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Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyboard. These competitions are somewhat underplayed in the conventional history. In fact, typing contests and demonstrations of speed were fairly common during this period. They involved many different machines, with various manufacturers claiming to hold the speed record.

—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
17778. Will (smithsmithsmith) 73.36 96% 2021-08-12
17779. rtypes (rmtypes) 73.35 95% 2023-06-10
17780. William (wbulovas) 73.35 95% 2016-07-21
17781. g-dragon (vire11) 73.35 96% 2019-09-21
17782. Carrier (carrier_pigeon) 73.35 95% 2012-02-19
17783. CHONG YU JIE (yujie_is_typing) 73.35 97% 2021-06-26
17784. Huy (tqhuy1995) 73.35 94% 2013-12-19
17785. No (imtfn) 73.34 95% 2013-04-30
17786. kodzy (kodzy) 73.34 93.9% 2021-01-29
17787. Joseph (hakumizuka) 73.33 91% 2011-07-14
17788. lfta (lfta) 73.33 96% 2020-11-15
17789. BOB (mroglan) 73.33 95% 2021-11-26
17790. Gerhard (gkuschnik) 73.33 98% 2018-06-12
17791. Rain (kito5050) 73.33 96% 2017-08-10
17792. Sowrabh (sowrabh) 73.33 93% 2011-09-26
17793. Daniel (dbillett1) 73.32 97% 2013-08-22
17794. Rebekka (rebekkah) 73.31 2010-10-29
17795. thien (soicon824) 73.31 2010-04-24
17796. Stan (awsomesausage) 73.31 95% 2012-08-02
17797. David (daver555) 73.31 97% 2013-01-24
17798. Ashley (quantom) 73.31 2010-03-20
17799. isaac (caasiooj) 73.31 96% 2020-09-30
17800. Fidan (fidanhoxha) 73.31 97% 2022-01-05
17801. Jamie (cadman6) 73.31 95.2% 2023-10-07
17802. M (tmsd) 73.30 98% 2023-06-11
17803. Abhi (abhipro7) 73.30 93% 2016-08-24
17804. lost (cloudtraveling) 73.30 98% 2012-05-21
17805. Dennis (elru) 73.30 95% 2014-06-11
17806. Quoc (qquocc) 73.30 94% 2012-09-07
17807. a (dorserg) 73.30 97% 2015-11-09

Universes

Universe Races Average WPM First Race
Default (English) 81,612 82.26 September 30, 2008
Instant Death Mode 84 84.02 March 29, 2010
Smoke Rise Prep 18 75.15 June 18, 2016
##typeracer 4 77.37 December 27, 2020
Riverside Middle School 2 49.14 April 15, 2011
Walsh Middle School 1 83.58 September 9, 2011
TypeRacer Classic 1 54.16 May 4, 2022
TypeRacer for Kids 1 130.81 February 1, 2019