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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12404. | Haha (jeff991117) | 82.46 | 98.2% | 2023-09-14 |
| 12405. | pyrro (pyrrolysine) | 82.45 | 97% | 2017-06-21 |
| 12406. | Rain (rainliofficial) | 82.45 | 95% | 2022-03-08 |
| 12407. | Ufo23 (ufo23gg) | 82.45 | 99% | 2021-08-06 |
| 12408. | Brandon (sirlepepe) | 82.45 | 97% | 2018-02-26 |
| 12409. | TooshieWorldChampion (robin... | 82.45 | 93% | 2011-09-25 |
| 12410. | Zane (zsizemore) | 82.45 | 83% | 2012-09-24 |
| 12411. | Lilly (gyongyvirag) | 82.45 | — | 2010-09-08 |
| 12412. | ok (herbaltea) | 82.44 | 95% | 2020-08-26 |
| 12413. | Dalton (dt1124) | 82.43 | 96% | 2021-10-05 |
| 12414. | aculeasis (aculeasis) | 82.43 | 96.4% | 2023-07-09 |
| 12415. | hunt and peck (atypicalguy) | 82.43 | 94% | 2017-01-25 |
| 12416. | Stam (stam_01) | 82.43 | 96% | 2022-06-05 |
| 12417. | Beiko (beiko) | 82.42 | 97% | 2021-07-09 |
| 12418. | Derek (konceptzofdeath) | 82.42 | 94% | 2011-08-17 |
| 12419. | roodley (roodley) | 82.42 | 98% | 2022-02-02 |
| 12420. | C (cmoy) | 82.41 | 99% | 2020-11-26 |
| 12421. | Sactio (tyo007) | 82.41 | 92% | 2013-03-01 |
| 12422. | Mamaatje (mamaatje) | 82.41 | 95% | 2022-02-12 |
| 12423. | hauwiee (paerody) | 82.41 | 90% | 2011-11-08 |
| 12424. | Lieuwe (lieuwex) | 82.41 | 87% | 2015-09-21 |
| 12425. | Sharil (sharilyuen) | 82.41 | 97% | 2013-06-07 |
| 12426. | DMaz (winstondouble) | 82.41 | 97% | 2018-02-21 |
| 12427. | kookoo (lockloe) | 82.41 | 93% | 2016-04-07 |
| 12428. | Julian (gniddikon) | 82.41 | — | 2009-09-20 |
| 12429. | Griff (gfargo) | 82.41 | 96% | 2020-08-18 |
| 12430. | Leonardo (nscape) | 82.41 | 98% | 2019-10-27 |
| 12431. | tstats[medinasamuel89] (med... | 82.41 | 95% | 2012-09-18 |
| 12432. | Chris (sirchristoffvonbjergen) | 82.41 | 97% | 2022-04-23 |
| 12433. | FaceSittingPeyton (facesitt... | 82.40 | 88% | 2015-12-19 |
| 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 |