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It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-day spam, because spam evolves. Indeed, most anti-spam techniques so far have been like pesticides that do nothing more than create a new, resistant strain of bugs.

—from Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age, a book by Paul Graham

Active since February 7, 2011.
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Rank Username WPM Accuracy Date
1. Deb (dforristall) 100.50 2011-02-07
2. Emilee (ecoleman) 66.66 2011-04-28
3. Jonae (jpolinski) 50.42 2011-03-15
4. Tyler (tkrueger) 50.06 2011-04-11
5. Kelsey (keskins) 47.79 2011-04-29
6. Brooke (balff) 43.00 2011-03-15
7. Aaron (abeireis) 39.81 2011-03-15
8. Dustin (dussmith) 37.66 2011-04-11
9. Samantha (samgordon) 36.76 2011-04-29
10. Hayli (herickson) 33.89 2011-03-15
11. Kyra (kmartens) 31.28 2011-03-15
12. rosmedi (rosmedi) 30.14 2011-04-08
13. Keeley (kswenson) 30.03 2011-04-18
14. Tucker (tbluml) 26.33 2011-04-18
15. Jonathan (jgehrmann) 26.02 2011-04-12
16. Hannah (hhenderson) 25.47 2011-04-29
17. McKenzie (mmoore911) 24.78 2011-04-15
18. faith (fsauser) 24.00 2011-04-15

Universes

Universe Races Average WPM First Race
Default (English) 126,157 76.74 August 3, 2008
Instant Death Mode 225 84.05 March 30, 2010
Riverside Middle School 21 42.05 February 7, 2011
TypeRacer Classic 3 67.87 July 6, 2021
Mrs. Wunschel's TypeRacer Universe 1 80.71 August 13, 2012
##typeracer 0 0.00 January 1, 1970