Everyone laughed and looked around, surprised to discover that I could speak Bambara, chagrined that I had understood their comments, and amazed at my admission. There was a flurry of activity as people squished themselves as far away as possible. One old man was skeptical and, in my defense, suggested that I couldn't speak Bambara very well and had said something I didn't mean to.
—from Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa, a book by Katherine A. Dettwyler
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| 2. | Nino (ninodoko) | 136.24 | 100% | 2023-02-01 |
| 3. | Rohit Singh (himynameisrohi... | 119.72 | 100% | 2020-02-28 |
| 4. | (scraex) | 117.07 | 100% | 2022-02-15 |
| 5. | imagoofygooberSB (gopi_gaber) | 106.33 | 100% | 2025-03-11 |
| 6. | brigi (brigi0627) | 95.25 | 100% | 2021-08-04 |
| 7. | anT (gregorpingic) | 93.82 | 100% | 2019-03-13 |
| 8. | Thalapathy (thalapathyvijay) | 93.77 | 100% | 2023-01-30 |
| 9. | Nana (a_false_god) | 88.59 | 100% | 2021-04-26 |
| 10. | Gavin Wei (ib_is_easy) | 85.18 | 100% | 2024-09-01 |
| 11. | ed72 (ed72) | 81.91 | 100% | 2024-01-02 |
| 12. | Is there a self? (deckard_4) | 77.61 | 100% | 2020-10-22 |
| 13. | Jan (shortext) | 74.16 | 100% | 2025-10-03 |
| 14. | kevan (khollbach) | 72.85 | 100% | 2021-05-31 |
| 15. | DeeDee (deedee09) | 72.15 | 100% | 2022-07-22 |
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| 17. | Krimmson (wrk4thjkr) | 45.58 | 100% | 2022-04-04 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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| Default (English) | 38,988 | 81.72 | August 31, 2016 |
| Long Texts | 119 | 88.34 | December 30, 2016 |
| Instant Death Mode | 20 | 88.16 | March 13, 2019 |
| ᗜ Stenography | 3 | 76.97 | March 16, 2021 |
| New English Texts | 1 | 101.42 | June 6, 2022 |