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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38991. | ali (gargey) | 39.40 | 91% | 2020-09-25 |
| 38992. | Shadowrise (zellion) | 39.40 | 93% | 2012-12-03 |
| 38993. | Shashwat Gupta (shashwat_g27) | 39.39 | 97% | 2022-06-06 |
| 38994. | Chase (speemf) | 39.39 | 95% | 2023-10-31 |
| 38995. | tan (tanspk) | 39.39 | 97% | 2011-05-28 |
| 38996. | Sam (sam_0) | 39.38 | 94% | 2021-02-22 |
| 38997. | Ethan (ethan_bulo) | 39.38 | 91% | 2016-09-15 |
| 38998. | Danger (dangerdog) | 39.38 | 97% | 2012-06-13 |
| 38999. | Flying fingers (tg_gamer) | 39.38 | 96% | 2021-11-18 |
| 39000. | PKL (klm13) | 39.38 | 95.5% | 2021-02-06 |
| 39001. | MinEr (emptytimes) | 39.38 | 88% | 2012-06-07 |
| 39002. | Anete Stine (nebuus) | 39.37 | — | 2011-04-10 |
| 39003. | rutebuka (sabihi77) | 39.36 | 98% | 2021-03-29 |
| 39004. | nenda (nendasukendar) | 39.36 | — | 2010-04-12 |
| 39005. | christine (vampire_) | 39.36 | — | 2009-10-08 |
| 39006. | Trần (thuytran898) | 39.36 | 88% | 2011-12-28 |
| 39007. | Vonicz (vonicz) | 39.35 | 93% | 2022-03-13 |
| 39008. | waters (waters) | 39.35 | 93% | 2012-01-14 |
| 39009. | John (word_weaver) | 39.35 | 97.7% | 2021-02-04 |
| 39010. | Venki (bravo) | 39.35 | — | 2008-10-20 |
| 39011. | SHIVAM BHATNAGAR (attacker99) | 39.34 | 95.1% | 2023-09-15 |
| 39012. | Petriux (petriux) | 39.34 | 88% | 2015-12-29 |
| 39013. | អង្គរសៀមរ... | 39.34 | — | 2011-01-10 |
| 39014. | wappz (wappzgomagoma) | 39.34 | 91% | 2016-02-09 |
| 39015. | Helen E. (dgood) | 39.34 | 95% | 2016-09-21 |
| 39016. | Nguyễn Thái Sơn (fkda... | 39.33 | 94% | 2022-06-07 |
| 39017. | dade (yamato) | 39.33 | — | 2008-10-18 |
| 39018. | fazel (the_slow_typer_14wpm) | 39.32 | 94% | 2021-11-11 |
| 39019. | Kinley Marie (the_kinley) | 39.31 | 95% | 2023-05-17 |
| 39020. | Zamira (zamira89) | 39.31 | 95.4% | 2023-08-02 |
| 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 |