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Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times reported on a typing demonstration given the previous day in Brooklyn by a Thomas Osborne of Rochester, New York. The Times reported that Mr. Osborne "holds the championship for fast typing, having accomplished 126 words a minute at Toronto August 13, 1888."

—from Famous Fables of Economics, Chapter 4: Fable of the Keys, a book by Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis

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Rank Username WPM Accuracy Date
13620. Min Pro (nimcole) 61.68 2010-10-23
13621. Short (shortedcircuit) 61.68 93% 2015-07-10
13622. Robert (pizzatyper23) 61.67 95% 2022-04-02
13623. Henry (noodles10) 61.67 94% 2021-11-28
13624. cheatwheat (cheatwheat) 61.67 86% 2013-08-04
13625. Tal (w01v3n) 61.66 96% 2022-01-31
13626. hari (h4ri_01@yahoo.com) 61.66 2010-05-11
13627. Ngo (prankedmama) 61.66 95% 2021-08-03
13628. WayLay (waylay17) 61.66 94% 2021-12-28
13629. Rue (rueraven) 61.66 97% 2021-02-08
13630. brooklyn (raise_the_bar) 61.66 95% 2015-02-07
13631. iknnknkn (darknessdone) 61.66 92% 2016-08-05
13632. Samir (wickedl4ndo) 61.65 95% 2023-02-14
13633. Milkman (milkman1230) 61.65 95.3% 2021-01-29
13634. Bismith (bismith) 61.65 96% 2022-01-18
13635. you (you) (tdtdtdttt) 61.65 98% 2016-07-11
13636. Mike (makaqe) 61.64 96% 2018-12-19
13637. GMonk (gmonk) 61.64 95% 2017-09-05
13638. Florent (flowrange) 61.64 92% 2011-11-17
13639. zzr0t (sulj0o) 61.64 94% 2021-07-11
13640. micro (goranb0607) 61.63 95% 2022-02-26
13641. learner (learner89) 61.63 2009-08-10
13642. Illya (maldron) 61.62 97% 2022-04-16
13643. Steven (stervel) 61.62 96% 2023-02-11
13644. Simon (soinom) 61.62 97% 2022-09-20
13645. Allay (noob_wrath) 61.62 95% 2021-05-10
13646. Tim (jimbo112) 61.62 94% 2020-11-18
13647. sam (samsarobot) 61.62 94% 2013-02-11
13648. ตาแดง (ppisland) 61.62 2010-03-08
13649. silver (sasori) 61.62 2009-02-17

Universes

Universe Races Average WPM First Race
Default (English) 75,928 62.28 September 30, 2008
Instant Death Mode 71 61.85 March 31, 2010
TypeRacer Classic 3 58.73 May 18, 2021
##typeracer 2 78.68 May 1, 2021
Mrs. Wunschel's TypeRacer Universe 1 43.44 December 18, 2012
Riverside Middle School 1 28.86 February 10, 2011