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To be fair, English is full of booby traps for the unwary foreigner. Any language where the unassuming word "fly" signifies an annoying insect, a means of travel, and a critical part of a gentleman's apparel is clearly asking to be mangled.

—from The Mother Tongue, English and How It Got That Way, a book by Bill Bryson

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Rank Username WPM Accuracy Date
2740. Nader (trigeminal81) 101.72 99% 2022-05-18
2741. Alycia (alyciahtollison) 101.72 100% 2017-09-25
2742. Vince (xisthur) 101.72 95% 2016-06-04
2743. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ (sebastiuon) 101.72 99% 2017-09-20
2744. arjun (arjunvor) 101.71 98% 2024-06-11
2745. Kyori (dragbolter) 101.71 96% 2016-09-25
2746. Andre (paxxim) 101.70 98% 2024-04-05
2747. onah (learning_dvorak1) 101.70 98% 2020-08-29
2748. Kevin (kevinhunter) 101.70 97% 2018-07-31
2749. Jun (impressed) 101.68 96% 2018-06-16
2750. Jph (jph123) 101.68 97% 2017-03-27
2751. :) (bavadin) 101.67 98% 2019-12-03
2752. Gemma (gemstoned) 101.67 97% 2018-06-23
2753. Matthew (dj_matttam) 101.66 97% 2020-06-30
2754. ratatouille (qlukeer) 101.65 98% 2024-05-03
2755. InterLude (interlude) 101.65 96% 2019-05-20
2756. Nagaku (nagaku) 101.64 97% 2022-06-12
2757. framespersecond (indires) 101.64 97% 2023-03-29
2758. Danny (vetiver) 101.64 97% 2016-01-15
2759. arigrate (mercury80) 101.64 98% 2023-10-12
2760. Olivia (livlev) 101.64 98% 2016-11-30
2761. Ben (ballisticknife) 101.64 97% 2017-12-29
2762. Family Friendly User Name (... 101.62 97% 2016-12-02
2763. Yuuki (se_yuuki) 101.62 97% 2018-01-25
2764. E (mosanbrick) 101.62 98% 2022-12-22
2765. dtn (dvdn) 101.60 98% 2021-07-27
2766. AouiGui (andersgrymer) 101.56 98% 2022-05-27
2767. EtherealFog (etherealfog) 101.56 98% 2017-09-29
2768. Joshmeisterr (joshmeisterr) 101.52 99% 2023-03-26
2769. (maybenonquit) 101.52 97% 2020-04-11

Universes

Universe Races Average WPM First Race
Default (English) 49,523 73.70 April 3, 2015
Instant Death Mode 52 81.75 December 26, 2018
ᗜ Stenography 1 59.70 August 7, 2022
New Texts Proving Ground 1 114.77 March 22, 2015