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The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every business had rooms full of secretaries whose job it was to type letters that had been hand-written. They were copying the writing into a more readable format. In the early 1980s, the personal computer became a common office machine.

—from Keyboarding Made Simple (1985), a book by Leigh E. Zeitz, Ph.D.

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Leaders

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Rank Username WPM Accuracy Date
19. WatchDominion.org (lithox2) 180.28 99% 2022-05-10
20. Aqua (aquablitz11) 178.25 99.7% 2023-10-29
21. [NTM] Vielle (arc_sec) 177.98 99% 2019-08-12
22. anmransihin (poopandfart) 177.94 99% 2021-03-10
23. gian (gianthetaco) 177.70 99% 2023-10-11
24. c (cmalmquist) 177.63 98% 2012-08-16
25. K (learningdvorak) 177.23 2010-04-25
26. 🌹 Black Rose 🌹 (typi... 177.14 100% 2018-01-29
27. . (oh_hai) 177.09 100% 2014-11-24
28. q32b5vg ikuyrtewvk (nkong) 176.95 2009-10-19
29. Ibexus (ibexus) 176.54 99% 2022-04-29
30. Shoemaker-Levy 9 (atthetop) 176.37 99% 2022-03-09
31. SlowButAccurate (slowbutacc... 176.27 100% 2020-07-18
32. Seabiscuit (seabiscuit) 175.90 98% 2011-07-14
33. Teru (vuttar) 175.38 99% 2012-04-29
34. . (hurst) 174.90 90% 2011-05-17
35. twitch.tv/philliesmagic - O... 174.26 99% 2017-01-17
36. rain (rainnonquit) 173.88 99% 2020-01-12
37. Volhosis (v... 173.58 99.7% 2019-10-23
38. Hreyfill Hreyfill (hreyfill) 173.37 100% 2021-05-16
39. Kathy (florentine) 173.34 99% 2017-11-17
40. i'd buy that for a dollar! ... 173.29 100% 2018-02-09
41. paperboy ditty (wordracer888) 173.14 100% 2021-02-09
42. Eric (eric2choix37) 173.11 99% 2014-04-05
43. Jesse (jessegarcia) 172.17 100% 2018-07-21
44. Ritesh (ritesh_kathrecha_ah... 172.17 2010-08-05
45. (mcaso123) 172.13 98% 2019-08-16
46. xKµkKain- (tsvukk) 171.63 100% 2014-02-06
47. eiko (eikomaniac) 171.57 99% 2019-12-12
48. 🏎️Zermist (noquit) (ze... 171.38 99% 2023-08-30

Universes

Universe Races Average WPM First Race
Default (English) 104,514 75.09 September 30, 2008
Instant Death Mode 168 75.17 March 30, 2010
Riverside Middle School 17 43.16 February 7, 2011
Smoke Rise Prep 4 47.66 February 25, 2016
TypeRacer Classic 2 79.47 February 26, 2022
Mrs. Wunschel's TypeRacer Universe 1 42.32 November 26, 2012
##typeracer 0 0.00 January 1, 1970