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Here then was the paradox of the President's speech. We normals - aided, doubtless, by our wish to be fooled - were indeed well and truly fooled ("Populus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur"). And so cunningly was deceptive word-use combined with deceptive tone, that only the brain-damaged remained intact, undeceived.

—from The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, a book by Oliver Sacks

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Rank Username WPM Accuracy Date
56. Deqa (deqqer) 128.41 99% 2018-11-07
57. forgot how to type (glacier... 128.05 99% 2019-09-04
58. (daniel598) 127.30 99% 2020-10-18
59. ヒマ (himajintyper) 127.25 99% 2020-01-27
60. hi klist (iamslow103) 127.11 99% 2023-04-05
61. big monkey 🐒 (rubberdome) 126.55 99% 2018-07-08
62. zach (pingle) 126.41 99% 2020-08-24
63. (alpha_panda) 126.30 98% 2017-10-21
64. Zeke (atellus) 125.89 98% 2019-02-04
65. bentley (slekaq) 125.68 96% 2018-02-10
66. slow aaron (nonquitnonquit) 125.67 99% 2018-10-18
67. (qbst) 125.32 100% 2020-07-01
68. Fwoosh (fwooshwoosh) 125.02 97% 2020-09-17
69. Zach (zachattack973) 124.98 99% 2019-10-26
70. Aaron (aaronnew) 124.75 99% 2019-03-16
71. Connor (davrostf) 124.70 99% 2020-10-01
72. 👺John Lachney (valikor) 124.66 99% 2017-08-27
73. (thefatninja69) 124.50 99% 2018-04-15
74. eat my dust, quitters! (pla... 124.27 99% 2018-01-26
75. Andrew (andrewhan) 124.19 97% 2018-11-17
76. Nicky (nickyflash) 124.17 99% 2018-11-26
77. hz (nonquithenryzhou) 123.68 98% 2018-09-07
78. dylan_9802 (dylan_9802) 123.48 97.4% 2023-11-16
79. (poem) 123.06 99.7% 2020-03-27
80. pasta (pastashapes) 123.01 98% 2023-04-18
81. Leopold FC660M (sech) 122.81 98% 2018-10-26
82. Cool and (lordofthedance) 122.53 98% 2018-08-30
83. Bremitorix (bremitorix) 122.11 99% 2020-10-28
84. MySpaceBarIsBroken (kanto) 121.75 98% 2018-08-02
85. (boy_314) 121.07 99% 2020-04-02

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Universe Races Average WPM First Race
Default (English) 7,034 68.82 July 25, 2017
Instant Death Mode 13 93.57 December 17, 2018
ᗜ Stenography 2 62.04 July 4, 2021