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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21165. | viv (toastexee) | 68.43 | 95% | 2021-03-12 |
| 21166. | Coalpi (coalpi) | 68.43 | 95% | 2021-01-24 |
| 21167. | Paperclip (akmalreza) | 68.43 | 95% | 2020-06-05 |
| 21168. | Austen (earle) | 68.43 | — | 2010-04-30 |
| 21169. | Jonathan (bestintheworld) | 68.43 | 99% | 2012-03-22 |
| 21170. | Philip (teardust) | 68.43 | 95% | 2013-04-23 |
| 21171. | Lucas (ldmatos) | 68.43 | 93% | 2013-09-09 |
| 21172. | janet (jmclean) | 68.43 | — | 2009-08-23 |
| 21173. | Prabhakar (gkprabhakar) | 68.42 | 95% | 2014-12-09 |
| 21174. | rahul (rahul_12) | 68.42 | 98% | 2023-10-06 |
| 21175. | Pavel Kotsev (pkotsev) | 68.42 | 96% | 2022-04-07 |
| 21176. | Hassan (hassanalmatar) | 68.42 | 97% | 2021-04-12 |
| 21177. | Edward (edwardoe) | 68.42 | 93% | 2013-11-07 |
| 21178. | Vishnu (thundercloud) | 68.42 | 97% | 2022-11-05 |
| 21179. | Juco (waco) | 68.42 | 95% | 2015-05-06 |
| 21180. | rngy (rngy) | 68.42 | 96% | 2017-07-06 |
| 21181. | Chaoui (chaoui) | 68.41 | 96% | 2022-08-11 |
| 21182. | Ben (bmj774) | 68.41 | 96% | 2021-07-29 |
| 21183. | Mikolaj (diamentos) | 68.41 | 96% | 2018-12-26 |
| 21184. | kroi (kroi) | 68.41 | 97% | 2013-03-11 |
| 21185. | rachel (rachelk) | 68.41 | — | 2009-07-12 |
| 21186. | Vape (cambo234) | 68.40 | 93% | 2016-08-25 |
| 21187. | elu02 (elu02) | 68.40 | 96% | 2020-02-11 |
| 21188. | SadMan (sadman_sam) | 68.40 | 98% | 2023-05-28 |
| 21189. | John Michael (jonniemike9) | 68.40 | 98% | 2022-07-13 |
| 21190. | Anton (antonjr04) | 68.40 | 95.5% | 2021-03-03 |
| 21191. | Isabel (izle_) | 68.40 | 96% | 2021-01-22 |
| 21192. | Daneshvar (daneshvara) | 68.40 | 89% | 2016-01-09 |
| 21193. | yong (yocha@yahoo.com) | 68.40 | 99% | 2011-09-08 |
| 21194. | Jacky (jacky_killer) | 68.39 | 97% | 2016-06-30 |
| 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 |