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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28328. | harey (harvey_alipio) | 58.39 | — | 2009-10-28 |
| 28329. | Kopi (kopi2003) | 58.39 | 93% | 2021-04-15 |
| 28330. | henry (filthy_rich86) | 58.39 | 95% | 2012-04-14 |
| 28331. | Daniel (danielsen45) | 58.38 | 87% | 2013-04-04 |
| 28332. | marie (cyma) | 58.38 | — | 2010-05-09 |
| 28333. | We support Palestine (shexd... | 58.38 | 98% | 2022-08-20 |
| 28334. | Isabella (mistyjl) | 58.38 | 94.8% | 2023-09-27 |
| 28335. | Jared (jdizz) | 58.38 | 87% | 2013-06-18 |
| 28336. | Dawn (fondestalloy56) | 58.38 | 95% | 2019-07-03 |
| 28337. | French Fries (jhonreduard) | 58.38 | 90% | 2017-04-28 |
| 28338. | Jeremi SIhotang (jeremi2000) | 58.37 | 91% | 2016-11-11 |
| 28339. | Jesse (solidstatebeef) | 58.37 | 95% | 2018-10-11 |
| 28340. | Jason (jasonfrazure) | 58.37 | 85% | 2016-01-15 |
| 28341. | Ben (ironlack) | 58.37 | 90% | 2015-05-21 |
| 28342. | Jags (jags_0101) | 58.37 | 94% | 2016-03-13 |
| 28343. | ricky (rickysingh) | 58.37 | 97% | 2014-02-27 |
| 28344. | Arijit (arijitgupta42) | 58.36 | 94% | 2021-01-16 |
| 28345. | ViLe (vile) | 58.36 | — | 2009-09-23 |
| 28346. | Arman (148038) | 58.36 | 96% | 2019-02-01 |
| 28347. | Cinta (cintagila) | 58.36 | 93% | 2015-03-26 |
| 28348. | שפיצער (spitzer722) | 58.36 | 98% | 2021-01-19 |
| 28349. | sus99hant (sus99hant) | 58.35 | 96% | 2021-11-05 |
| 28350. | eric (ericl813) | 58.35 | 94% | 2017-03-31 |
| 28351. | Ryuzaki(L) (dionisiomark) | 58.35 | 95% | 2012-01-23 |
| 28352. | Baiyshbaike (baiyshbaike) | 58.35 | 96% | 2022-10-11 |
| 28353. | Guang (bestwillcui) | 58.35 | 97% | 2012-09-24 |
| 28354. | Janis (hash) | 58.35 | — | 2008-12-02 |
| 28355. | Frank (ftcxx265) | 58.34 | 97% | 2013-06-27 |
| 28356. | kajak_CZ (kajak_cz) | 58.34 | 96% | 2021-11-29 |
| 28357. | :( (cantarticulatemyopinion) | 58.34 | 94.7% | 2021-02-01 |
| 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 |