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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17904. | Erik (eglimpse) | 73.56 | 93% | 2012-06-08 |
| 17905. | lynn (lynnsweetspineda) | 73.56 | 98.2% | 2023-06-20 |
| 17906. | Felix (felixsantoso) | 73.56 | 97% | 2023-04-29 |
| 17907. | S (sh19) | 73.56 | 99% | 2022-09-07 |
| 17908. | SpeedyFingerson (scarymary09) | 73.56 | 97% | 2021-06-03 |
| 17909. | Aditya Pratap (anarchy_) | 73.56 | 93% | 2012-10-26 |
| 17910. | Thanh (d_t_nguyen) | 73.56 | 98% | 2017-04-30 |
| 17911. | Chris (million7) | 73.56 | 91% | 2015-06-03 |
| 17912. | Jun (unicornsandrainbows) | 73.56 | 98% | 2021-11-19 |
| 17913. | tstats[rafid149] (rafid149) | 73.55 | 97% | 2023-01-29 |
| 17914. | Ruben (strontklepper) | 73.55 | 97% | 2017-08-03 |
| 17915. | Gunther (nintendoaddict1) | 73.55 | 95% | 2014-09-14 |
| 17916. | Cory (cderms) | 73.55 | — | 2008-08-10 |
| 17917. | Marcin (marzelin) | 73.55 | 95% | 2016-04-12 |
| 17918. | David (wdnch) | 73.55 | 97% | 2022-08-17 |
| 17919. | finger smasher (kebabi) | 73.55 | 93.9% | 2021-02-15 |
| 17920. | Jack (wobblyjelley) | 73.54 | 96.5% | 2023-09-28 |
| 17921. | Lucas (erectile_pisfunction) | 73.54 | 97% | 2022-01-30 |
| 17922. | Bob (mrgeeses) | 73.54 | 96% | 2021-01-02 |
| 17923. | Zach (zach_fitz11) | 73.54 | 96% | 2021-05-21 |
| 17924. | Karol (warmaz) | 73.54 | 97% | 2019-12-12 |
| 17925. | wiz (wizthethird) | 73.54 | 91% | 2013-01-02 |
| 17926. | Calkerson (kacpercalka) | 73.53 | 96% | 2020-11-04 |
| 17927. | Hannah (han0bo) | 73.53 | 94% | 2023-01-30 |
| 17928. | Rohan (ashavijaysukne) | 73.53 | 98% | 2023-05-18 |
| 17929. | صنديد (sundid) | 73.53 | 97% | 2021-02-09 |
| 17930. | McKle (mckle7) | 73.53 | 96% | 2021-06-24 |
| 17931. | Harshal (bitbeast18) | 73.53 | 97% | 2022-02-24 |
| 17932. | a1ways (pi___) | 73.52 | 93% | 2016-10-26 |
| 17933. | I12 (inot12) | 73.52 | 97% | 2020-07-20 |
| 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 |