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The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on it, and the type bars banged into one another and got stuck. The solution to that problem resulted in the keyboard we know today.

—from The Greatest Stories Never Told, a book by Rick Beyer

Active since October 1, 2008.
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Leaders

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Rank Username WPM Accuracy Date
56. Was just (rsn_007) 156.00 99% 2015-06-01
57. eat my dust, quitters! (pla... 155.82 99% 2018-04-10
58. . (oh_hai) 155.66 98% 2015-07-25
59. Megumi (onehundredplus) 155.55 97% 2017-02-08
60. (poem) 155.00 99.5% 2022-06-08
61. vishE (actuallynonquitforlife) 154.70 99% 2019-03-07
62. CRDM (crdm0) 154.56 98% 2017-07-27
63. ANDREA (andreaak00) 154.50 99% 2018-01-03
64. A (asegesta) 153.86 99% 2015-04-26
65. Andrey (schizo_guy) 153.69 99% 2015-02-19
66. hi (ludovicianne) 152.89 89% 2016-06-03
67. good Bye lol (but a Little ... 152.34 100% 2017-09-22
68. ⦗🧛⦘ ⦓☾✹✯𝚅... 152.32 100% 2017-10-21
69. poke (pokenonquit) 151.98 99% 2017-08-08
70. (01110000) 151.70 100% 2020-04-05
71. RIP Zyzz (codecub) 151.48 99% 2016-05-22
72. 👺John Lachney (valikor) 151.45 — 2010-12-29
73. Ryan the Duchess (ryan_duch... 151.38 100% 2015-11-24
74. ye (modest_ked) 150.99 98% 2017-03-05
75. (delirious) 150.80 99% 2018-12-05
76. kil (spareribs) 150.40 90% 2017-01-29
77. ERNIE FAN (slowvinni) 150.40 99% 2019-06-03
78. Mark (anaverageaopser) 150.02 99% 2017-02-22
79. twitch.tv/typeracerderochee... 149.86 99% 2016-09-05
80. Violet (a87321dc00) 149.75 99% 2020-05-13
81. Ｖｏｌｈｏｓｉｓ (v... 149.12 98.5% 2018-06-23
82. (poke1) 148.95 98% 2017-06-09
83. Matt (dizzi445) 148.70 99% 2017-09-10
84. 💦 discord.me/TypeNChill ... 148.66 98% 2017-07-09
85. armeen (aytoozee) 148.45 95% 2015-05-14

Universes

Universe Races Average WPM First Race
Default (English) 16,057 46.46 October 1, 2008
Instant Death Mode 69 57.78 April 1, 2010
Riverside Middle School 32 32.04 February 4, 2011
TypeRacer Classic 0 0.00 January 1, 1970