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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25595. | kalle (questionmk) | 62.21 | 96% | 2021-01-17 |
| 25596. | oddblob3000 (oddblob3000) | 62.20 | 97% | 2021-01-22 |
| 25597. | Erin (erin) | 62.20 | — | 2008-10-03 |
| 25598. | best (bigdaddyshu) | 62.20 | 86% | 2014-11-10 |
| 25599. | Elias (dillenn) | 62.20 | 97% | 2021-04-16 |
| 25600. | Ihor (seitem) | 62.20 | 96% | 2019-12-22 |
| 25601. | Qwerty (benpace) | 62.20 | 95% | 2011-11-25 |
| 25602. | boop (holloww) | 62.19 | 99% | 2018-01-06 |
| 25603. | Sticky (sticky1) | 62.19 | 89% | 2017-01-19 |
| 25604. | Dina (beanie0305) | 62.19 | 95% | 2014-01-15 |
| 25605. | ryan (couchpotato1201) | 62.19 | 96% | 2021-12-22 |
| 25606. | Abraham (chaos_36) | 62.19 | 88% | 2017-01-15 |
| 25607. | they used to say we would n... | 62.19 | 96% | 2019-05-01 |
| 25608. | Benjamin (cheetoh5) | 62.19 | 97% | 2021-10-21 |
| 25609. | Andwerp (andwerp) | 62.19 | 96% | 2018-08-02 |
| 25610. | Anuar (anuar_s) | 62.19 | — | 2011-02-17 |
| 25611. | Aryan (n00bzz) | 62.18 | 95.3% | 2021-02-17 |
| 25612. | Andrew (penguingm1) | 62.18 | 93% | 2012-02-13 |
| 25613. | JuzzRace (doitdude) | 62.18 | 96% | 2020-06-28 |
| 25614. | Sai Rajeswari (raji_75_) | 62.18 | 97% | 2022-09-13 |
| 25615. | Eric (xplo99) | 62.18 | — | 2010-10-19 |
| 25616. | disthymia (yksnidreambox) | 62.17 | 94% | 2016-09-05 |
| 25617. | Danneo (danneo) | 62.17 | 97% | 2020-10-07 |
| 25618. | HOOPLA (ho0pla) | 62.17 | 96% | 2015-11-02 |
| 25619. | rito (rit0) | 62.17 | 94.9% | 2021-02-20 |
| 25620. | Bibah (bluesight) | 62.16 | 97% | 2018-01-11 |
| 25621. | Flamebeaver (framebuffer) | 62.16 | 96% | 2018-10-27 |
| 25622. | Joash (raz3rdarkkill) | 62.16 | 95% | 2021-03-11 |
| 25623. | S (suhaib_silwadi) | 62.16 | 94% | 2022-03-17 |
| 25624. | whonoes (whon) | 62.16 | 97% | 2014-03-06 |
| 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 |