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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34776. | phat (phat125893) | 48.21 | 98% | 2011-06-06 |
| 34777. | 心 (eltnegnam) | 48.21 | 87% | 2011-07-28 |
| 34778. | Pan314 (pan314) | 48.21 | 97% | 2016-06-05 |
| 34779. | tstats[lzhong0119] (lzhong0... | 48.21 | 96% | 2020-07-15 |
| 34780. | Goyna (demon__rage__) | 48.20 | 97% | 2021-11-20 |
| 34781. | Jacob (jpotts8) | 48.20 | 97% | 2018-04-27 |
| 34782. | Elijah (elijah) | 48.20 | — | 2008-12-12 |
| 34783. | mikhail (meliseev) | 48.20 | — | 2009-05-13 |
| 34784. | Amber (st930113) | 48.20 | 97% | 2021-06-27 |
| 34785. | moh33 (moh33) | 48.20 | 95.2% | 2021-02-28 |
| 34786. | Tim (timseatimsea) | 48.19 | 94.8% | 2021-02-05 |
| 34787. | Tasdik (tasdik_taseen) | 48.19 | 95% | 2021-07-27 |
| 34788. | Fred (fredsavage) | 48.19 | 94% | 2013-03-27 |
| 34789. | Bei (infiniteemo) | 48.19 | 92% | 2018-06-15 |
| 34790. | root@localhost (loadaverage) | 48.19 | 99% | 2018-07-31 |
| 34791. | yepyep (modagogo) | 48.19 | 93% | 2011-08-24 |
| 34792. | Puneet (superstardon) | 48.18 | 93% | 2013-09-13 |
| 34793. | andrew (andrew1118) | 48.18 | 88% | 2017-01-25 |
| 34794. | Yousef (yusuf_mohmd) | 48.18 | 95% | 2022-05-26 |
| 34795. | matiullah (qais_007) | 48.18 | 97% | 2022-10-05 |
| 34796. | maricel (mitch0319) | 48.18 | — | 2010-11-22 |
| 34797. | Yen (delphinium0507) | 48.17 | 95% | 2012-06-19 |
| 34798. | shadow (thenoobie) | 48.17 | 88% | 2016-11-22 |
| 34799. | Kyler (thezoinkmeister) | 48.17 | 94% | 2022-11-18 |
| 34800. | kappagaev (kappagaev) | 48.17 | 97% | 2023-04-27 |
| 34801. | Harry (smilechild16) | 48.17 | 92% | 2012-04-04 |
| 34802. | chan (gn1749465) | 48.17 | — | 2009-05-23 |
| 34803. | jack (pallicord) | 48.17 | 97% | 2015-08-24 |
| 34804. | nhan (dcc01) | 48.16 | 95% | 2012-03-14 |
| 34805. | Scott (sctcool520) | 48.16 | 92% | 2011-06-24 |
| 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 |