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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10503. | ButterScotch (chalti_jaey_c... | 85.84 | 97% | 2013-08-16 |
| 10504. | Kai (killdistortion) | 85.83 | 92% | 2015-05-14 |
| 10505. | Starzles (starzles) | 85.83 | 97% | 2018-11-08 |
| 10506. | Daniel (neon95) | 85.83 | 99% | 2020-07-01 |
| 10507. | Thug (thuglife512) | 85.83 | 96% | 2016-03-16 |
| 10508. | jm (johnmd07) | 85.83 | — | 2009-03-20 |
| 10509. | Brandon (blin00) | 85.83 | 96% | 2011-05-17 |
| 10510. | Richard (marmoto) | 85.82 | 97% | 2013-11-29 |
| 10511. | SimplyOrange (simplyorange) | 85.82 | 98% | 2021-11-06 |
| 10512. | Leo (1_typer_boy_1) | 85.82 | 99% | 2022-03-08 |
| 10513. | Jack (cloudnine) | 85.82 | — | 2010-01-12 |
| 10514. | Chunty (chunty) | 85.82 | — | 2008-10-25 |
| 10515. | Darren (darrentan0512) | 85.81 | 96% | 2015-09-07 |
| 10516. | Nirav (zeratul_1991) | 85.80 | 98% | 2019-06-21 |
| 10517. | Tyler (qtwotebes) | 85.80 | 97% | 2022-09-28 |
| 10518. | aero (aeroagg15) | 85.80 | 97% | 2021-04-18 |
| 10519. | Zenthus (zenthus) | 85.79 | 93% | 2016-08-23 |
| 10520. | Gabby (kirbykirbykirby) | 85.79 | 98% | 2021-11-15 |
| 10521. | Boomhauer (ishampine) | 85.79 | 98% | 2020-06-10 |
| 10522. | 🐢🐢🐢🐢 (amogh1420) | 85.79 | 97% | 2020-12-28 |
| 10523. | John (sportman) | 85.79 | 96% | 2013-05-02 |
| 10524. | Mav Man (mavman20) | 85.79 | — | 2009-03-02 |
| 10525. | ad (quqquqqqu) | 85.78 | 98% | 2021-05-07 |
| 10526. | tris (trisywc) | 85.78 | 98% | 2022-04-01 |
| 10527. | Jon (jonlivestrong) | 85.78 | 94% | 2017-05-01 |
| 10528. | Ryan (direwolf05) | 85.78 | 95.5% | 2023-08-20 |
| 10529. | Ben (benolson8) | 85.78 | 91% | 2014-03-13 |
| 10530. | Victoria (vicludovico) | 85.78 | 90% | 2015-03-30 |
| 10531. | mark (koyoto) | 85.78 | 99% | 2014-03-18 |
| 10532. | Ijslander (ijslander) | 85.77 | 97% | 2017-07-10 |
| 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 |