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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8691. | Slade (shadowhamster) | 89.78 | 97% | 2021-04-14 |
| 8692. | Joanna (joanna_josie) | 89.78 | 93% | 2015-07-27 |
| 8693. | Mo (mhuang422) | 89.78 | — | 2009-01-28 |
| 8694. | Tord (extinction1) | 89.78 | 91% | 2013-09-28 |
| 8695. | peng (xy20130630) | 89.78 | 97% | 2018-04-01 |
| 8696. | Fadosa (fadosa) | 89.77 | 97% | 2023-02-10 |
| 8697. | Kim (kymdawn) | 89.77 | — | 2009-09-23 |
| 8698. | Kevin (choirdirector30) | 89.77 | 94% | 2011-11-12 |
| 8699. | Hussain (sanpilot) | 89.76 | 97% | 2022-07-22 |
| 8700. | Is there a self? (deckard_4) | 89.76 | 98% | 2020-02-28 |
| 8701. | anonym_igelkott (anonym_ige... | 89.76 | 97% | 2019-11-02 |
| 8702. | Harrison (hbguy1234) | 89.75 | 93% | 2011-12-13 |
| 8703. | Nikolai (nikovertus) | 89.75 | 96.7% | 2023-08-01 |
| 8704. | FKBN104MC/EB2 (filco2) | 89.75 | 94% | 2013-01-14 |
| 8705. | Godoffyre (godoffyre) | 89.74 | 95% | 2016-04-06 |
| 8706. | lienny (lienny90) | 89.74 | 96% | 2012-12-28 |
| 8707. | Cameon (cthack) | 89.73 | 99% | 2015-09-02 |
| 8708. | k (mc0sta) | 89.73 | 99% | 2021-09-08 |
| 8709. | gvne (gvne) | 89.73 | 96.7% | 2023-09-19 |
| 8710. | idk_hii (idk_hii) | 89.73 | 98% | 2022-04-11 |
| 8711. | Vanness (vanness_ltc) | 89.73 | 100% | 2021-01-15 |
| 8712. | Peter (perokema) | 89.73 | 99% | 2013-02-23 |
| 8713. | Frederik (qubycs) | 89.73 | 93% | 2015-09-04 |
| 8714. | Mohit (mohit2208) | 89.72 | 97% | 2022-05-25 |
| 8715. | CoveredInBees (coveredinbees) | 89.72 | 97% | 2021-12-28 |
| 8716. | Ken (swissy) | 89.71 | 98% | 2020-12-15 |
| 8717. | Colemak master race (jake_c... | 89.71 | 89% | 2014-12-15 |
| 8718. | Matthew (mattarous) | 89.71 | — | 2009-10-23 |
| 8719. | Derek (dlsr) | 89.70 | 99% | 2014-08-31 |
| 8720. | Tamber (tamber_laptop) | 89.70 | — | 2010-01-20 |
| 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 |