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Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still in circulation, the gold on my finger could have been mined in Persia six thousand years ago, or worn by Cleopatra.

—from Confessions of an Eco-Sinner: Tracking Down the Sources of My Stuff, a book by Fred Pearce

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Leaders

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Rank Username WPM Accuracy Date
1. (joshua728) 246.35 100% 2022-02-27
2. Sean Wrona (arenasnow) 224.04 2010-12-27
3. Jammie (typos_z) 207.30 99% 2023-03-03
4. Shoemaker-Levy 9 (atthetop) 198.96 100% 2021-05-08
5. Sean Wrona (arenasnow2) 192.79 2010-08-28
6. wrm (languidness) 192.79 96% 2015-07-06
7. eiko (eikomaniac) 192.61 100% 2017-11-04
8. r (deroche1) 183.70 100% 2016-10-06
9. unban me (flaneur) 181.19 100% 2021-04-13
10. Fyda (fyda) 178.42 100% 2013-10-21
11. [NTM] Vielle (arc_sec) 177.87 98% 2021-04-25
12. Influensane - nonquit main/... 177.49 98.5% 2024-01-07
13. 🌹 Black Rose 🌹 (typi... 175.63 99% 2016-09-10
14. xKµkKain- (tsvukk) 173.51 99% 2017-01-04
15. (sidd_) 172.49 100% 2018-10-31
16. discord.gg/typeracer (landa... 172.44 99% 2020-08-26
17. 🌹 Black Rose 🌹 (rosew... 172.14 100% 2022-07-08
18. z (vnkteclvcdzbzboozz) 169.65 99% 2021-12-28
19. Teru (vuttar) 168.78 98% 2012-02-11
20. YouTube: 8shaz8 (treiderik) 167.67 93% 2017-01-21
21. (keegant) 167.43 98% 2020-10-02
22. GINOO AND FLANEUR I LOVE YO... 165.79 99% 2019-01-14
23. chillin (slekap) 164.40 100% 2018-10-31
24. (evestay) 164.26 100% 2024-01-03
25. . (hurst) 164.05 95% 2011-09-21
26. bad keyboard (yzzahs) 162.24 98% 2017-10-09
27. ⦗🧛⦘ ⦓☾✹✯𝚅... 161.47 97% 2017-12-15
28. john (nothisisjohn) 161.37 100% 2019-11-22
29. thumb space for fun (supere... 160.98 95% 2017-02-05
30. twitch.tv/8shaz8 (shazman) 160.58 99% 2019-03-18

Universes

Universe Races Average WPM First Race
Default (English) 60,388 59.96 May 21, 2010
Instant Death Mode 215 61.83 May 22, 2010
Riverside Middle School 36 39.35 January 24, 2011
Smoke Rise Prep 7 46.62 January 22, 2016
##typeracer 6 55.26 February 3, 2021
TypeRacer Classic 3 56.61 November 2, 2021
Mrs. Wunschel's TypeRacer Universe 1 28.80 September 22, 2012