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The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point in human civilization. The first wheels, disks carved from solid wood, may have been built as early as 3500 BC. The earliest use of this device was the potter's wheel, used to spin and shape clay pottery.

—from Civilization IV, a game by Sid Meier

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Rank Username WPM Accuracy Date
38615. salah eddine (salah_eddine) 53.98 95% 2024-03-02
38616. Dmytro (dmytry100) 53.98 98% 2024-09-17
38617. CeBonLaPizza (cebonlapizza) 53.98 96.8% 2024-06-24
38618. naftaliHolland (naftali_hol... 53.98 96% 2024-05-02
38619. Tai (tainguyen8) 53.98 97% 2024-05-22
38620. Moaath (moaath) 53.98 96% 2024-02-25
38621. Acilius (acilius) 53.98 96.2% 2023-11-12
38622. thean (anhkiengiang) 53.98 86% 2014-04-23
38623. overlast (overlast) 53.98 95% 2013-07-14
38624. Soap (soapyhand) 53.97 96% 2024-10-30
38625. Attemka (attemka) 53.97 96% 2024-05-06
38626. David (actavis666) 53.97 99% 2023-04-10
38627. Gregor (jaxegaming) 53.97 87% 2012-10-13
38628. OGCJN (ogcjn) 53.97 95% 2016-06-29
38629. Haruspex (haruspex) 53.97 2010-09-29
38630. Farhad (faruka) 53.97 91% 2014-07-12
38631. Igor (capioimtype) 53.96 97.2% 2023-12-17
38632. yashas (yashthepugsi) 53.96 95.3% 2023-12-01
38633. ibrahim (ibrahiem) 53.96 97% 2024-03-27
38634. Dylan (maynardstaley) 53.96 97% 2021-06-03
38635. Valiant (ituvaliant) 53.96 91% 2016-02-10
38636. speed (ronilp) 53.96 90% 2014-04-29
38637. farhan (farhank) 53.96 92% 2012-04-20
38638. siva (dileep74) 53.96 91% 2012-09-08
38639. izukubolt2022 (izukubolt2022) 53.95 93% 2024-08-21
38640. Deadlymanhunt (jitesh3023) 53.95 95% 2024-06-26
38641. Erick (erick6922) 53.95 96% 2019-06-24
38642. CaptROGER (captroger) 53.95 95.4% 2021-01-28
38643. Naveen (bliss14b) 53.95 97% 2020-06-28
38644. chupapi (nerve784126) 53.94 95% 2022-03-07

Universes

Universe Races Average WPM First Race
Default (English) 113,411 75.12 November 24, 2009
Instant Death Mode 190 75.38 March 30, 2010
Riverside Middle School 13 44.34 February 4, 2011
Video Games 4 62.64 November 18, 2020
TypeRacer Classic 3 73.00 May 19, 2021
##typeracer 3 87.47 January 24, 2021
Mrs. Wunschel's TypeRacer Universe 1 57.03 February 7, 2013