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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18216. | slashera (slashcheto) | 73.07 | 95% | 2022-08-20 |
| 18217. | Mukesh Yadav (mukeshyadav) | 73.06 | 97% | 2019-08-26 |
| 18218. | RKT (fastestspeed) | 73.06 | 95% | 2013-12-21 |
| 18219. | J (jen12) | 73.06 | 97% | 2015-04-13 |
| 18220. | Lincoln (tentenclicker) | 73.06 | 97% | 2022-06-04 |
| 18221. | lando! (lando_) | 73.06 | 88% | 2016-04-28 |
| 18222. | matt (mattwg) | 73.06 | 94% | 2012-03-19 |
| 18223. | Frunze (frunze) | 73.06 | 97% | 2012-07-19 |
| 18224. | Tibbies (tibbies) | 73.06 | 95% | 2021-04-08 |
| 18225. | Travis (softfresh) | 73.05 | 92% | 2014-12-19 |
| 18226. | too_slow (tardpower) | 73.05 | 98% | 2021-01-13 |
| 18227. | deicius (vantaclock) | 73.05 | 94% | 2021-02-06 |
| 18228. | Gaurav (gaurav_38) | 73.05 | 97% | 2021-09-23 |
| 18229. | blue1 (blue773) | 73.05 | 95% | 2013-06-27 |
| 18230. | Nelson (nellyspageli) | 73.05 | 95% | 2011-08-18 |
| 18231. | Iamrev (revtype) | 73.05 | 92% | 2012-10-01 |
| 18232. | Makke (c0py) | 73.04 | 89% | 2014-01-21 |
| 18233. | Massy (masmint27) | 73.04 | 98% | 2012-08-12 |
| 18234. | Junky (junkychunk) | 73.04 | 96% | 2011-07-12 |
| 18235. | Aleks (aleks8) | 73.03 | 99% | 2020-08-09 |
| 18236. | Dons (dinar) | 73.03 | 90% | 2014-03-03 |
| 18237. | EdJr (edjr) | 73.03 | 98% | 2020-01-29 |
| 18238. | marsistX (marsistx) | 73.03 | 99% | 2014-07-03 |
| 18239. | Tommy (drought) | 73.03 | 95% | 2014-02-04 |
| 18240. | uzi (cray_f) | 73.03 | 95% | 2021-12-30 |
| 18241. | Detchurrie (detch) | 73.03 | 96% | 2023-03-24 |
| 18242. | Cay (caysand) | 73.02 | 95% | 2023-08-15 |
| 18243. | Jonathan (luner) | 73.02 | 94% | 2016-11-29 |
| 18244. | Jonathan (jrhe) | 73.02 | 94% | 2014-06-22 |
| 18245. | Jasmin (thegreatdk) | 73.02 | 93% | 2012-12-27 |
| 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 |