris (bobi412) | 28.15 | 95% | 2017-01-30 |
| 41976. | Hikmat (hikmat) | 28.15 | 85% | 2016-04-26 |
| 41977. | Boikom (boikom) | 28.14 | 89.1% | 2021-02-22 |
| 41978. | philip (philosandean) | 28.13 | 88% | 2013-11-14 |
| 41979. | Aman (aman12345) | 28.12 | 92% | 2021-01-21 |
| 41980. | omar melegy malek (omarmalek) | 28.11 | 96% | 2023-08-11 |
| 41981. | Ha (haphuonglynn) | 28.11 | 96% | 2019-02-14 |
| 41982. | Florin (florin_b) | 28.10 | 96.3% | 2023-10-22 |
| 41983. | mark (sidemark) | 28.09 | 91% | 2020-12-31 |
| 41984. | vikas (vgvgupta1) | 28.09 | 90% | 2013-10-23 |
| 41985. | Bhavya Shah (bhavya_13) | 28.09 | 97% | 2023-09-04 |
| 41986. | Suero (suero233) | 28.08 | 79% | 2015-05-01 |
| 41987. | rumman (rumman_sust) | 28.06 | 93% | 2016-09-05 |
| 41988. | Linh (linhptt2) | 28.06 | — | 2010-01-26 |
| 41989. | ngoc (ngoclun) | 28.05 | — | 2009-01-23 |
| 41990. | Pratik (pratiktuladhar) | 28.04 | 88% | 2014-11-24 |
| 41991. | DHARMENDRA (jaitley) | 28.03 | 93% | 2015-07-05 |
| 41992. | Jennifer (grumpy) | 28.01 | — | 2010-08-25 |
| 41993. | jake (rosee) | 28.01 | — | 2009-11-05 |
| 41994. | NAMITA (nparashar) | 28.00 | 92% | 2014-06-24 |
| 41995. | asumatha (asumatha) | 28.00 | 87% | 2023-06-28 |
| 41996. | yau (yaupopoqoo) | 27.99 | 81% | 2015-12-27 |
| 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 |