The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every business had rooms full of secretaries whose job it was to type letters that had been hand-written. They were copying the writing into a more readable format. In the early 1980s, the personal computer became a common office machine.
—from Keyboarding Made Simple (1985), a book by Leigh E. Zeitz, Ph.D.
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Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
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17100. | Timothy (semperveritas) | 75.42 | 99% | 2012-08-16 |
17101. | staggarhs (staggarhs) | 75.41 | 95% | 2012-11-22 |
17102. | Naut38 (naut38) | 75.41 | 96% | 2022-01-30 |
17103. | Lefu (l1298) | 75.41 | 91% | 2016-04-03 |
17104. | luffy13 (luffy13) | 75.41 | 99% | 2016-01-22 |
17105. | Olexiy (lexk) | 75.41 | 96% | 2022-08-07 |
17106. | Steve (stevie169) | 75.41 | 98% | 2021-10-05 |
17107. | sam (candle4) | 75.41 | 95% | 2021-01-14 |
17108. | Abhimat (abhimatgautam) | 75.40 | 97% | 2013-11-18 |
17109. | Knut (knutesten) | 75.40 | 88% | 2013-06-17 |
17110. | xiao (warakawa) | 75.40 | — | 2010-08-25 |
17111. | Matthias (sylence) | 75.40 | — | 2009-08-27 |
17112. | Ong (ongbotre) | 75.40 | 95% | 2011-11-02 |
17113. | Joe (jdonnen) | 75.40 | 94% | 2013-03-26 |
17114. | Kevin (kasistores) | 75.40 | 97% | 2017-04-25 |
17115. | King (huluhuluhulu) | 75.40 | 98% | 2015-12-15 |
17116. | nxhoaf (nxhoaf) | 75.39 | — | 2009-12-10 |
17117. | iPrayer (iprayer) | 75.39 | 96% | 2016-09-22 |
17118. | Acke (ackehjarn) | 75.39 | 97% | 2020-10-24 |
17119. | EAT (nooodless) | 75.39 | 95% | 2016-10-26 |
17120. | Yogi (y0g3) | 75.39 | 92% | 2013-08-05 |
17121. | HaisieuQB (hoanghai2502) | 75.38 | 94% | 2013-03-20 |
17122. | mathisvan (mashipeas123) | 75.38 | 95% | 2021-07-07 |
17123. | Aman (amanpc109) | 75.38 | 98% | 2022-09-19 |
17124. | Alan (alan_amanov) | 75.38 | 91% | 2017-02-27 |
17125. | Norman (oomenacka) | 75.37 | 96% | 2023-07-30 |
17126. | Luke (skywalker122) | 75.37 | 87% | 2014-05-11 |
17127. | Kat (katpork) | 75.37 | 97% | 2021-03-11 |
17128. | aeouaoeu (slow_guy) | 75.37 | 93% | 2016-08-26 |
17129. | Eric (aerran) | 75.37 | 97% | 2017-10-13 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
---|---|---|---|
Default (English) | 104,514 | 75.09 | September 30, 2008 |
Instant Death Mode | 168 | 75.17 | March 30, 2010 |
Riverside Middle School | 17 | 43.16 | February 7, 2011 |
Smoke Rise Prep | 4 | 47.66 | February 25, 2016 |
TypeRacer Classic | 2 | 79.47 | February 26, 2022 |
Mrs. Wunschel's TypeRacer Universe | 1 | 42.32 | November 26, 2012 |
All TypeRacer Texts | 0 | 0.00 | January 1, 1970 |
##typeracer | 0 | 0.00 | January 1, 1970 |