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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
27546. | Howard (howardgraham) | 57.43 | 91% | 2013-10-09 |
27547. | tstats[slickasalways] (slic... | 57.42 | 96% | 2020-01-30 |
27548. | CHULOMEKEN (chulomeken) | 57.42 | 96% | 2021-03-12 |
27549. | Loading.... (xbooza) | 57.42 | 96% | 2020-07-07 |
27550. | adrian (heeretic) | 57.42 | 97% | 2013-08-21 |
27551. | william (corujawl) | 57.42 | — | 2009-07-09 |
27552. | Carson (carson_a_r) | 57.41 | 95% | 2021-04-04 |
27553. | Van (vantm1) | 57.41 | 96% | 2021-10-23 |
27554. | David (davejiggy) | 57.41 | 94% | 2023-03-19 |
27555. | yojuice (yojuice) | 57.40 | 96% | 2023-03-10 |
27556. | Diante (diante440) | 57.40 | — | 2010-05-18 |
27557. | Spyros (lil_rospy) | 57.40 | 97% | 2021-03-16 |
27558. | J (yoyo123456789) | 57.40 | 93% | 2020-03-27 |
27559. | φσ (phi_sigma) | 57.40 | 96% | 2021-11-02 |
27560. | Clicky (clicky_clacky) | 57.40 | 96% | 2020-06-07 |
27561. | Christine (christinechinky) | 57.40 | 98% | 2012-06-09 |
27562. | Yy (serdegor) | 57.39 | 94% | 2022-09-05 |
27563. | Ivan (ivan_tung) | 57.39 | 96% | 2021-04-14 |
27564. | Noah (lorenpike) | 57.39 | 96% | 2021-04-26 |
27565. | EnR1K (enr1k) | 57.39 | 96% | 2020-09-28 |
27566. | Nollikino (nollikino) | 57.39 | 94% | 2013-09-21 |
27567. | Paul (paulm_drive) | 57.39 | 99% | 2016-02-06 |
27568. | Kimberly Aster (kimberlyaster) | 57.39 | — | 2009-06-17 |
27569. | Sobia (sobiaq) | 57.39 | 87% | 2012-09-14 |
27570. | that's not a buggy (mccoomb1) | 57.39 | — | 2011-02-18 |
27571. | Nathan (nhien123) | 57.38 | 96.4% | 2023-10-30 |
27572. | abhijeet singh (abhijeetsingh) | 57.38 | 95% | 2023-03-29 |
27573. | Jon (firesforsale) | 57.38 | 93.9% | 2023-10-15 |
27574. | Henry Paul (shaze2000) | 57.38 | 96% | 2021-03-13 |
27575. | Magar (seto_rose) | 57.38 | 90% | 2015-03-27 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
---|---|---|---|
Default (English) | 112,690 | 71.90 | August 3, 2008 |
Instant Death Mode | 171 | 73.20 | April 1, 2010 |
Riverside Middle School | 19 | 33.91 | January 24, 2011 |
##typeracer | 2 | 101.80 | February 14, 2021 |
TypeRacer Classic | 2 | 54.09 | June 1, 2021 |
All TypeRacer Texts | 1 | 38.66 | June 12, 2021 |