Text #4350252

There was never a credible shortcut. As George Orwell wisely observed a generation later, the only way swiftly to end a war is to lose it.

—from Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War, a book by Max Hastings

Active since May 24, 2020.
138 total characters in this text.

Leaders

Rank	Username	WPM	Accuracy	Date
38.	VERISTUN FAN (poem)	145.74	100%	2020-10-07
39.	paperboy ditty (wordracer888)	144.10	100%	2020-11-13
40.	Justin (dunklioscious)	144.06	99%	2020-11-26
41.	free skin (goldjet30)	143.92	99%	2020-10-12
42.	rain (rainnonquit)	143.36	99%	2020-11-23
43.	James (jamvng)	143.02	100%	2020-06-10
44.	why is typeracer still brok...	142.91	96.9%	2024-06-18
45.	Andrei (_son_)	142.82	99%	2020-06-04
46.	Roadsweeper Dropping D; (ka...	142.51	99%	2020-07-30
47.	twitch.tv/mcasoooo LIVE RN ...	142.37	96%	2020-07-13
48.	adrian (fryth_42)	142.19	100%	2020-07-18
49.	(zest)	142.07	99%	2023-03-26
50.	veridis quo (guest_from_bos...	141.44	100%	2024-01-24
51.	huessy (independencyy)	141.12	98%	2020-08-08
52.	Liban (hujala)	141.06	100%	2020-11-12
53.	16/f/cali (ultrashibe)	139.86	97%	2020-09-29
54.	dylan_9802 (dylan_9802)	139.18	98%	2025-03-11
55.	Jesse (jessegarcia)	138.95	98%	2020-10-22
56.	it rains it pours (despot)	138.58	99%	2020-06-23
57.	Aleksei (al1as)	138.44	99%	2020-05-26
58.	Rey (typingaccount10)	138.36	99%	2020-11-28
59.	So you have chosen DEATH (m...	137.14	97%	2020-11-12
60.	Chanden (splitback)	136.72	99%	2020-12-10
61.	procrastination (hackermanh...	136.71	99%	2020-11-08
62.	Jashe (freshfastjashe)	136.55	97%	2020-06-15
63.	derusting (paradoxpigeon)	136.09	99%	2020-09-01
64.	bangladeshi_cat50 (gianthet...	135.93	98%	2020-08-13
65.	rsdigital.com.au (cooper1289)	135.64	99%	2020-09-25
66.	WatchDominion.org (lithox2)	134.93	99%	2020-11-19
67.	i got 180 finally... (heatrun)	134.74	98%	2020-10-01

Universe	Races	Average WPM	First Race
Default (English)	2,845	76.18	May 24, 2020
ᗜ Stenography	16	58.12	January 8, 2024
All TypeRacer Texts	1	60.40	February 10, 2022