Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times reported on a typing demonstration given the previous day in Brooklyn by a Thomas Osborne of Rochester, New York. The Times reported that Mr. Osborne "holds the championship for fast typing, having accomplished 126 words a minute at Toronto August 13, 1888."
—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 |
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1913. | Nathan (oysterboy22) | 97.08 | — | 2009-07-21 |
1914. | Bobby (bobbycrosby) | 97.08 | 95% | 2013-02-06 |
1915. | Hoang (sk1nny) | 97.07 | 97% | 2011-10-12 |
1916. | Markku (markku) | 97.07 | — | 2011-03-18 |
1917. | Daniel (xdannyy) | 97.06 | 94% | 2015-04-27 |
1918. | Pen (summer_break) | 97.06 | 98% | 2014-05-12 |
1919. | hello (sharkyboy) | 97.06 | 88% | 2016-04-29 |
1920. | John (juseonghan) | 97.05 | 96% | 2020-12-30 |
1921. | Wilson (shevlock) | 97.05 | 91% | 2012-12-17 |
1922. | . (athazagoraphobia) | 97.05 | 97% | 2021-07-18 |
1923. | Heinz (diedich) | 97.00 | 95% | 2017-12-17 |
1924. | Kim Phước (lykimphuoc020) | 97.00 | 98% | 2018-02-23 |
1925. | DrunkBob (v4zcent) | 96.99 | 99% | 2014-05-05 |
1926. | Jonathan (squeark) | 96.99 | 96% | 2021-03-12 |
1927. | Badika (badika) | 96.98 | 93% | 2013-04-28 |
1928. | Tuukka (sblankg) | 96.97 | 96% | 2023-09-11 |
1929. | Jenny in Louboutins (nerdyi... | 96.96 | 96% | 2022-06-29 |
1930. | Mike (dripcy) | 96.96 | 95% | 2014-04-02 |
1931. | Jonah (jonahkwok) | 96.95 | 95% | 2014-03-23 |
1932. | (daryl) | 96.94 | — | 2009-03-25 |
1933. | Bam (bam189) | 96.93 | 94% | 2011-12-01 |
1934. | Lily (xlily) | 96.91 | 95% | 2013-07-28 |
1935. | Lukas (deadlycz) | 96.90 | 91% | 2014-07-30 |
1936. | typingchica (typingchica) | 96.89 | 96% | 2017-07-16 |
1937. | Raymond (fuzzybaffy) | 96.89 | — | 2009-04-16 |
1938. | xiaobai (superbarnie) | 96.87 | 98% | 2016-07-12 |
1939. | NesKonnekt (neskonnekt) | 96.87 | — | 2009-06-16 |
1940. | Tera (teravortryx) | 96.86 | 98% | 2022-06-27 |
1941. | Ethan (ethan17458) | 96.85 | 99% | 2020-09-03 |
1942. | Cowbell (morris_l) | 96.85 | 96% | 2022-10-09 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
---|---|---|---|
Default (English) | 75,928 | 62.28 | September 30, 2008 |
Instant Death Mode | 71 | 61.85 | March 31, 2010 |
TypeRacer Classic | 3 | 58.73 | May 18, 2021 |
##typeracer | 2 | 78.68 | May 1, 2021 |
Mrs. Wunschel's TypeRacer Universe | 1 | 43.44 | December 18, 2012 |
Riverside Middle School | 1 | 28.86 | February 10, 2011 |