It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial atmosphere for the right sort of unruliness - that it is a home not just for the smart, but for the smart-alecks. And hackers are invariably smart-alecks. If we had a national holiday, it would be April 1st.
—from Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age, a book by Paul Graham
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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 163. | pvs (atype123) | 44.68 | 100% | 2025-04-18 |
| 164. | menchie (menchies) | 44.48 | 100% | 2023-10-25 |
| 165. | Twirkin Meerkat (ochu) | 44.20 | 100% | 2011-09-26 |
| 166. | Greg (dietsche_colemak) | 44.12 | 100% | 2012-07-17 |
| 167. | zshn (zishanshahzad) | 44.08 | 100% | 2022-05-31 |
| 168. | Larik (gentro) | 43.81 | 100% | 2016-07-01 |
| 169. | sheeeen (lhenssy01) | 43.43 | 100% | 2024-10-20 |
| 170. | shelayyy (shelayyy) | 41.26 | 100% | 2024-10-20 |
| 171. | Jin (jinjohn) | 39.73 | 100% | 2021-10-31 |
| 172. | biki_123 (biki_123) | 39.62 | 100% | 2025-02-02 |
| 173. | jacqueline (jjbj) | 39.24 | 99% | 2011-08-16 |
| 174. | jatin (jatinchirag1234) | 35.46 | 100% | 2022-05-20 |
| 175. | Bijoy (_bijoy) | 35.03 | 100% | 2023-04-21 |
| 176. | Future Boy (futureboy) | 34.92 | 100% | 2024-01-02 |
| 177. | Sebastian (4555) | 34.60 | 100% | 2024-07-29 |
| 178. | timur (ateistemes) | 34.56 | 100% | 2024-01-18 |
| 179. | Alex (alexey0) | 33.47 | 100% | 2014-03-23 |
| 180. | Jeka (jekarws) | 32.83 | 100% | 2022-06-06 |
| 181. | jat club (jat_boy) | 32.27 | 100% | 2024-12-31 |
| 182. | Bhavini (bhavinidodiya) | 31.41 | 100% | 2024-06-13 |
| 183. | Val (valikd) | 24.58 | — | 2010-11-26 |
| 184. | Alex (arbeen) | 21.54 | 100% | 2011-10-12 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
|---|---|---|---|
| Default (English) | 116,426 | 71.57 | August 3, 2008 |
| Instant Death Mode | 229 | 70.03 | April 1, 2010 |
| Riverside Middle School | 19 | 33.91 | January 24, 2011 |
| ##typeracer | 4 | 82.66 | February 14, 2021 |
| TypeRacer Classic | 2 | 54.09 | June 1, 2021 |
| All TypeRacer Texts | 1 | 38.66 | June 12, 2021 |