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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12288. | Branden (dreda100) | 82.36 | 97% | 2016-10-13 |
| 12289. | Denny (shizkr) | 82.36 | 99% | 2020-11-26 |
| 12290. | Asim (_asim_) | 82.35 | 99% | 2022-02-20 |
| 12291. | steven (bubble0six) | 82.35 | 91% | 2015-12-23 |
| 12292. | Han (mozes) | 82.35 | — | 2009-08-30 |
| 12293. | Kyle (kylebobyle) | 82.35 | 96% | 2019-03-20 |
| 12294. | Christian (xtianz459) | 82.35 | 95% | 2015-04-15 |
| 12295. | Dan (tf2dan) | 82.35 | 92% | 2017-05-10 |
| 12296. | Kristy (danse_macabre) | 82.35 | 87% | 2015-10-03 |
| 12297. | William (wilwildab) | 82.34 | 96% | 2022-11-18 |
| 12298. | Calin Marian (klinashka) | 82.33 | 97% | 2022-12-16 |
| 12299. | New typer (otherslowtyper) | 82.32 | 97% | 2023-09-18 |
| 12300. | me (omega_goose_overlord) | 82.32 | 95% | 2022-11-18 |
| 12301. | Joshua (kvalleykid) | 82.32 | 96% | 2012-02-23 |
| 12302. | Wszxvq (wszxvq) | 82.32 | 94% | 2016-12-10 |
| 12303. | Fan (fankay) | 82.32 | — | 2010-12-17 |
| 12304. | Jeremy (seiskeith) | 82.31 | 91% | 2014-08-24 |
| 12305. | TetraVoltX (wing_x) | 82.31 | 97.6% | 2023-11-04 |
| 12306. | GL (gl2993) | 82.31 | 93% | 2015-01-27 |
| 12307. | Camerron (camerron) | 82.31 | 98% | 2020-05-04 |
| 12308. | Hengky (hengkysanjaya) | 82.31 | 95% | 2018-06-07 |
| 12309. | Extraordinary (extraordinary) | 82.31 | — | 2009-03-10 |
| 12310. | Andreas (asbestos) | 82.31 | 96% | 2015-07-04 |
| 12311. | Imambek (imambek) | 82.30 | 98% | 2022-08-12 |
| 12312. | Lil Mama (ckennedy07) | 82.30 | 99% | 2021-11-23 |
| 12313. | MagicalThief (magicalthief) | 82.30 | 97.8% | 2023-08-19 |
| 12314. | Stephen (across_the_white_w... | 82.30 | 97.5% | 2021-02-25 |
| 12315. | Joshua (paper_astronaut) | 82.30 | 97% | 2021-06-28 |
| 12316. | Marci (marci1233) | 82.30 | 95% | 2020-10-21 |
| 12317. | Divesh (rfrixy) | 82.30 | 98% | 2018-11-20 |
| 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 |