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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12163. | Shibasis (ship9x) | 82.83 | 97% | 2021-08-31 |
| 12164. | Faquarl (iamfaquarl) | 82.83 | 97% | 2014-07-03 |
| 12165. | damaster (masteredtyping) | 82.82 | 95% | 2022-04-08 |
| 12166. | Harrius (harrius) | 82.82 | 96% | 2021-01-21 |
| 12167. | [jtucci] (jtucci) | 82.82 | 96% | 2023-03-23 |
| 12168. | No (bambusnippel) | 82.82 | 99% | 2018-02-06 |
| 12169. | Space (spacedandy) | 82.81 | 97% | 2020-02-04 |
| 12170. | Matt (bigmtg25) | 82.81 | — | 2011-03-23 |
| 12171. | Cheese (cheese0r) | 82.81 | 95% | 2016-01-26 |
| 12172. | Ghost (immaghost) | 82.81 | 93% | 2016-02-08 |
| 12173. | Seriously? (code_slayer) | 82.81 | 98% | 2019-12-07 |
| 12174. | Oscar (starskyz) | 82.81 | 90% | 2012-10-18 |
| 12175. | PuKing (highestheaven) | 82.81 | 96% | 2021-04-08 |
| 12176. | Michael (mtrevi) | 82.81 | 93% | 2014-03-18 |
| 12177. | wingman41 (wingman41) | 82.81 | 99% | 2021-07-17 |
| 12178. | satoqz (satoqz) | 82.81 | 96.2% | 2023-10-15 |
| 12179. | Anoop JS (anoopjs) | 82.80 | 94% | 2012-08-13 |
| 12180. | John (phamone) | 82.80 | 98% | 2014-05-07 |
| 12181. | Ryo (ryonamba) | 82.80 | 97% | 2022-03-15 |
| 12182. | Matthew (kylehyde) | 82.80 | 97% | 2022-01-18 |
| 12183. | rofl (zombienoob12) | 82.80 | 97% | 2021-01-20 |
| 12184. | Sinfullx (sinfullx) | 82.80 | 93% | 2012-02-02 |
| 12185. | Rico (satoshi44) | 82.80 | 98% | 2019-04-25 |
| 12186. | fatih (webfox) | 82.80 | 98% | 2022-01-12 |
| 12187. | Jody (j0dymae) | 82.79 | 96% | 2013-06-17 |
| 12188. | cutetry5 (cutetry5) | 82.79 | 99% | 2019-04-08 |
| 12189. | tori (t0ri25) | 82.79 | 96% | 2012-01-20 |
| 12190. | black. (idkmyfriend) | 82.79 | 97% | 2022-10-22 |
| 12191. | Diepday (linhleo372) | 82.78 | 98% | 2022-11-29 |
| 12192. | Maria (mariaotonashi) | 82.78 | 97% | 2020-03-16 |
| 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 |