At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all, they were not absolutely sure it was an extraterrestrial message. A premature or mistaken announcement would be a public relations disaster. But worse than that, it would interfere with the data analysis. If the press descended, the science would surely suffer.
—from Contact, a book by Carl Sagan
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Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
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19975. | Austin (gauby92) | 75.68 | 97% | 2018-08-02 |
19976. | joseph (jovanetski) | 75.68 | 92% | 2014-10-29 |
19977. | ThroatButter (throatbutter) | 75.67 | 96.9% | 2021-02-22 |
19978. | Nitesh (niteshtiwari) | 75.67 | 97% | 2022-02-16 |
19979. | taseh (taseh) | 75.67 | 96% | 2021-01-19 |
19980. | Howie (howie4591) | 75.67 | 96% | 2021-02-09 |
19981. | Amy (miss_a) | 75.67 | — | 2010-12-27 |
19982. | Tim (tmshelton) | 75.66 | — | 2009-03-15 |
19983. | Ivan (hurricane14) | 75.66 | 97% | 2020-08-19 |
19984. | martin (martin642) | 75.66 | 98% | 2022-09-19 |
19985. | Pe@rl (cobra) | 75.66 | — | 2009-02-06 |
19986. | karim (new_function7785) | 75.66 | 97% | 2023-06-13 |
19987. | Aaron (lil_bamboo) | 75.66 | 98% | 2021-01-02 |
19988. | murtaza (oneten) | 75.65 | 92% | 2014-08-18 |
19989. | A (azamari) | 75.65 | — | 2009-07-29 |
19990. | nat (stanroselia) | 75.65 | 95.6% | 2023-11-01 |
19991. | Naufal (naufalmahing) | 75.64 | 97% | 2021-11-10 |
19992. | Zeppy (bratype) | 75.64 | 95% | 2015-06-05 |
19993. | Gustav (gustavrenman) | 75.64 | 91% | 2016-05-13 |
19994. | Dan Jayson (danjayson) | 75.64 | 96% | 2020-01-28 |
19995. | Amanda (salamanda) | 75.64 | 98% | 2013-01-28 |
19996. | Monika (butternutsquash) | 75.63 | 92% | 2016-09-30 |
19997. | Tristan (koeru01) | 75.63 | 96% | 2021-02-02 |
19998. | Daniel (cannatown) | 75.63 | 91% | 2015-10-26 |
19999. | Victoria (talyarin) | 75.62 | 89% | 2014-04-11 |
20000. | W. (peachypoh) | 75.62 | — | 2009-01-25 |
20001. | Cris (criscotini) | 75.62 | 96% | 2020-04-10 |
20002. | Zephaniah (pandu11) | 75.62 | 97% | 2021-06-21 |
20003. | Mr. Fahrenheit (eadgbe) | 75.62 | — | 2010-03-19 |
20004. | Emmanuel (bodmas) | 75.61 | 96% | 2017-04-11 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
---|---|---|---|
Default (English) | 110,706 | 80.43 | September 30, 2008 |
Instant Death Mode | 145 | 84.69 | March 31, 2010 |
Riverside Middle School | 5 | 43.56 | February 10, 2011 |
TypeRacer Classic | 2 | 82.68 | May 13, 2021 |
##typeracer | 1 | 78.77 | February 1, 2021 |